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Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation

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20.01.2022 MAC is recruiting for the 2022 season

14.01.2022 As firm believers of 'what goes around, comes around', we love getting in and helping out within our local community! While some of the crew have been away weed spraying, the rest of the team have been busy doing some maintenance at the local rodeo grounds. In preparation for this weekends Campdraft event, the yards needed some TLC, including having some posts replaced. After several decades in the ground, pulling the posts was no easy feat! Check out these 'during' shots of ...the crew at work, and stay tuned for the 'afters'! Image credits: Josh Gorringe

27.12.2021 Contains images that viewers may find disturbing Taking care of our people and our Country are the driving factors in all that we do. A few weeks ago while the crew had some spare time up their sleeve, they headed out onto Mithaka Country to tidy up a grave that was in desperate need of some TLC. Taking care not to disturb the grave, the crew tidied up the area and set up a new fence to prevent livestock and other animals from travelling through the area. ... Trips like these also serve as a teaching moment for our crew. They provide them with practical skills (such as building and maintaining fencing), while also imparting in them the importance of cultural heritage management and traditional knowledge sharing. Check out these before, during and after shots from Operations Manager Max and staff member Jarra

10.12.2021 Here is GM Josh’s Outback Yack from last week with Linda and Our Living Outback. They chat about caring for country and how Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation is achieving this, including how MAC hopes to manage caring for our pristine channel country and the importance of working together with pastoralists and other local businesses. Please note that the grind stone blank was 300mm, not 300m

22.11.2021 Over a year ago, Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) began exploring opportunities that would allow us the opportunity to generate an income that would align with our values, and drive people back to Far Western Queensland to live and work. Ideally, they would hold close ties to the cultural values and family history of the Mithaka People. From here, two different ventures began Pastoral Services and Land Management operations. MAC’s Land Management operation has really ha...d its chance to shine over the past 12 months. What started out as a small one buggy (All-Terrain Vehicle) weed spraying operation with Max Gorringe (Operations Manager) at the helm, has grown into so much more. We now have a fully kitted out fleet of 5 buggies and 5 or more employees at a time working within the Land Management team, plus a camp cook to feed the hungry crew! Our personnel take pride in quality and reliability, with consistent feedback of up to 96% kill rate on targeted weeds. They have experience with a number problem weed species including prickly acacia, bellyache bush, mimosa, parkinsonia, noogoora burr, parthenium weed, and a variety of cacti. MAC has been able to achieve this in-part due to the crew over at Desert Channels Group who have been extremely supportive of our endeavours. Their generosity in sharing with us some of their extensive knowledge and experience has not gone unnoticed. For this, we are thankful. Check out these photos taken during a job eradicating a prickly acacia infestation in the Boulia region. Image credits: Lorraine McKellar, Mithaka Traditional Owner #CareForCountry #CareForCulture #CareForOurPeople #HealCountry

07.11.2021 We're going LIVE with a very special #NAIDOC2021 edition of Outback Yack this Friday. Join us live from 12:30pm Queensland time for a yarn with Josh Gorringe, p...roud Mithaka man and General Manager of Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation. Josh has been instrumental in helping his community deliver large scale projects that care for country in Far West Queensland. Looking forward to chatting with Josh about the work Mithaka is doing to keep country heathy, to protect Channel Country rivers and their aspirations for this beautiful part of the world! Artwork by Gubbi Gubbi artist Maggie-Jean Douglas.

19.10.2021 Hidden in the Mithaka landscape is a cultural narrative with great power to tell new and important stories. Multidisciplinary research involving traditional owner knowledge, even when fragmented by the ravages of past conflict and displacement, can re-energise landscapes. Continuing with our National NAIDOC week #HealCountry themed highlights, check out this recent article in The Conversation from Josh Gorringe (General Manager) and Michael Westaway (Australian Research Co...uncil Future Fellow) stemming from years-long research on Mithaka Country. Through this research, we have been able to gain a better understanding of how our ancestors connected with the beautiful Channel Country landscape in which they called home. https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-how-our-new-archae The revitalisation of this traditional knowledge is guiding us on our journey of healing country by caring for our traditional lands in a way that sustainable for all, for many generations to come. If you get the chance, don't forget to check out the accompanying landscape study published in Antiquity - it free to access! #CareForCountry #CareForCulture #CareForOurPeople

09.10.2021 In celebration of National NAIDOC week, we are sharing some of the achievements from MAC. Here is an article from The University of Queensland talking about our partnership, and how we are exploring ways to Heal Mithaka Country. Stay tuned for more later this week! #NAIDOCWeek #HEALCOUNTRY

07.10.2021 Happy National NAIDOC week! Keep an eye out on the page over the next week for some of our recent #HealCountry achievements, activities and conversations! #NAIDOCWeek2021 #NAIDOCWeek

20.09.2021 Get excited!!! Only 4 weeks to go... PROGRAM OUT SOON!

10.09.2021 New display at Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation office Windorah Queensland.

29.08.2021 CHECKING A RUBBER VINE KILL: In one of the DCQ TEAM AT WORK series, Doug Allpass carries out an interim inspection on a rubber vine control program at Adelong. He finds good results only two weeks after the weeds, along Reedy Creek, were treated using DCQ's specialised misting equipment.

11.08.2021 We're proud to support our local community!

23.07.2021 MITHAKA CONTRACTORS MAKING IT IN THE BUSH: Contractors from the Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation are making a name for themselves throughout Western Queensland. T...he contract teams are successfully fulfilling weed control contracts for DCQ as well as for other groups, landholders and regional councils. Besides weed control, Mithaka takes a practical and cost effective approach to contracts including fencing, contract mustering, cultural heritage clearance and generally meeting the needs of the bush. Speaking at DCQ’s recent Weston Field Day, Josh Gorringe (photographed speaking at the field day below) from the Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation, explained the breadth of contracts carried out by the group including taking teenagers out to the camp and instilling a work ethic in them. Having worked with the Mithaka group extensively, Desert Channels recommends the bush teams for all kinds of bush contract work.