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Tarwangin - Talking To Me - 4 June 2008
This edition of Tarwangin has great career opportunities, art, theatre, PALS packs for schools and lots more! Read on to find out.
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Bundi Gurdurdu Mid-West Aboriginal Art Exhibition
Works from new artists who have not previously exhibited will take centre stage in Perth next week as part of the Bundi Gurdurdu (Good Heart) mid-west Aboriginal Art Exhibition.
More than 40 Indigenous artists will be featured in the exhibition, which is a joint initiative of Oakajee Port and Rail and the Naaguja Warangkarri Aboriginal Corporation.
The artists are from mid-west communities including Geraldton, Yalgoo, Cue, Mt Magnet, Meekatharra, Morawa, Mullewa and Yulga Jinna near Meekatharra.
Among the more than 80 pieces are works by well established mid-west artists Olive Boddington, Loretta Egan, who is known for her fine, neat dot work and colourful, rhythmic designs and Charmaine Green, who won the NAIDOC poster competition in 2006.
The exhibition will showcase a mix of contemporary and traditional Indigenous art and will be a rare opportunity for people to see and buy the works of new Indigenous artists and to support a new artistic community.
The exhibition at the QV1 building, 250 St George Terrace, runs from 9-13 June and the sales desk will be staffed between 10am-4pm.
For more information contact Kim Pervan, Manager Public Relations Oakajee Port and Rail, 0407 083 832 or Nan Rickards Project Manager Bundi Gurdurdu (Good Heart) Aboriginal Art Exhibition, 0417 184 290.
WA Mental Health Community Network Forum – Kimberley Region
The WA Mental Health Community Network recently held an Open Space forum in Perth, and is now inviting people of the Kimberley region to participate.
The Kimberley forum will enable the community to come together and provide input into WA mental health planning and public policy development.
Date: Thursday 19 June 2008
Time: 9.00am – 3.00pm (Registration from 8.30am)
Venue: Sam Male Conference Room, Cable Beach Club Resort, Cable Beach Road, Broome
Bookings: (08) 9222 4099 or mentalhealthreception.royalst@health.wa.gov.au
RSVP: 12 June 2008
All are welcome, including community members, consumers, carers, health professionals and service providers. Bookings are essential.
Honouring Theatre Festival 2008
Tickets are now available for the Indigenous Theatre festival – Honouring Theatre. Showcasing Indigenous productions from Australia, Canada and New Zealand the festival begins in July.
Australia – I Don’t Wanna Play House – Yirra Yaakin 9202 196
New Zealand - HE REO AROHA – BOCS 94841133
Canada – Annie Mae’s Movement - PICA 9228 630
Western Australian University Leads The Way
Curtin University of Technology is the first Australian University to launch a Reconciliation Action Plan.
Developed with Reconciliation Australia, the Plan sets out steps Curtin will take to continue to develop reconciliation and build relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
Directoror of Aboriginal Studies, Associate Professor Anita Lee Hong, hopes the launch of Curtin’s Reconciliation Action Plan will be a catalyst for other universities in Australia to do likewise.
“I would like challenge other universities in Australia to develop their own plans,” she said.
“It is extremely important that universities in particular, as institutions of knowledge and learning, model ways to be more inclusive of Indigenous people and build bonds between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.”
Free PALS Packs Available Now
Congratulations to every school that has registered for the 2008 PALS Program.
Every school to register for PALS will receive a special pack with all sorts of PALS goodies.
Register any school project that promotes Reconciliation with PALS to receive funding.
For more information, contact the PALS team on 9235 8051 or email pals@dia.wa.gov.au.
Native Title Information Easy to Find
The National Native Title Tribunal has launched its new website . The new website introduces easy navigation and enhanced search functions. The site makes keeping up with native title news easy.
Users can now find information on the state of native title activity from any Australian state or territory.
Visitors can sign up to the Tribunal's publications and news service or complete an online form to receive hard copies of Tribunal publications. Go to www.nntt.gov.au
Indigenous Australian Graduate Development Program 2009
Applications for the Department of Premier and Cabinet’s Indigenous Australian Graduate Development Program opens on 21 June 2008 until 11 July 2008.
To be eligible to apply you must be an Indigenous Australian and must have recently completed, or will complete in 2008, a three-year degree or higher in any of the following disciplines: business, economics, law, management, political science, arts, psychology, social sciences or other relevant disciplines.
Working at the Department of Premier and Cabinet will give you a broad overview of an array of current Government and associated issues that will help fast-track your professional development.
For more details contact Graham Stafford on (08) 9222 9740 or Gemma Reynolds (08) 9222 9785.
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