DITT Business

HOW BUYING POLICY BENEFITS BUSINESS

Ryan and Soraya Smith had a newborn and toddler in tow when they set up their company three years ago. But the business overcame the demands of good parenting and survived the pandemic to grow from two people to a staff of 10. “We’re nothing if not resilient,” says Soraya. The 33-year-old Aboriginal woman runs the administration...

Northern Land Council Business

FIRING A NEW CARBON FUTURE

Aboriginal rangers and Indigenous students are melding modern science and traditional knowledge to care for their country. Their professionalism and know-how are now so widely recognised that they are able to sell carbon capture credits. Two imaginative programs – Caring for Country and Learning on Country – complement each other...

Gumatj Corporation Indigenous Affairs

GUMATJ PREPARE FOR A BRIGHT TOMORROW

That will mean the end of mining royalties and other payments to the Yolngu people, who anthropologists say have owned the land for more than 50,000 years. Traditional Owners are not sitting back and waiting for the worst – they are working hard to secure their future. As they say: “We have lived on this land for thousands of years –...

INPEX Business

ICHTHYS LNG COMMITS $24M TO RANGER PROGRAMS

Steven first began working with the rangers for work experience while he was at Nightcliff Middle School in 2008 and Darwin High School in 2013. He started working for Larrakia Rangers in 2013. Now 28, the proud Larrakia man is following in the footsteps of his uncle as a full-time ranger and leads a team of 14 Larrakia rangers. “I am a...

INPEX Education

LARRAKIA RANGERS ARE CARING FOR COUNTRY

The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG development recently committed $24 million to the program to help Aboriginal rangers manage and protect land and sea country in the Top End over the next two decades. INPEX General Manager Northern Territory Roland Houareau says Aboriginal rangers play a critical role in managing and protecting many beautiful and...

MATES OF THE MURRANJI Indigenous Affairs

INVITATION 2022 MATES OF THE MURRANJI MUSTER

The Mates of the Murranji is a group of people who are committed to supporting the resurrection and promotion of the historical significance of Newcastle Waters township and surrounding area by building a solid future by recognising, recording and respecting the past. It has now been confirmed that the next Mates of the Murranji Muster will be...

ABORIGINAL STOCKMEN Indigenous Affairs

TOMMY DODD

WORDS BRUCE SIMPSON/TEDEGAN AND MUSIC TED EGANTRACK 11 - I.O.U ALBUM Tommy Dodd, I recall what the boss had to sayAt the Buchanan Camp, as you rode in that day,“I’ve seen some great horsemen, but honest to GodThe horse isn’t foaled that could throw Tommy DoddNo horse could throw Tommy Dodd’. I’ve seen some rough horses, seen many...

ABORIGINAL STOCKMEN Indigenous Affairs

MATES OF THE MURRANJI TRIBUTE – TOMMY DODD

Ted Egan, a foundation Mate of the Murranji, met Tommy in 1957 when he was at the peak of his career. “I met him in Borroloola where he grew up. Those days he would spend the dry season droving or working on stations throughout the Barkly, then return to Borroloola in the wet season in time for traditional ceremonies.” Despite not much...

NORTHERN LAND COUNCIL Business

NLC LEADS DRIVE TO PROTECT ‘OUR MOB’

It was one of the first organisations in Australia, including governments, to act when the covid pandemic began – the land council immediately closed Indigenous communities throughout its Top End jurisdiction to all but essential workers. But the NLC now has a new enemy in what is literally a life-or-death battle – misinformation. NLC...

MATES OF THE MURRANJI Indigenous Affairs

EDNA JESSOP (NEE ZIGENBINE)

Edna was born into a droving family. Her dad Harry, mum Ruby, three sisters and four brothers travelled together on droving contracts. Their situation was not entirely unique – children were often raised on the stock routes with wives accompanying husbands, cooking for the stockmen, and helping with droving. It was Edna’s incredible...

ABORIGINAL STOCKMEN Indigenous Affairs

BLACK COWBOYS

Aboriginal stockmen played a key role in opening up Northern Australia to the cattle industry. Black Cowboys, as they became known, were recognised as being superb horsemen – and women. The NT Cattlemen’s Association is working to get Indigenous Territorians back working on pastoral properties. Here we pay tribute to a generation that helped...

Nous Group Business

NOUS RISES TO THE CHALLENGE

From supporting the NT Government’s reforms to the way it works with Aboriginal Territorians to assisting the Territory’s economic reconstruction and improving primary health care, the Darwin office of the international management consultancy has ideas and expertise to achieve real progress. As Darwin office leader Tom Leeming says, Nous...