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NSW Government Releases New Aboriginal Plan
April 15, 2013 

After more than a year consulting with Aboriginal people around the state, the NSW Government has released its new Aboriginal affairs plan. To read the newspaper article about this, click the link below.

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NSW Gov't Releases New Aboriginal Plan.pdf

 

Wonnarua Persons featured in Koori Mail
March 4, 2013

The Koori Mail has featured 2 articles on Wonnarua People, James Wilson-Miller and Shane Phillips. To read these articles, open the PDFs below.

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Koori Mail - James Wilson-Miller.pdf

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Koori Mail - James Wilson-Miller 2.pdf

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Koori Mail - Shane Phillips.pdf

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Koori Mail - Shane Phillips 2.pdf

 

 

Indigenous owners left out of land use talks
March 22, 2012 

The Wonnarua Nation is demanding more consultation with the New South Wales Government over its Draft Strategic Regional Land Use policy for the Upper Hunter. To read the ABC article about this, click here.

 

Wonnarua Nation Biobanking Agreement
March 22, 2012 

The Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation has become the first Aboriginal organisation in Australia to establish a biobank site. For more information, click here to go to our biobanking page.

 

ORIC Introduction to Corporate Governance Workshop
December 19, 2011 

The Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) are running the Kempsey Introduction to Corporate
Governance workshop.
ORIC will accept applications from directors, members of ORIC corporations and key staff who are endorsed by their CEO or supervisor.

For details, please read the following documents:

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Application form - Kempsey.pdf

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Corporation invite letter - Kempsey.pdf

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Kempsey ICG Flyer.pdf

 

Possum Skin Cloak Healing Workshop
November 28, 2011 

Banmirra Arts Inc will be running a Possum Skin Cloak Healing Workshop for Aboriginal communities of the Hunter region to share their possum cloak, discuss cloak protocols,  make a baby cloak for each group and for children to make possum skin armbands.

To view the flyer, click here.

To view the slideshow click here

 

Wonnarua Possum Cloak Workshop
June 7, 2011 

The possum skin cloak workshop was held in Singleton on the weekend. To view the slideshow of the workshop click here.
To see the news article of the workshop click here.