From left: Lily Kemarr Morton, Jeannie Pwerl Mills, Kathleen Kemarr Purvis, Mary Kemarr Morton, Lucky Kngwarray Morton, Ruby Kngwarray Morton, Violet Petyarr, Audrey Kngwarray Morton. Photos: Dan Stainsby Mary Kemarr Morton, Katie Kemarr Morton and their extended family launched their

A launch to celebrate Antarrengeny Awely: Alyawarr Women’s Songs from Antarrengeny will be held at Arnkawenyerr (Rocket Range homeland) on Wednesday 28th August 2013 at 11am. This day is also the celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the Arlparra Learning Centre, at Arlparra, Utop

The Batchelor Institute Visual Arts Department is very proud to announce that one of its students Karen Rogers from Ngukurr was commissioned to make a limited edition set of lino prints to give as gifts to the keynote speakers at the 2013 Indigenous Knowledges in a Changing World Symp

The Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Education (ACIKE) building was formally opened by Prime Minister Julia Gillard at Charles Darwin University (CDU) campus on 26 April 2013. This marked the end of a very eventful and memorable week for ACIKE and Batchelor Institute, w

Derek Hunt, a Yolngu man from Elcho Island recently completed a Diploma of Interpreting from the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education. Under the new Memorandum of Understanding between Batchelor Institute and the Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS) workplace professio

The Marri Ngarr Rak Dirrangara people danced up a storm to celebrate the launch of their book and DVD – Awu Ngawak i Awu Djimbetj Yagatiya – Black and Yellow Mosquito Dreaming. Senior Elder Larri Rex Munar is very old and frail now, but he has worked tirelessly over the last few

Thirty one years after forming an organisation dedicated to the preservation and revitalisation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, a group of Elders was honoured in an event at Government House in Canberra on Friday the 6th July. The reception was organised by the Eas

  Dawn Ross, Family Wellbeing Coordinator, Faculty Health Business and Science at Batchelor Institute was one of a group of women who helped develop this DVD for the purpose of education around breast cancer awareness for remote Aboriginal women. These women came from the Arrernt

  Mowanjum Community is working in partnership with Batchelor Press to revive their languages and strengthen their culture and languages for future generations. There are three language groups living at Mowanjum Community (15km south of Derby). Worrorra, Ngarinyin and Wunambal El

  Jenny Fraser, who is currently a PhD Candidate at Batchelor Institute, has been awarded an Australia Council Fellowship at the 5th National Indigenous Arts Award held at the Sydney Opera House, May 27, 2012. Presented by the Australia Council’s Aboriginal and Torres Strai