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Willowra upskilling

(l-r) Janie Williams (Willowra Early Learning Centre staff member), Dembra Conlon (Willowra Early Learning Centre Coordinator), Lynne Smith (Lecturer, Early Childhood), Barbara Williams (Willowra Early Learning Centre staff member) Janie Williams receiving Certificate at 2018 DPC Camp
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Rangers’ efforts recognised at Yirrkala

On Friday, May 3rd a Batchelor Institute Community Graduation was held in Yirrkala at the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre for seventeen Rangers who manage their Indigenous Protected Areas in North East Arnhem Land. Sixteen Yirralka (part of the Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation)
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Djiningi djurra manymak ‘This is a good book’

Photo Caption: Stanley Rankin and Batchelor Institute linguist Margaret Carew, at Maningrida College, August 2018. Stanley Djalarra Rankin is one of the ceremonial leaders for the Miwal story which contains important sacred traditional knowledge of the Marrangu Djinang people of north
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ABC donates library to Indigenous students

Batchelor Institute students Tiarne de Beer and Allen Minniecon, with books donated by the ABC in Alice Springs. Photo: Angela Harrison The ABC has donated more than 10,000 reference books to Indigenous Australian students in the Northern Territory, to strengthen their education and e
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CLC Ranger success

Photo courtesy of Central land Council The Indigenous Ranger program at the Central Land Council (CLC) is going from strength to strength with the help of the Batchelor Institute. The CLC’s ranger program employs and trains people in remote communities where real jobs are scarce. Fund
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We Always Stay

Seven Aboriginal teachers from remote central Australian communities have documented their education journeys in We Always Stay, which was launched by CLC director David Ross, an early champion of the WETT, on the 22nd March at the Central Land Council. The teachers, all women, have a
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Yirrkala Community celebrates Graduation

R: The graduating class of Yirrkala at the 2017 graduation ceremony with community, NT Government and Batchelor Institute representatives. Image:Darren O’Dwyer The remote community of Yirrkala has celebrated the achievements of forty graduates, who have completed a range of courses at
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Bringing Digital Literacy to Arlparra with inDigiMOB

A program that was designed to develop and implement affordable and equitable access to digital technology and communications in remote Northern Territory communities has recently celebrated the wrap up of its successful pilot year. inDigiMOB is an innovative initiative, run in partne
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Building Skills in Barunga

Students in the remote Indigenous community of Barunga are getting a hands-on education in machinery operating. The 10-week course, being delivered by Batchelor Institute lecturer Alvin Tan, trains students on the use of an excavator, skid steer loader, wheeled front end loader, backh
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From Yuendumu to the Melbourne Cup: Aboriginal Artist to Feature On Race Day

L: Otto Sims and Batchelor Institute lecturer Brigida Stewart working on the dress. R: Otto Sims painting in Yuendumu   Central Australian Indigenous artist Otto Sims has been invited to showcase his work at the Melbourne Cup Fashions on the Fields event this year. With the help
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