Yuwallarai journalist Kirstie Parker

Welcome back to Aboriginal Way brought to you by South Australian Native Title Services. We speak to Yuwallarai woman Kirstie Parker this week, a guest curator of the 2021 Adelaide Festival of Ideas. Kirstie shares why Australia needs more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices in media, a field she … Read More

Kalkadunga didgeridoo player William Barton

Welcome back to Aboriginal Way brought to you by South Australian Native Title Services. This week we speak to Kalkadunga didgeridoo player and composer, William Barton, ahead of his performance with the Australian String Quartet (ASQ) at Illuminate Festival. William Barton & the ASQ will perform at Adelaide Town Hall … Read More

Southern Deadly Yarns season 2: Blackfulla Bookclub

Aboriginal Way is proud to share an episode from the award-winning series Southern Deadly Yarns season 2 by Neporendi Aboriginal Forum Inc. and Onkaparinga Libraries. This episode is about Blackfulla Bookclub, an online celebration of First Nations storytelling that has amassed over 35,000 followers on Instagram. Run by Gumbaynggirr and … Read More

Bicultural business with AIATSIS CEO Craig Ritchie

During Reconciliation Week 2021, Aboriginal Way attended the first AIATSIS Summit at the Adelaide Convention Centre. This was a combination of the National Native Title Conference and Indigenous Research Conference usually held separately. Delegates from around the country attended the summit, where academics, legal experts, and community sectors shared the … Read More

‘Sorry and Beyond: Healing the Stolen Generations’ with Brian Butler – Part 1 & 2

Hear about Brian Butler’s lifelong devotion to healing the harm caused by the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families. Brian’s new book ‘Sorry and Beyond: Healing the Stolen Generations’ exposes the Australian government’s policies which aimed to destroy the identity of Indigenous children by taking … Read More

Kaurna cultural burn makes history

Tuthangga (Park 17) Adelaide was the site of the first cultural burn in an Australian capital city and the first on Kaurna Yerta in 200 years. The Kaurna community, City of Adelaide, Green Adelaide and the Department for Environment and Water have been working together to make this cultural burn … Read More

Mick Starkey: culture and science go together

SA Native Title Services is the publisher of Aboriginal Way – we assist Aboriginal people in South Australia to gain recognition and to protect their native title rights and interests. While on a recent work trip, we spoke to Mick Starkey, our Cultural Heritage and Land Management Senior Project Officer. … Read More

Aerosol and Tattoo Artist: Shane Mankitya Cook

Shane Mankitya Cook is a Wulli Wulli and Guwa descendant from Queensland. He was adopted by the Kaurna community in Adelaide and given the name Mankitya, which translates to “the scarred one”. Over a coffee, near his studio at Black Diamond Tattoo, we talk about his life as an Aboriginal … Read More

Mali Isabel is making her art empire

Meet Mali Isabel, an Arabana and Kokatha artist making a name for herself on Kaurna land. The 21-year old was a successful applicant of a year-long residency at Carclew – an organsation cultivating artists early in their career.   Mali dabbles in ceramics and photography, but acrylic on canvas is her medium of choice using every colour of the rainbow. “I … Read More