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Your guide to staying safe Women’s First
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Junior grand final page 11
Healthy Lifestyle Festival
2011
Photographs courtesy of Duane Preston
Galiwin’ku have just finished
celebrating another Healthy
Lifestyle Festival.
Jean
Rurrkunbuy organises the annual event with the support
from Ŋalkanbuy Health and
Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation.
Although the festival runs for
one week during October, Jean
and her helpers plan the event
for months and sometimes the
‘Healthy Heart’
year before.
The inspiration of the festival is
to promote health and well being in the community, spreading a serious message, this
years message was Healthy
Heart.
More pictures continued on
Page 3
SMOKING STINKS
MIWATJ HEALTH
MIWATJ HEALTH
November 2011
9th November
11th November
11th November
16th November
Airport Disaster Strategy
Stakeholder Meetings
Remembrance Day
Full Moon
CEA CDEP Building
Supervisor Skills Mentor visit
Property Investing Workshop
Miwatj AGM
19th November
23rd & 24th
November
24th November NTES Monthly Meeting
28th November Marthakal AGM
1st Decmber
2nd December
2nd December
5th - 9th
December
ALPA Boat Draw
Shepherdson College Book
Launch
Donydji Book Launch
Dr. Emma - Vet Visit Galiwin’ku
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Digital Future Media
(DigiFM)
is a communication centre based in
Galiwin’ku for the Community and Homelands
The
monthly
Galiwin’kupuy
Dhäwu
is
the
local
tabloid
newspaper which is printed through the centre. DigiFM are a Marthakal
Homelands
Resource
Centre
CDEP
project
which
is
funded through FaHCSIA.
The media centre is for Yolŋu to
create stories through Newspaper, Radio (East Arnhem Shire
managed through the TEABBA Network) and Film, the aim is to communicate
information and use digital technology for cultural maintenance and
self expression.
Would YOU like to
work at DigiFM?
We are looking for staff
Designer
Full-Time Marthakal (MHRC)
Position
• Design the layout for the
newspaper
• Graphic Design contents for
newspaper stories
• Make Posters for print and
website
• Assist photographer with
editing photographs
• Must have attention to detail
• Be able to meet deadlines
• Design of computer graphics
Communication Officer
CDEP Position
• Answering telephones
• Main office duties
• Communicate information
• Website design and updates
• Update Facebook and
Twitter accounts and other
Socail Media
• Assist Media Team on l
ocation if needed
Photograph by Bruce Mawalan
Red Cross
The Red Cross celebrated the start of
the Healthy Baby
Healthy Community Project on June
21.
Parents and grandparents come inside the office to
have a look at what
the project is all
about.
The project en-
courages parents
with babies and
young
children
around
nutrition
and
children’s
growth and development.
Parents can get
advice and support
from Joan Malku
Dhammarandji
and nurse Cathy
Woods.
By Cathie Martin
In November the
team will teach parents about cooking
healthy baby food.
The
project
is
starting work on a
beautiful fruit and
vegetable garden
including
Yolŋu
Fruit trees for parents and families to
enjoy.
Must have good computer skills
knoweldge of Social Media
(facebook)
Photographer
CDEP Position
• Take Photographs
• Edit Photographs
(Photoshop)
• Print Photographs
• Assist in the Design &
Layout of newspaper &
other graphics
• Shoot Video
• Flexiable Hours
• including nights and
Weekends
Must be able to use or
learn photoshop
Reporter
CDEP Position
• Interview people
• Write stories for
newspaper and website
• Attend events
• Take Photographs
• Shoot Video
Must have good computer
skills and be interested in
Sports
Positions open to Galiwin’ku and Homeland residents
Both male and female encouraged to apply
Training and support offered to all positions
If you are interested in any of the positions, please
leave your resume at DigiFM Offices or call us
8970 5290 from the Homelands
email: info@digifm.com.au
Applications close on Monday 9th January 2012
Healthy Lifestyle Festival
Continued from Front Page
From the 17th to the 22th of October
Galiwin’ku Miwatj Health workers
held a Healthy Lifestyle Festival.
They invited B2M as a special guest
and Wirringa Band from Milingimbi
to perform at this year’s festival.
During the week days there were
jumping castles, healthy free drink
at ALPA store, NO SUGAR DRINKS
Day, Live Longer Day, Fat and Your
Heart Day.
On Wednesday the 18th it was the
B2M concert down at the basketball
court. There were crowds of peo-
Above: Courtesy of Duane Preston
By Maletta York
ple waiting for B2M to go on stage.
It started at 6pm to 10pm and they
sang some songs.
The Healthy Lifestyle Festival in
Galiwin’ku has been happening for
many years, each year has a different theme with this years being
Healthy Heart. The festival has developed over many years and gets
bigger and bigger each year, more
and more service providers join in
and the activities and bands get bigger and better.
The companies that got involved
in this years festival were: Miwatj
Health, Skinnyfish Music, Ngalkanby
Health Centre, ALPA store, Tukarina and Bottom shop, Perkins Shipping, EASC Youth Services, Redcross, FaFT-IPSS, Darwin Castles,
Galiwin’ku Police.
This year’s Healthy Heart message
showed us how can we get together
and make healthy food for our body
instead of smoking and eating junk
food and drinking sweet drinks. If we
cut down on eating junk lollies we
might live a longer life.
Above: Courtesy of Duane Preston
Above: Courtesy of Duane Preston
Above: Courtesy of Duane Preston
A Special Day for Mobile School
Mobile School now have a
classroom of their own at
Shepherdson College.
A special open day was held
to celebrate their new classroom on October 28.
All the Mobile School students and their parents came
to Shepherdson College to
celebrate and Alfred Wuyatiwuy, who has 100 per cent
attendance, cut the ribbon to
officially open the classroom.
Teacher, Peter Yilaŋgi said
the classroom was good for
the rainy season because
Mobile School have their lessons on the church lawn.
“All the children are happy to
come to school and are happy about their classroom,” he
said.
“The
teachers,
Barbara
Miŋgal, Malayak 2, Emanuel,
Kelly and my wife look after
the children and I want to encourage their mothers and
By Cathie Martin
fathers to send their children
to school five days a week.”
Teacher Emanuel Holbein
said it was great Mobile
School had their own space.
“Its great the school gave us
a classroom before the wet
season because now we
have somewhere to go to
continue our learning when it
rains,” he said.
Homelands Keeping their Teeth Healthy
By Sue Langdon
Dental visits to Gäwa and
Mäparu was a great success
with good attendance and
treatments provided. The
Dentist Dr Robert Williams
saying that “the teeth of people in Gäwa and Mäparu are
very good”. The Dental team
were very impressed with the
good condition of the Homeland’s people teeth.
The Dentist Dr Robert Williams and Dental Assistant
Vicki MacFarlene spent one
week in Gäwa and the second week in Mäparu. The
communities made them very
welcome and invited them to
join in community activities,
when they weren’t working
hard. They learnt how to
cook crocodile and wallaby,
ate fresh crab and crayfish,
watched a black pig tip over
the rubbish and take the lid
off before eating and spreading the rubbish around. They
loved the Healthy Lifestyle
Festival and want to come
back to attend next year.
Vicki provided an extra service by face painting many
children and adults. The
Dentist and Dental Assistant
had many stories, interesting
experiences, issues such as
no power to operate their instruments, no water to have
showers and no lights at
nights but it didn’t stop them
providing a great service.
The Dental team have asked
if they can come back. Marthakal Homelands Health
Service manager, Sue Langdon would like to thank the
people of Ban’thula, Gäwa
and Mäpuru for all their sup-
Shepherdson College
Book Launch
All Shepherdson College
Family and Friends are invited on Friday 2 December
1.00pm to the School Basketball Court for the launch
of the two main prize-winning
books published as a result
of thier recent Galiwin’ku
Writing Competition.
One hundred copies of
each of the two books, the
Colourful Tree by Natasha
Rräpuŋ Burarrwaŋa and
Nyamir’yunawuy Yothu by
Jermaine
Guyamatjinya
Campbell, will be available
for purchase at $30 each at
the Book Launch.
If you want to be sure of receiving copies of Natasha’s
and Jermaine’s books on the
day, bring your money to the
Front Office of Shepherdson
College and we will reserve
your books for you.
port in seeing and supporting
the Dental Team. “We congratulate all the people with
good teeth, keep up the good
care, good eating and brushing!”
TOO MANY DOGS IN GALIWIN’KU… is yaka manymuk!!
…. Dog bites from cheeky dogs
makes people scared
…. Lots of mess from hungry dogs
scavenging through bins
…when there are too many puppies,
often they are sick & hungry
… lots of dogs means lots of germs
spreading to people
…too much humbug from dogs and
noise at night keeping us awake
…sometimes dogs are sick and can’t
be treated. Lets stop the suffering
by putting them to sleep
Ask Dr Emma to give your dog an operation to stop them from having puppies, or medicine
to make them healthy. Sick & unwanted dogs can be put to sleep.
HEALTHY HAPPY DOGS = HEALTHIER HAPPIER COMMUNITY
Mining Exploration Applications
The Galiwin’kupuy Dhäwu is
running this story to inform
you of these mining exploration applications lodged, we
hope to have applications
like this advertised in our
newspaper in future and we
need your support to show
that our newspaper is important to pass information like
this on locally.
EXPLORATION LICENCES
An application for an exploration licence may be made
over any land in the Northern Territory by following
procedures set out in the
Mining Act and Regulations.
Different land tenure has different processes for granting exploration licences.
The Mining Act is administered by the Minerals and
Energy Group of the Department of Primary Industry,
Fisheries and Mines (the Department) and is responsible
to the Minister for Mines and
Energy.
Exploration licences may be
granted for an initial period
of up to 6 years and allow the
holder to explore for all minerals. (It is important to note
that minerals are the property of the Crown and the
Northern Territory has a right
to benefit from those minerals.) However, the grant of
an exploration licence is not
automatic and the Mining
Act provides an opportunity
for affected landholders and
occupiers to comment on or
object to the proposed exploration licence.
The Mining Act has a number of provisions designed
to protect the rights of landholders while allowing legitimate explorers access to
land. The Applicant must notify the affected landholders
or occupiers within 14 days
of lodging an application for
Authorisation Under Sect 178 28131 sought by
GROOTE RESOURCES LIMITED, ACN 119 494
772 over an area of 79 Blocks (197 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
ROSE RIVER locality.
The notice below was sent to the NT News and the Objection
Period has closed.
Authorisation Under Sect 178 28132 sought by
GROOTE RESOURCES LIMITED, ACN 119 494
772 over an area of 51 Blocks (115 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
LIMMEN locality.
RANTY IRRITY POINT
Authorisation Under Sect 178 28133 sought by
GROOTE RESOURCES LIMITED, ACN 119 494
772 over an area of 117 Blocks (278 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
LIMMEN locality.
RANTY IRRITY POINT
135º 29'
14º 44'
14º 22'
A 28131
14º 35'
Authorisation Under Sect 178 28135 sought by
GROOTE RESOURCES LIMITED, ACN 119 494
772 over an area of 163 Blocks (388 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
ROSIE CREEK locality.
Not To Scale
15º 18'
Authorisation Under Sect 178 28881 sought by
OCRE ROUGE RESOURCES PTY LTD, ACN
151 217 079 over an area of 219 Blocks (537
Sq Kms) depicted below for a term of 6 years,
within the ELCHO locality.
Not To Scale
NMIG Map Sheet No: 6068
Exploration Licence 28824 sought by
AUSTRALIAN MANGANESE RESOURCES
PTY LTD, ACN 129 524 161 over an area of 79
Blocks (113 Sq Kms) depicted below for a term
of 6 years, within the ROSIE CREEK locality.
Arafura Sea
MOUNT Y OUNG
A 28135
BING BONG
EL 28824
NMIG Map Sheet No: 6067
Exploration Licence 28085 sought by NORTH
MANGANESE PTY LIMITED, ACN 143 504 590
over an area of 485 Blocks (1350 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
BLANE locality.
136º 28'
136º 18'
15º 25'
13º 15'
Arafura Sea
BLUE MUD
BAY
EL 28085
POINT NAPIER
MILINGIMBI
NMIG Map Sheet No: 6167
Exploration Licence 28086 sought by NORTH
MANGANESE PTY LIMITED, ACN 143 504 590
over an area of 473 Blocks (1338 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
BLANE locality.
NMIG Map Sheet No: 6074
Exploration Licence 28087 sought by NORTH
MANGANESE PTY LIMITED, ACN 143 504 590
over an area of 403 Blocks (1152 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
GREY locality.
Not To Scale
NMIG Map Sheet No: 6167
Exploration Licence 28882 sought by OCRE
ROUGE RESOURCES PTY LTD, ACN 151 217
079 over an area of 198 Blocks (452 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
ELCHO locality.
136º 40'
13º 00'
Arafura Sea
ALY ANGULA
ALY ANGULA
BING BONG
Not To Scale
136º 07'
13º 09'
Arafura Sea
Arafura Sea
EL 28087
BLUE MUD
BAY
Not To Scale
NMIG Map Sheet No: 6171
Exploration Licence 28883 sought by OCRE
ROUGE RESOURCES PTY LTD, ACN 151 217
079 over an area of 298 Blocks (835 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
HOWARD locality.
Arafura Sea
136º 00'
11º 43'
135º 31'
11º 56'
POINT NAPIER
EL 28882
POINT
NAPIER
MILINGIMBI
POINT GUY
RANTY IRRITY POINT
ALY ANGULA
NMIG Map Sheet No: 6171
Exploration Licence 26868 sought by
TERRITORY MINERALS PTY LTD, ACN 121
200 299 over an area of 211 Blocks (454 Sq
Kms) depicted below for a term of 6 years,
within the ANSON locality.
130º 20'
12º 52'
Not To Scale
NMIG Map Sheet No: 6271
Exploration Licence 26869 sought by
TERRITORY MINERALS PTY LTD, ACN 121
200 299 over an area of 82 Blocks (133 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
DOMBEY locality.
Not To Scale
FINNISS RIVER
EL 26869
LITCHFIELD
PALUMPA
an exploration licence
COMMENTS
OR
OBJECTIONS
It is a requirement under the
Mining Act that an exploration licence application is
advertised in the newspaper
(the NT News). This application was advertised in the NT
Not To Scale
NMIG Map Sheet No: 4870
News. The landholders / occupiers then have 2 months
to lodge a comment about or
an objection to that application, with the Department.
Comments or objections
must be in writing, detailing
the grounds on which they
are made. The 2 month
EL 28883
Not To Scale
NMIG Map Sheet No: 5973
CONTACT INFORMATION
Timor Sea
NMIG Map Sheet No: 4971
NMIG Map Sheet No: 6074
Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and
Mines - Minerals and Energy Titles Division
Address: 5th Floor Centrepoint Building, 48-50
Smith Street, DARWIN NT 0800 Postal Address:
GPO Box 3000, DARWIN NT 0801
Phone: 08 8999 5322 Fax: 08 8981 7106
Email: titles.info@nt.gov.au
Website: www.nt.gov.au/dpfim
129º 49'
LITCHFIELD
13º 30'
EL 26868
Not To Scale
Not To Scale
Arafura Sea
135º 57'
11º 41'
A 28881
Timor Sea
BING BONG
MOUNT Y OUNG
NMIG Map Sheet No: 6068
Arafura Sea
136º 13'
Not To Scale
A 28134
A 28133
A 28132
NMIG Map Sheet No: 6069
EL 28086
Arafura Sea
14º 47'
135º 48'
WARRAKUNTA POINT
Not To Scale
Arafura Sea
135º 45'
Arafura Sea
Arafura Sea
MOUNT
Y OUNG
NY INPINTI POINT
NY INPINTI POINT
NUMBULWAR
135º 57'
Not To Scale
Authorisation Under Sect 178 28134 sought by
GROOTE RESOURCES LIMITED, ACN 119 494
772 over an area of 319 Blocks (773 Sq Kms)
depicted below for a term of 6 years, within the
MT. YOUNG locality.
deadline for this application has passed.
If a comment or objection is
received within the 2 month
period, the Department will
forward a copy to the Applicant, allowing 21 days for
them to respond.
The 2 months period
has passed for comments or objections but
Galiwin’kupuy Dhäwu have
been told some objections
have been lodged and the
Gumurr Marthakal Rangers
would like to thank those
who lodged their concerns.
Shepherdson College Shines at the Smart
School Awards
On the 15th of October
19 staff from Shepherdson College flew to Darwin. They went into Darwin for the Smart School
Awards that were held
at the Darwin Convention Centre.
Shepherdson
College
won the Smart Awards
for Community Engagement.
Principal Bryan Hughes
said the school won because it is a Strong Start
Bright Future College.
“Our college is a Strong
Smart Bright Future College that has programs
like Families as First
Teachers,
Pre-school,
Primary School, Middle
Year’s School, Senior
Secondary School and
a new program called
Three to Nine Adult
Learning,” said Bryan.
Anyone in the community who would like to
start some learning and
be educated can go to
Shepherdson College.
“That is one of the major
reasons we won,” said
By Maletta York
Cultural Liaison Officer
Daisy Goṉḏarra.
Shepherdson College will
now look at programs
for young mothers and
open the school up for
them so they don’t miss
out.
The school also hopes
to do more work with
other businesses in the
community like ALPA,
Marthakal
Homelands
Resource Centre and the
Ŋalkanbuy Health Clinic.
Leila Comes Home
It’s a long way from Galiwin’ku
to Melbourne, but that’s how
far Leila Gurruwiwi has gone.
Leila was born in Yirrkala and
is now a presenter on the
Marngrook Football Show.
She came home to Galiwin’ku
in October to see her family
and to talk to people about
an exciting new TV show that
will be shown all around Australia.
“The show will be called
Dance Off and it will be an
opportunity to showcase the
dance talent of Yolŋu people
of all ages in both contemporary and traditional dance,”
she said.
While
Leila
was
in
Galiwin’ku she spoke to the
Galiwin’kupuy Dhäwu about
what it has been like living
away from home and working for the Marngrook Foot-
By Cathie Martin
ball Show.
“You don’t realise how much
you develop and change,”
she said.
“When I first started out I was
so shy. I had to talk to lots of
people I didn’t know.”
But Leila’s family helped her
build up her confidence and
now she flies all around Australia to meet and talk with
lots of different people.
“There is no reason why other girls cant do what I am doing,” she says.
“Don’t be shame, allow yourself to grow.”
Leila says to the day she dies
she will always be a Yolŋu
woman from Arnhem Land.
“When I have kids, which
wont be for a while,” she
laughs. “I want them to be
strong in both cultures.
Gurrumul now
Triple Platinum
Gurrumul the highly acclaimed self-titled debut by
Gurrumul Yunupiŋu has officially been declared a Triple
Platinum selling album.
Gurrmul has just returned
from a successful European
overseas concert tour and
upon his return he performed
for HRM Queen Elizabeth at
Parliament House, Canberra
on October 21.
Along with the news of six
ARIA nominations the week
prior this artist was smiling
from ear to ear. “Gurrumul is
over the moon. He was on
tour in Europe at the time and
he stayed up until 4am to get
news on the ARIA nominations,” says manager Mark T
Grose. “He is so honoured to
be recognised by the industry
and exceptionally pleased for
his family.”
Gargulkpuy talks to
Melbourne and Canberra
By Maletta York
Joanne Gargulkpuy from
Yalu went to Canberra and
Melbourne for a month.
In Canberra she presented
a paper on a project called
Remembering
Mission
Times at the AITSIS Biennial Confrence and in Melbourne she presented the
same paper at the Oral History Of Australia Biennial
Conference.
Gargulkpuy spoke about
clan connection, roles and
responsibilities and memories of school days during
mission times. She also said
that old connections and
responsibilities need new
strength and she asked the
question what has changed
since during the mission
times.
“Back in the mission times
Yolŋu were responsible to
work by themselves, they
had all the skills and their
outcomes were archived,”
said Gargulkpuy.
Gwenda Baker from Monash
University who worked with
Gargulkpuy said ‘Gargulkpuy spoke very strongly
about the Yalu Centre; it’s
meaning and development.’
Above: Birribirri with some of her family
By Cathie Martin
Love and Care helps Birribirri
When Vet, Dr.Emma Kennedy came to Galiwin’ku in
July, Judy Manany went to
see her with her dog Birribirri.
Birribirri had a broken leg
and some nerve damage.
“Birribirri was dragging her
leg around and she was
walking on top of her paw,”
said Dr. Emma.
“Birribirri was in a lot of pain
and the only way to help her
was to remove the pain.”
Judy spoke to Emma and
they thought together that
it was best to remove Birribirri’s leg.
“She is very happy and
healthy now,” said Judy.
“Every night we massage
where her leg was.”
CEA CDEP Workshop Team
Workshop team members
from Community Engagement Australia (CEA) CDEP
have had their first visit from
Charles Darwin University
Project Coordinator and Project Officer, Anthea Nicholls
and David Suttle.
The group worked on problem solving, computer skills
and thinking exercises to
build up their brainpower.
Jan Deacon from CEA CDEP
said a very good time was
had with the participants.
They are now working together to solve a fun and
simple ‘problem’ for the next
mentor visit in November.
Standing: Gorrpala-Two
Burarrwaŋa, Dhawaratji
Ganambarr
Sitting: Anthea Nicholls
(Project Coordinator),
Mangutu Bukuḻatjpi,
Dhawuti Dhamarraṉdji, Len
Dhamarraṉdji & David Suttle
(Project Officer).
ALPA are giving away a boat
To promote boat safety,
Galiwin’ku ALPA is giving
away this boat and all the
safety gear that goes with
it. If you spend $20 or more
in the ALPA Store, put your
receipt with your name and
number in the box at the front
of the store and you may be
the lucky winner, ask staff
for more details. Remember,
safe boating is manymak
boating!
To win this Stacer 429
Rampage boat with a
Mercury 30hp 2 stroke
motor (worth $10,000)
Shop at ALPA (Galiwin’ku)
and spend over $20
(Yaka Ŋarali)
Entries close on 30th
November Drawn on 1st
December
WANT TH
IS?
Photograph by Bruce Mawalan
Police Report
The Police have been
very busy again this
month;
they
have
been involved with the
Healthy Lifestyle Festival and with men’s
health.
The response from the
community after the
community meeting in
helping night patrol and
the police has been
great, please continue
to help night patrol as
they do a hard job.
We would like to thank
Yalu staff for their efforts in interviewing
community members
on how to help engage
the youth that are out
at night causing trouble
and Sniffing.
Police and Night Patrol
will be going around
and talking to all Clan
Leaders for their ideas
on how we can help
each other make this
community safer.
Unfortunately there is
still a small group of
youths that continue
to spoil the community
by smashing the CDEP
building, Digital Future
building and Marthakal
Employment Services
building. These are being damaged almost
every night. PLEASE
help stop these children from causing this
damage.
A second group of children have been vandalising the farm by
breaking and smashing the banana trees
and water melon vines.
People you are only
hurting
yourselves
as this food was being grown for our own
community.
PARENTS PLEASE
STOP YOUR CHILDREN FROM DOING
THIS
SENSELESS
DAMAGE
Gumurr Marthakal Rangers working with
Quarantine to stop weeds and diseases
Gumurr Marthakal Rangers
and scientists from Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) worked
on an observation activity
aimed to determine if any exotic pests, weeds or diseases had entered the Wessel
Islands group through known
Foreign Fishing Vessels
(FFV) landing sites.
Earlier this year AQIS team
Mathew Cvetko-Lueger, Eliza Finlay, Stephen Mckenna
and Tony Postle and Gumurr
Marthakal Rangers, Matthew
Atu and Ralph Garrawurra,
Desmond Wunuŋwurra and
Alex Yumbulul with the support of Traditional Owners,
NT Police service and the
people of Elcho Island travelled around the Wessel Island group to carry out the
observations.
The AQIS team of scientists
and the rangers were able to
collect numerous termite, ant
and plant samples for identification.
They collected samples and
sent the samples away for
testing.
Ranger, Ralph Garrawurra
said the trip was good because it is always good to
learn more skills.
“We learnt a lot of new things
with the scientists from Quarantine. Its good to learn more
about what different departments do,” he said.
Northern Australian Quarantine Strategy reported that no
exotic pests, weed or diseases were found at the places
where the samples were taken from.
AQIS would like to pass on
their appreciation for your
assistance in protecting Australia’s way of life from exotic
plant and animal threats.
get set for the wet
As the wet season rolls
into East Arnhemland we
start to prepare for the
change of season. These
changes help protect our
homes and families from
harm that the wet season
can bring.
Novemebr 1st marks the
offical start of the cyclone
season, which will continue until the end of April .
Cyclones can hit at any
time or not at all:
Be prepared and stay
safe
Police 000
131 444
BOM
1300 659 211
www.bom.gov.au
Its all in the
Planning
Don’t put things off preparation is the key to
surviving a cyclone
Above: First rains of 2011 approaching Elcho Island over
Howard Island
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Power and Water Corporation
Get Prepped for the Wet
Police Cyclone News
IT’S CYCLONE SEASON AGAIN
This means it’s time to clean
up your yards and around
the house, take any rubbish
to the dump and use the
Shire cleanup days to get
rid of the larger rubbish, bits
of tin and other metal.
Any old car bodies that you
don’t want call the police
and we will arrange for Marthakal or the Shire to get rid
of them.
Please be prepared – know
where you will shelter, have
your cyclone kit ready and
listen to all reports by the
Police, Shire and Rangers.
The Galiwin’ku shelters
are, Marthakal Workshop,
the Shepherdson College’s
new hall. The new houses
built by Territory Alliance
are very strong houses and
should also be used.
Please remember the houses with a big red S are NOT
cyclone shelters.
When a cyclone has been
located the police will tell
the community and the Police, NTES and Rangers will
go around and speak with
people.
Not all cyclones are the
same. There are Five categories of cyclones with a
Category One being the
least destructive and Category Five being the most.
If Galiwinku is prepared and
ready for a cyclone we will
minimise the damage and
harm caused by the cyclone.
Storms and our animals
During a cyclone, we need
to consider dogs as well. Although dogs are likely to be
very scared during cyclone,
they are unfortunately not
allowed into cyclone shelters – there is only a limited
amount of space and human
safety is a priority. Dogs
shouldn’t be tied up during
a storm or cyclone as this
Dr. Emma
is likely to cause more injury, especially if they are not
used to being tied up. Most
dogs will be very capable of
seeking out a safe place and
fending for themselves when
left outside during a cyclone,
if you are unable to keep
them with you.
Every year during
the wet season in the
Top End, we get big
storms and cyclones
with strong winds,
heavy rain and lightning strikes.
Although people that
live in the Northern
Territory are used to
this type of weather,
it’s important that
we remember it can
cause a lot of damage to our home
and community. Get
prepped for the wet
and be safe.
The wet season
storms and cyclones
can cause the power
to go out and sometimes interrupt water
and sewerage services.
Each year, Power
and Water Corporation prepares for the
wet season by encouraging the community to get prepared. Tips for during
storms include:
unplug
appliances
like your television,
stereo and microwave etc. in case of
power surges
use a torch NOT
candles, which can
be knocked over and
cause a fire
have a battery operated radio with
spares so you listen
to the local station for
update
ensure your mobile phones is fully
charged
make sure your
overflow relief gully
(ORG), the drain
near your house is
not blocked or covered with plants so
that water can drain
away
from
your
home or property
Power outages are
usually caused by
lightning strikes or
when
something
touches a powerline
like a tree branch or
animal. This triggers
a safety protection
system that disconnects the power.
During a storm or cyclone, whole powerlines can be brought
down with high winds
or fallen trees.
Before the wet season, make sure you
have enough fresh
water, food and other essential items in
your cyclone kit to
last up to 72 hours in
case the power goes
out or your water is
cut off.
If you are going
on holidays or will
be away from your
house for some time,
unplug all your appliances before you go.
If the power goes out
in your home:
oWait at least
15 minutes – most
of the time the power
will come back on
within 15 minutes;
oIf your power
is off for more than
15 minutes you can
check our website
(www.powerwater.
com.au) for information about planned
Tips for during storms include:
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•
unplug appliances like your television,
stereo and microwave etc. in case of
power surges
use a torch NOT candles, which can
be knocked over and cause a fire
have a battery operated radio with
spares so you listen to the local station for update
ensure your mobile phones is fully
charged
make sure your overflow relief gully
(ORG), the drain near your house is
not blocked or covered with plants so
that water can drain away from your
home or property
works or unplanned
outages. You can
also call us on 1800
245 092 to report a
fault or follow us on
Twitter (@PowerWaterCorp) where updates are provided
between 8am and
8pm.
If the power goes out,
we recommend you
switch off and unplug
all electronic equipment, this could help
stop things like your
television or computer being damaged
when the power is
turned back on to
your area.
If you are evacuating
to a cyclone shelter,
turn your power off
at the main and your
water at the meter,
this will make the
property safe and reduce the risk of power surges.
After big storms or
cyclones, remember
not to swim in flooded areas because
downed powerlines
could be submerged
in the water.
If the power goes out in your home:
•
•
Wait at least 15 minutes – most of the
time the power will come back on within 15 minutes;
If your power is off for more than 15
minutes you can check our website
(www.powerwater.com.au) for information about planned works or unplanned outages. You can also call
us on 1800 245 092 to report a fault
or follow us on Twitter (@PowerWaterCorp) where updates are provided
between 8am and 8pm.
Shepherdson College Adult Classes
NTES Galiwinku - Monthly Meeting
Thursday November 24th at 5:00pm
At the CEA CDEP Office
SAVE MONEY
Look after your car!
Learn basic car
maintenance
Oil change Coolant Belts
Tyres Leaks Suspension
Lights and electrics
Members & Interested Guests
Welcome
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
For personal or work use
Get on the internet
Open an email account
Look at online banking and shop-
For further information please contact
Gary Baker 0448 329 947
or Jan Deacon 0488 083 160
COOK HEALTHY FOOD
Cook healthy food and eat it at the
school or take it home for your
family
Notice of AGM
Thursday 28th November 2011
BECOME AN AFL UMPIRE
Blow your own whistle!
Learn with Ralph and Sam,
get proper AFL accreditation
11am
The Marthakal homelands Resource
Centre will be holding its Annual General
meeting at the new Health Administration
building at Galiwinku.
Please contact your General Manager
Daisy Gumbula on 08 8970 5569 for coordination of transport to this important
event.
Regards
CEO
Marthakal Homeland & Resource Centre
N OTICE OF
A NNUAL G ENERAL M EETING
Tuesday, 22nd November 2011
10.30am to 1.30pm
Full Board Meeting
rd
th
23 & 24 November 2011 – 8am – 4pm
Venue: Gumatj Corporation Board Room
Gunyangara Community
The purpose of the Annual General Meeting is for the
election of the Governing Committee for the next two
years. To confirm the minutes of the previous AGM,
consideration of all reports, financial and annual,
appointment of Auditors and the inspection of the
Register of Members
The Bulunu Ward Meeting will take place prior to the
AGM. The purpose of the Ward Meeting is to elect 5
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a period of two years.
A Full Board Meeting will follow on Wednesday 23rd and
Thursday 24th November 2011.
ALL MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND
For further enquires please contact Julie Strauss,
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Leal Technology supporting
Galiwin’ku Junior Football
Leal Technology has come
on board as a sponsor of
the GFA, providing 300
new junior footballs for
the boys u13 & girls u15
competitions. Managing
Director of Leal Technology, Jesse Leal said that
a recent work trip to Galiwinku was the inspiration
behind the sponsorship.
As AFL NT Remote Projects Manager, Tavis Perry
put it, ‘Jesse couldn’t believe the enthusiasm that
the kids in Galiwinku had
for their footy, and he contacted me to see how he
could assist. He then generously donated 300 new
junior footballs, providing
them with an opportunity
to play all year round.’
Football in Gaiwinku continues to grow, with over
thirty teams across five
leagues. AFL NT Regional
Development
Manager
Sam Ellis continues to do
an outstanding job and
the entire community is
looking forward to the
senior competition starting soon.
Steps Towards Work
Every Monday morning
from 9am to 11am one
group of men and one
group of woman meet at
Marthakal
Employment
Services (MES) to share
stories and talk about
work.
Marrawili Gondarra who
runs the workshops for
men said the program was
one way to close the gap.
“We talk about work and
the barriers that stop people from getting work,” he
said.
“This will be an ongoing
Above: Photograph by Bruce Mawalin
program and everyone is
welcome to attend.”
Job Club will encourage
people to participate in
work and help them to
write a resume.
Masters of
Indigenous Mawul Rom
Mawul Rom is an
accredited Masters
course at Charles
Darwin
University
(CDU). The fouryear course recently
seen 15 participants
graduate in their
Masters of Indigenous Mawul Rom
with a ceremony
held at the Darwin
Brain Training Solutions
Convention Centre
on October 21st.
Mawul Rom is the
Law of Peace-making, which is offered
by Dhurili Clan Nation as a legitimate
point of entry into
ceremonial life, and
Law of the system of
Madayin Law.
Applications
are
now open for next
year: please the
Australian Centre for
Indigenous Knowledge’s and Education 08 8946 6482
Mawul Rom Office at
Charles Darwin University or email on
mawul@cdu.edu.au
Darwin Castles donate a waterslide
Darwin Castles are new to
Galiwin’kus Healthy Lifestyle Festival with 2010
being their first year; not
only have they brought fun
during the last 2 festivals
but they are now leaving
some of that fun behind
with their kind donation.
Owner Andrew Firley was
excited to come back and
bring more exciting inflatables to this year’s event.
Andrew and the team listened to the children at
their first festival and remembered what they most
wanted, so this year they
brought with them the inflatables and toys they
thought the children would
like. Some from last year
came back, the enclosed
jumping castle and the
water dunk but some new
games including the wild
splash, which is a tunnel
you run and jump down
with running water in.
There were queues for all
rides but the Wild splash
brought much attention
when the temperature got
higher.
As the festival grew to the
end there was one less
item to pack up as owner
Andrew Firley donated
the Wild Splash to Miwatj
Health.
Already the Wild Splash
has made another appearance at the Children’s
Week event.
NT Thunder & Power and Water
Northern Territory Thunder
Players came to Galiwin’ku
on the 11th of October with
Power and Water to support
the community to stop wasting water.
NT Thunder players, Cameron Hotton, Lachlan Argus,
Matthew Argus and Kelvin
Williams met with students
from Shepherdson College
and spent the afternoon at
Galiwin’ku oval. The players
held a footy clinic and then
talked about water conservation. The message was to
conserve our water by not
wasting water ‘ Turn off taps
and report any leaks’ said
Matthew Argus.
The NT Thunder players
were so excited to come out
to the community and support our community. They
also had fun teaching the
helping water conservation
students their skills and how
they play AFL.
Galiwin’ku resident and NT
Thunder player Carlos Burarrwanga turned up to the oval
and helped his teammates
out.
Shepherdson college students were happy that they
met the players in real life - it
was a shock to them.
Power and Water water resource officer Mike Allandale
said ‘In Galiwin’ku we want
to reduce the average daily
per person use.’
NT Thunders had prizes for
the students who could answer the right question about
water conservation. Some
answers were hard, but most
of the senior boys got them
right.
It was a good thing as well
for them to learn both things
– not to waste water and
learn things to share how to
save our water.
So if Yolŋu see water leak-
Junior Boys Grand Final
By Maletta York
On the 29th of October there
was two Grand finals held
down at the oval.
The first game played was the
under 13’s Bomber’s and St
Mary’s. It was a good match to
the end of the fourth quarter.
Saint’s tried their best to win
but Bomber’s won the under
13’s premiership for the year.
Photographs James Bayung
By Maletta York
ing anywhere please contact
Power and Water 1800 245
092 to save our water. August 2011 reported 819 litres
per month used and Power
and Water would like to help
bring that down to 500 litres
per month
Pink Eagles Win the
Thrilling first Women’s
Football Final….
The first ever womens Grand Final
was held at the
Galiwin’ku football
oval on the last
weekend of October.
Before the grand final the Tigers were
on top of the ladder and the Eagles
were
in second
place.
It was a close game
with the Tigers
scoring a goal just
before the horn
went off.
The final score
were Eagles two
goals five points
and the Tigers two
goals.
Photographs courtesy Duane Preston
By Maletta York