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    Welcome to ARDS

    Aboriginal Resource and Development Services Inc (ARDS) is an Indigenous, non-government, charitable organisation.

    ARDS is recognised as an effective capacity building organisation. Our expertise and over thirty years experience specifically aims to empower the Yolngu people of north-east Arnhem Land.

    Our capacity building methodology uses Yolngu languages and world-view.

    We work on a fee-for-service basis in the areas of:

    • Health
    • Economic
    • Legal
    • Social
    • Governance

    Our clients include:

    • Our members
    • NGOs
    • Government
    • Private enterprise, and
    • Anyone interested in the development of Indigenous people

 


Yolngu Traditional Law
Click above to read 38 statutes of Yolngu Law

Now available ARDS Annual Report 08-09

Media Release - 11 Nov 2009
Health Gap Fuelled by Language Barriers

2010 Dates for Bridging the Gap Seminars are coming soon!

View our new Interactive Online Yolŋu Matha Anatomy Dictionary Click Here

Visit ARDS new blog and add comments to our posts Click Here

Why Warriors Lie Down and Die
by Richard Trudgen

This book was written to provide answers as to why the Aboriginal people of Arnhem Land face the greatest crisis in health and education since European contact. More Info

Post FREE anywhere in Australia

Cost: $29.95 AUD

40% discount on "Why Warriors Lie Down and Die" books. Simply purchase a box of 18 and we will post them FREE to you anywhere in Australia by registered post.

Cost: $324 AUD

Please help the work of ARDS

Click the link below to make an online donation to ARDS. Thank you!


 

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"Are We Heading in the Right Direction?" Closing the Gap or Making it Bigger?
Discussion paper on current government policies.
Click Here

ARDS Submission to Territory 2030 Click Here

Dr Rev Djiniyini Gondarra's Submission to Territory 2030 Click Here

Findings from the ground-breaking report on legal problems faced by Yolngu people - "Absence of Mutual Respect" Click Here