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Outback Spirit has begun its season with a bang! Every second day we have 22 guests coming on the Outback Spirit Tour through Arnhem Land. The first port of call is our wonderful and beautiful Welcome to Country Ceremony with Galpu Clan Leader Djalu Gurruwiwi and his family members. One Clan Leader,…

ARDS is working with clan leaders in Galwin’ku to provide mediation and restorative justice for Yolŋu and Balanda in Galiwin’ku. Part of our job is to support clan leaders to meet and to help them communicate decisions they make in accordance with Yolŋu law.We have been consulting with many different…

After being awarded a national award for a radio series about gambling, ARDS will take conversations about gambling and community resilience to the streets, with a new three-year project.Nhaliy dhu Yolŋuy yutjuwaḻakum mari beŋur pokies-ŋur? – ‘Finding a pathway to reduce harms caused by pokies’ – is…

A member of our cross-cultural facilitation team, Andrew Pascoe, recently graduated from a Graduate Diploma in Yolŋu Studies from Charles Darwin University.CDU offers a range of study options for its successful Yolŋu Studies program, and ARDS supports staff members to undertake studies as part of their…

Over the last two years, a team of 14 people worked across 4 Top End communities to record and document Yolŋu clan languages and songs. On Thursday 21st June, ARDS Aboriginal Corporation celebrates the launch of a double album which features some of the music and language emerging from the Ancient Languages,…