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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,…

ARDS recently finished up almost a year of conversations with Yolŋu in Gapuwiyak about smoke free spaces.Gapuwiyak is the second community in the Top End Smoke Free Spaces project, after Ramingining last year. Between June 2017 - April 2018, ARDS facilitators had about 200 conversations with Yolŋu about…

https://soundcloud.com/ards-2/sets/raypirripuy-radio-seriesThis 9 part radio series explores the history and current status of ‘Raypirri’ often referred to as discipline but encompassing the raising of Yolŋu children to become good responsible members of society. The senior elders involved reflect on…