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Photo: Yirriṉiṉba Dhurrkay and Dave Suttle with "Dhuwal Wäyukpuy Rom Dhäruk Mala ga Mayali’" (Legal Dictionary: English – Yolŋu Matha)ARDS and NAAJA are very happy to complete targeted Community Legal Education before and after court for Ramangiṉiŋ’s April and June sittings. This pilot project was funded…

Photo: Image courtesy of Mike Trenchard, Earth Sciences & Image Analysis Laboratory , Johnson Space Center. [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsARDS staff are on the home stretch in the final stages of post-production after working through dozens of amazing hours of interviews, songlines and ceremony.…

Photo: ARDS Break the Cycle of Violence posterIn May, Dave (Munydjutj) spent a week in Yurrwi continuing ARDS’ Family Violence Prevention Education project. There, he worked closely with the strong and passionate local Wangurri woman Elizabeth Ganygulpa Dhurrkay. The team facilitated workshops with men’s…

Photo: International Mother Language Day celebrated in Nhulunbuy with people of all ages from at least 5 clans.Two women lean in closely to share the small speaker as it plays the voice of an old man. Gitjpapuy was the late husband of Ms G Djerrkura, who is sitting with her great-granddaughter, Wamuttjan.…

Photo: Senior Ramingining man Guthaykuthay holds up a type of leaf used by Yolŋu in past times as a substitute for ŋarali’, due to the cessation of trade with the Macassans. ARDS’ Top End Smoke Free Spaces health promotion campaign has launched in the first of three communities.The project aims to assist…