NT - Australian Red Cross

Spring 2011 Issue 5
Newsletter
for members
and volunteers
NT edition
P4 Make nuclear weapons
the target
P6 Australian wins highest
nursing award
P9 First impressions on
the field
P10 Big Cake Bake

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AROUND AUSTRALIA
Message from the
President and CEO
The year began with floods,
fires and cyclones across
the nation. During this
challenging time, Australian
Red Cross members,
volunteers and staff showed
the world what the power of
humanity can achieve.
Every day, since the summer of
disasters, your commitment to helping
vulnerable people has not wavered.
Along with many Australians, many of
you gave generously to our appeals to
provide relief to affected communities.
These major appeals have now closed:
• Japan and Pacific Disaster Appeal 2011
• Victorian Floods Appeal 2011
• New Zealand Earthquake Appeal 2011.
For donating to various appeals,
holding fundraising events, or
volunteering for any one of our
services - thank you.
We’d like to take this opportunity to
highlight the value of our Red Cross
members, an integral part of the future
of Red Cross. If you volunteer for Red
Cross, and would like to become more
involved, consider becoming a Red
Cross member. As a member, you join
the world’s largest humanitarian
movement and can help shape our
future. Contact your state or territory
office (details on page 12) or go to
www.redcross.org.au to find out how.
In other news, we have launched an
innovative new campaign to reignite
the push to ban the use of nuclear
weapons. The campaign draws
attention to the horrific humanitarian
and environmental effects of nuclear
weapons, and calls on the international
community to do more to ensure
nuclear weapons no longer pose a
threat to our future.
You can help. Head to
www.targetnuclearweapons.org.au
and vote ‘yes’ to ban the use of
nuclear weapons. Enter your name
and email address to receive further
information about the campaign and
the forthcoming ‘social explosion’.
With this campaign, we are using the
power of social media to talk to people
about critical humanitarian issues.
While you’re online, join the Red Cross
network on Facebook and Twitter for
news, stories and videos.
We’re facing another critical
humanitarian issue: the devastating
drought and famine in East Africa. The
United Nations reports more than
12 million people are in need of
humanitarian assistance in the region.
Red Cross is running the East Africa
Drought Appeal 2011 to provide
drought-affected communities in
Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia with
emergency relief including food, water
and health assistance. You can help
too by donating to the appeal.
Visit www.redcross.org.au or call
1800 811 700 to donate today.
The commitment and dedication of
Australian Red Cross aid workers is
well known and greatly respected, not
only by those within the Movement,
but by the thousands of people they
help. Australian Red Cross nurse and
aid worker Noela Davies has been
awarded the prestigious Florence
Nightingale Medal in recognition of her
outstanding work in many areas of
conflict around the world. We
congratulate Noela on receiving this
award – she is an inspiration to us all.
Once again, thank you to all members
and volunteers for your tireless efforts
this year. As we approach the end of
2011, we look back on a year that all
of us can be proud of.
Keep up the wonderful work.
Greg Vickery
President
Australian Red Cross
Robert Tickner
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Red Cross
Cover photo: Australian Red Cross

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Message from
the Chair
Welcome to the spring edition of the
Newsletter for members and volunteers.
As we reflect on the many challenges
facing us in the Northern Territory,
whether in immigration detention or in
our engagement with Aboriginal people
and communities, it is timely to reflect
on our policy on cultural diversity.
Australian Red Cross undertakes
programs, activities and services
intended to increase understanding
and awareness of the needs of
vulnerable and marginalised people,
build respect for difference and
engender trust and co-operation
among diverse communities.
We take action to address
discrimination and promote social
cohesion among groups that are
particularly vulnerable and
marginalised, including Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people, culturally
and linguistically diverse communities,
people living with disabilities, those
discriminated against on the basis of
gender or sexual orientation, young
people, homeless people, and
offenders and their families.
In September we farewelled Executive
Director Sharon Mulholland, who has
made a significant contribution to Red
Cross over five years. During this time,
Sharon led a number of important local
changes, including commencing the
important structural consolidation of
NT services into hubs to enable a
place-based approach. At the national
level, Sharon’s valuable work as an
interstate member of the Victorian
Bushfires response team was
recognised with a Meritorious Service
Award in 2010. I’m sure you’ll join with
us here at Red Cross to wish Sharon
well for her future.
Deven Patel
Chair,
Advisory Board NT
How can I support
Red Cross
Red Cross relies on
committed volunteers and
donors. You can support
Red Cross by:
• giving monthly, leaving a
bequest in your will or
making a one-off donation.
Visit www.redcross.org.au
or call 1800 811 700 to find
out how.
• giving blood. Visit
www.donateblood.com.au
or call 13 14 95 to make an
appointment.
Support us as a
member of Red Cross
As a Red Cross member, you
are part of one of the oldest
and largest humanitarian
organisations in the world.
Members help us grow the
Power of Humanity by
showing what can be done
when people care enough to
come together to help others.
Renew your membership
or join us now:
www.redcross.org.au.
Launch of Members’ Action Kit
Red Cross is delighted to announce the
arrival of the Members’ Action Kit, which
has been developed in conjunction with
members to provide improved resources
to support the work of members in
branches/units/clubs.
The Kit brings together information
about Red Cross, its proud history
and vision, and some suggestions
about ways the organisation and its
members can work towards
building a strong future together. The
content was developed in
consultation with members, staff and
volunteers, and draws on their
experience and knowledge.
The Kits have been funded by the
national office and production costs
were offset with the generous
assistance of designers and
printers. Hard copies of the Kit are
being distributed to branches/units/
clubs around the country.
For ideas about how you can best
use the Members’ Action Kit, please
contact the Membership Coordinator
in your State/Territory for support.
Newsletter for members and volunteers

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AROUND AUSTRALIA
Help make nuclear weapons the target
Hiroshima survivor Junko Morimoto,
who now lives in Australia, has
pledged her support for the
campaign, along with a number of
celebrities, including Australian media
personality Ruby Rose, Masterchef
contestant Marion Grasby and
Hungry Beast’s Dan Ilic.
The first stage of the campaign is
focused on growing critical mass behind
the project, ahead of a ‘social explosion’
in November 2011, and we need the
help of our members and volunteers!
It takes less than a minute to
support the campaign. Simply:
Devastation in Hiroshima, 1945. Photo: Australian Red Cross.
Australian Red Cross has
launched an innovative new
campaign to reignite the
push for a ban on the use of
nuclear weapons.
Make Nuclear Weapons the Target
draws attention to the horrific
humanitarian and environmental
effects of nuclear weapons and calls
on the international community to do
more to ensure nuclear weapons no
longer pose a threat to our future.
Nuclear weapons are capable of
destroying the planet in a matter of
hours. The world saw their devastating
impact after a nuclear bomb was
dropped on the Japanese city of
Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, killing
tens of thousands of people and
causing unimaginable suffering.
Since then there have been efforts to
make the use of nuclear weapons
illegal, but to this day, not enough has
been done. Red Cross wants to help
ensure the world never again faces a
similar tragedy.
1. Go to
www.targetnuclearweapons.org.au
2. Vote to support a ban on the use
of nuclear weapons.
3. Enter your name and email
address to get updates about
the coming ‘social explosion’.
4. Encourage your friends and
families to vote – use the Share
button to post a link to your
Facebook wall, post an update to
your Google+ circles, send a
tweet or pass on by email.
Doing it Tough Appeal success
Red Cross supports people doing it
tough in Australia and around the
world. We are currently active in an
unprecedented number of disaster
areas worldwide, while also
maintaining our regular local and
overseas programs. To coincide with
World Red Cross Red Crescent Day
on 8 May, Red Cross launched the
Doing it Tough Appeal, with a national
television commercial supported by
BHP Billiton. The campaign allowed
us to reach the greatest number of
people than ever before and
encourage them to donate and
support our everyday work.
The Doing it Tough Appeal raised
more than one million dollars. These
funds will support vulnerable people
in Australia and around the world.
Thank you to everyone who donated.
Watch the commercial on YouTube at
www.youtube.com/redcrossaust.

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Baking the world
a better place
Learn
with Red
Cross
College
Want to pick up skills for
life Red Cross has always
been known for First Aid
training. A Registered
Training Organisation, Red
Cross College offers more
than 43 courses nationwide,
equipping Australians
with training to help them
save lives, gain employment
or further their expertise.
Big Cake Bake Ambassador Megan Gale. Photo: Australian Red Cross.
The Australian Red Cross
Big Cake Bake is the
sweetest fundraising event
of the year, allowing
Australians to show off their
baking skills while supporting
the work of Red Cross.
During October, people of all ages are
hosting events in their homes,
workplaces or communities. They’re
having cake sales, baking competitions
and themed dinner parties with dessert
as the focus. The aim is to raise as
much money as possible so Red Cross
can continue its work improving the lives
of vulnerable people.
From petite cupcakes to towering
sponges, all kinds of baked treats will
help support the everyday work of Red
Cross in Australia and around the world.
For more information about this unique
fundraising opportunity and recipes from
Australia’s favourite celebrities, visit
www.bigcakebake.org.au.
Red Cross College also offers
employment and business
services in Queensland. The
services are offered to disabled or
vulnerable people who have
struggled to find sustainable
employment opportunities.
Red Cross College is always
looking for competent and
qualified trainers to deliver new
and existing courses in every
state. If you are a qualified trainer,
and want to make a difference
to people’s lives please visit
www.redcross.edu.au and contact
the College office in your state.
For available courses and details
about how to enrol, please visit
www.redcross.edu.au.
Homeless Persons’ Week
Tonight, nearly one in every 200 people in Australia will spend the night homeless. This means around 105,000 men,
women and children will be without a safe, secure and affordable home. For Homeless Persons’ Week in August, we
spoke to three people who have been helped by Red Cross programs including the Red Cross Night Cafe in Brisbane.
Hear their stories and more at www.youtube.com/redcrossaust.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
A new life in Solomon Islands
Melissa Bencik has just
arrived in Solomon Islands as
an Australian volunteer
supported by Australian Red
Cross. She will spend the next
12 months helping increase
youth engagement with
Solomon Islands Red Cross,
especially as blood donors.
Melissa took the time to write
about her new surroundings:
coconuts, postcard-perfect
beaches and reggae.
I expected intense heat to hit me
in the face when I disembarked the
plane, but it wasn’t as bad as I
thought. The 2am arrival may have
had something to do with it, although
even at that hour the air smelled
damp and moist and my jeans
clung to my legs, feeling three times
their weight.
Two weeks on, I can’t say I’ve fully
acclimatised to the hot weather of
Solomon Islands, but it trumps a
Melbourne winter.
The city of Honiara consists of one
main road which can be walked in
about 30 minutes. Rubbish covers the
streets and fills rivers. Footpaths must
be navigated carefully, as people chew
and spit betel-nut everywhere. But
take a short drive out of Honiara and
the scenery changes into luscious
greenery and beautiful clean beaches,
dotted with shipwrecks from World
War II to snorkel and dive around.
The local buses, considered minivans
by Australian standards, pump
out island reggae music that makes
me smile. Coconuts are readily
available for drinking (living the
Pacific cliché) and the bush lime is
tasty and refreshing. You can buy
coconut bread at the bakery and
fresh fish and produce at the local
market. I’m yet to learn local recipes
for all this local food.
Australian Volunteer Melissa Bencik with staff from Australian and Solomon Islands Red Cross Societies.
Photo: Julian Troth.
I’m finding my colleagues at Solomon
Islands Red Cross to be very friendly
and helpful, and are dedicated to their
work. I already feel like I’ve known
them for far longer than I actually have.
My role to help engage young people as
blood donors comes with its own
challenges. Generally, awareness of the
need for blood donation is quite basic
and the majority of donations come from
people whose families are sick and in
hospital. Given that a large percentage
of the population is under 25, there’s a
clear need to engage this audience, and
so my work is cut out for me.
I look forward to embracing this
opportunity with open arms over the
coming year, hopefully with many
more coconuts and reggae-filled bus
rides along the way.
Australian Volunteers for
International Development
is a new program from the
Australian Government,
managed by AusAID and
implemented by Australian
Red Cross.
There are many opportunities
for Australians to volunteer
in Asia, Africa and the Pacific.
The program covers airfares,
accommodation, living
allowances, insurance and
other costs.
Visit www.ausaid.gov.au/
volunteer and search for
Red Cross assignments, or
call us on (03) 9345 1834.

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Red Cross aid worker
wins international award
Australian nurse and Red
Cross aid worker Noela Davies
has received a prestigious
humanitarian medal, the
highest international honour
for her profession. The
Florence Nightingale Medal is
awarded by the International
Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) and recognises
exceptional courage and
devotion to victims of armed
conflict or natural disaster.
‘Can you imagine a woman who does
not read or write, not even the Koran,
having to learn how to recognise and
treat signs of anaemia’ says Noela as
she recalls one of her most rewarding
missions, furthering basic medical skills
among women in Ethiopia’s Gode
region. ‘The main illnesses identified in
that area were malaria, diarrhoea, eye
infections, and wounds,’ she says. ‘The
women were great – they were
interested and committed and they
picked up information quickly.’
This is one example of the ten
challenging Red Cross missions that
Noela has completed. She has worked
in war-torn Kenya and South Sudan
performing triage and treating the
wounded. She established a primary
health care facility in Kenya’s floodaffected
coastal towns. In Australia, she
has worked to improve the health of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
communities. For Noela, there is still
work to be done and she will continue to
volunteer for overseas missions.
Australian Red Cross Head of
International Programs Donna
McSkimming said, ‘Noela is a credit to
Australian nursing – an ordinary
Australian who has made an
extraordinary contribution.’
Noela humbly accepted the award in
front of fellow delegates and Australian
Red Cross staff in June. ‘I accept this
award on behalf of delegates, past and
present, from International Committee
of the Red Cross and other aid
organisations.’ Speaking at the
presentation ceremony, Australian Red
Cross CEO Robert Tickner described
the Medal as, ‘the mother of all awards.
It embodies the wonderful values that
we all work for here at Red Cross.’
Noela is one of 39 recipients from 19
countries of the Florence Nightingale
Noela Davies. Photo: Louise Cooper.
Medal in 2011. The awards also
recognise exemplary service or a
pioneering spirit in areas of public
health or nursing education. Recipients
were nominated by their local national
Red Cross or Red Crescent Society
and selected by a commission
comprised of the ICRC, the
International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies and the
International Council of Nurses.
Humanitarian crisis in East Africa
More than a million displaced people
in Somalia are searching for shelter
and food, and people living in the
Eastern Horn of Africa are facing the
worst drought conditions in 60 years.
Red Cross is there to help.
Red Cross is setting up feeding
programs for malnourished children
and providing safe drinking water. In
Somalia, Red Cross has distributed
more than 300 tonnes of assorted
seeds along with farm tools like
shovels, hoes and rakes to enable
farmers to cultivate crops.
How you can help
More than 12 million people in
East Africa are in need of urgent
humanitarian aid according to the
United Nations. You can help by
donating to the East Africa Drought
Appeal 2011 through visiting
www.redcross.org.au or calling
1800 811 700.
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AROUND AUSTRALIA
Centenary Year of Red Cross in
Australia 2014 – get involved!
The Centenary and Member
Engagement Committee is gearing up
to celebrate 100 years of Red Cross in
Australia in 2014 – and we want to
hear from you! The Committee is
calling for expressions of interest,
ideas and initiatives to mark this
significant milestone.
We invite you to look to our history and
to our future, inside the organisation and
out, as together we reach out to
potential new members, supporters of
all ages and backgrounds, and
vulnerable people in our community. You
can focus on one or more of the goals
endorsed by the Red Cross Board to:
• celebrate the achievements and
contributions of 100 years of Red
Cross in Australia
• energise the Australian community
to support the work of Red Cross
• strengthen Red Cross for the future to
reduce vulnerability and improve lives.
More information about these goals as
well as the guiding principles that
underpin them can also be found via
the website at www.redcross.org.au/
heritage. In order to consider ideas
from as many Red Cross people as
possible, the Centenary and Member
Engagement Committee asks you to
complete and submit an expression of
interest form no later than 31 January
2012. Download the form at
www.redcross.org.au/heritage.
The Committee will ensure that no
matter who you are, no matter where
you live, and no matter how you
contribute to Red Cross, you can play a
role in celebrating the Centenary of Red
Cross in Australia in 2014. Some of the
best ideas, including those that take
into account many of the goals and
guiding principles, may also be invited
to develop more substantial proposals.
If you are unable to access the internet,
call your state/territory’s Membership
Coordinator through the contact details
on page 12 of this newsletter.
Trusts and foundations at Red Cross
Following this year’s unprecedented
summer of natural disasters, Red
Cross engaged philanthropic
organisations to support our
emergency services work. As a result,
philanthropic partners offered the
national recovery program significant
support. The Community Enterprise
Foundation, Lord Mayor’s Charitable
Foundation and Collier Charitable
Fund are to be commended for their
unique and collaborative funding
approach, supporting a suite of
recovery programs in flood-affected
communities across Queensland.
Red Cross has established strong
relationships with trusts and foundations
within Australia and overseas. The trusts
and foundations team at the Red Cross
national office manages all philanthropic
funding opportunities for national, state
and locally based programs for each of
the service areas.
Local networks can strengthen this
area of work and Red Cross members
are invited to share local funding
opportunities with the National Trusts
and Foundations Manager. Contact
philanthropy@redcross.org.au or call
(03) 9341 7523.

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Face-to-face: the best
way to fundraise
‘We’re raising awareness of the many services Red Cross provides,’ says Liz Atkinson. Photo: Louise Cooper
You may have seen them in
shopping centres, on city
street corners or outside your
local cafe, talking with people
about the work of Red Cross.
They are the fundraisers who
connect Red Cross with the
Australian public. They work
to secure donors who give on
a regular basis – our valuable
‘regular givers’.
Regular giving is one of the most
effective methods of raising muchneeded
donations, so that we can
continue helping vulnerable people.
Our ongoing work is not possible
without regular donations from the
Australian public, which is why Red
Cross has worked in partnership with
cause-driven fundraising agency
Cornucopia for ten years. Cornucopia
has a team of fundraisers who
specialise in engaging the public in
conversation to raise awareness of
non profit organisations and to recruit
ongoing, regular donors.
Liz Atkinson has made a career out of
regular giving fundraising. She started
work as a fundraiser when she was
backpacking in Australia from the UK.
She loved the work so much she stuck
around, and now, eight years later, Liz is
training and managing fundraising
teams. Liz feels it’s so important that
charities like Red Cross are conducting
this method of fundraising. ‘Every single
day we have people out there on the
street, we secure a certain number of
regular donors for Red Cross,’ she says.
‘But, apart from that, we’re raising
awareness of the many services Red
Cross provides to the thousands of
people who pass us every day. So we’re
helping to educate the public, too.’
Regular Giving Manager Mike Nixon
was once a street fundraiser before
joining Red Cross in Sydney. ‘We can’t
always rely on people going to the
website and making donations,’ he
says. ‘It’s important we directly reach
out to people. The number of people
who know about our emergency
services work, but don’t know about
our other services, is remarkable.’
Many of the regular giving fundraisers
are young people, so it’s an effective
way to reach out to other young
people who are unaware of the many
services Red Cross offers.
Cornucopia recently gave Liz the
opportunity to see first-hand how
water and sanitation programs
improve lives in Cambodia. ‘It really
changed my life. There’s a very big
difference between understanding the
work of Red Cross, and then seeing
for yourself how that work makes a
difference to the lives of people living in
remote communities,’ she says. ‘I use
that experience when I train our
fundraisers. They can see the emotion
behind my experience and that makes
a massive difference to the way they
communicate with people on the
street. We make sure that everyone
working for Red Cross has a real
emotional attachment to the work we
do.’ Liz explains that many of the regular
giving fundraisers are donors themselves.
Next time you see a Red Cross
regular giving fundraiser in your
community, stop and say hello. To
find out how you can become a
regular giver visit www.redcross.org.au
or call 1800 811 700.
Regular giving is one of the most effective fundraising
methods. Photo: Louise Cooper.
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Critical humanitarian work
‘We are delighted to
be a part of the Red
Cross team. It gives
us pleasure to see
asylum seekers
benefiting from the
work of Red Cross,’
Bill and Heather
Prendergast.
Bill Prendergast. Photo: Australian Red Cross.
Australian Red Cross, through
its Immigration Detention
program, has visited
immigration detention
facilities under formal and
informal arrangements with
federal governments since
1993. Red Cross humanitarian
observers assess and monitor
the general conditions of
detention as well as the
treatment of people held in the
detention network – people
who are some of the most
vulnerable in our society.
Bill and Heather
Prendergast are
Immigration Detention
program volunteers
working in Darwin.
Bill and I are Australian Red Cross
volunteers – our primary volunteering
work is at the three detention centres
in Darwin. Red Cross has an
independent monitoring role in these
detention centres.
Heather Prendergast. Photo: Australian Red Cross.
Our current volunteering work with
Red Cross and other community
organisations in Darwin is the
culmination of many years working in
various countries through Australian
Volunteers International and United
Nations Volunteers. We returned to
Darwin with an understanding of the
incredible injustice, trauma and
torture so many others experience,
sometimes through sudden political,
economic or natural disasters but
sometimes the crisis has been
ongoing for generations.
We have seen the events that
cause people to flee their home
country and the trauma that causes
families and communities. So, when
the opportunity arose to provide
support to asylum seekers held in
detention we both felt we had some
knowledge of their motivation to take
a dangerous journey to Australia and
the ongoing suffering most would
be experiencing.
It’s inexplicable why we were born in
a country where the majority of the
population experiences political and
economic security and where there
are publicly funded safety nets for
families experiencing hardship. We
do not always feel these are
sufficient, particularly in terms of
preventative programs, but if we
were born in many of the countries
we have lived and worked in, we
would very likely have suffered
unimaginable hardship, and minimal
or no access to basic food, shelter,
health and educational opportunities.
Red Cross plays a vital role in
maintaining hope and monitoring
living conditions of asylum seekers in
detention and we are delighted to be
a part of the Red Cross team. It
gives us pleasure to see asylum
seekers benefiting from the work of
Red Cross.
How you can help
To find out how you can
become a Red Cross
volunteer visit www.redcross.
org.au or call 1800 811 700.

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Ngariwanajirri:
The Strong Kids
Song project
‘Working together and
listening to each other’ was
the message embraced at
the Strong Kids Song project
CD launch in June.
The event at Parliament House,
Darwin celebrated the successful
production of a Tiwi song titled
‘Ngariwanajirri’, which has helped to
preserve the songs and stories of Tiwi
Island ancestors and connect younger
generations with their elders.
The project was an Australian Red
Cross Communities for Children
funding collaboration with the
Department of Families, Housing,
Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs and the Australian
Government Indigenous Cultural
Support Program. Sydney musician
Genevieve Campbell guided the Tiwi
Island community initiative.
Over the eight months prior to the
event, Genevieve, Tiwi Elders,
children and community members
were involved in a series of
workshops held across both Bathurst
and Melville islands to create the
song which carries themes of healthy
life choices and strengthens
participants’ sense of pride and
connection with Tiwi culture. Eighty
people attended the launch, where
the song and film clip was presented.
The event concluded with a
traditional Tiwi love song which
inspired singing and dancing among
audience members.
To find out more about Strong Kids Song
project visit www.ngarukuruwala.org.
Lyrics to
‘Ngariwanajirri’
Karri ngumpuriyi kapi ngawa
murrakupuni
Ngini wutawa walima api ngawa
kuwayi ngumpurumi
When we enter our country we can
feel their spirit calling us
Kapi ngawa ampi ngini yinukuni
ngarimuwu
najingawula Tiwi ngawayati ponki
ngarrimi
Make proper law to live well for a
long time
To share, to keep our peace and
remember
Ngariwanajirri ngawurra ninguru magi
awarra ngini
ngawa ampi ngamaninguwi
putuwurumpura
ngajirti awa jawaya mulujupa
Tiwi ngirramini ngini ngawa
ngampangiraga
Ngariwanajirri working together to
listen and helping one another.
Hang on to old stories from our
ancestors that they left behind
Let us not lose our culture and the
language we speak
Ngawatu kapinganki kakarrijuwi
ngawurraningirrumarri nginingawula
ngirramini
We young people get together.
Ngawurra ngungurrumagi ngini ngawa
ampi ngirramini putuwurrumpurra
We remember our ancestors’ stories
Ngawa ngawutimarti kakarrijuwi ngini
pupuwi pumatama
We want our children to be strong and
healthy – to follow the right path
Teresita Puruntatameri and Jacinta Tipungwuti teaching children. Photo: Australian Red Cross
Ngawurra ngingurrumangi amintiya
kukunari ngawurami
We support one another and are
happy to be a strong people
Pilingawa yati ngaparinga
ngingingawula pupuni ngirramini
We are the Tiwi that speak our Tiwi
language
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Karnte NAIDOC Painting
Title: ‘Utulu Kutju Nintiringanyi’ (Learning Together) Photo: Australian Red Cross
Throughout Australia, Red
Cross celebrated the history,
culture and achievements of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples during
NAIDOC Week.
In the Northern Territory, communities
came together for various events,
including a collaborative painting.
Many members of the community
contributed to the painting, sharing
stories about working together. The
painting, titled ‘Utulu Kutju Nintiringanyi‘
(Learning Together), embodies the unity
of the Karnte community.
The bush tucker that can be seen on
the right-hand side of the painting
represents keeping the traditional
culture strong by passing it down to
younger people, whereas the righthand
side of the painting signifies all
the building and changes happening
at Karnte.
Contributors to painting:
Rosie Driffen, Minnie Joseph,
Esmerelda Burton,
Yami Conley, Sophie Roberts,
Rose Nuggett, Rubina
Rubuntja, Linda Kanari,
Irene Carrol, Samantha
Gibson, Samantha Brumby
(Children) Derek Conley,
Alvina Conley, Christina
Martin, and Rubina Rubintja.
Northern Territory
Cnr. Lambell Terrace and Schultz Streets
Larrakeyah NT 0820
GPO Box 81 Darwin NT 0801
Telephone: (08) 8924 3900
Facsimile: (08) 8924 3909
Email: ntinfo@redcross.org.au
National Office
155 Pelham Street Carlton South VIC 3053
PO Box 196 Carlton South VIC 3053
Telephone: (03) 9345 1800
Facsimile: (03) 9348 2513
Email: natinfo@redcross.org.au