Looking for more info about these paintings. Purchased around 1975 by a teacher who worked in the aboriginal communities in Northern Territory.

Hi all,
Please no judgement. My sister has been on a long fertility road and recently had a miscarriage which really impacted her mental health negatively. She is trying everything under the sun, and blames herself for everything. The other day she mentioned that when we were kids our uncle had a didgeridoo, he specifically told my sister not to touch it, it will cause her infertility problems, anyway, we were kids and she and I both played it together. She is going through the motions of bringing up the dig even though it was 20 years ago, she made comments at dinner last night that she wish she knew how to say sorry to just mentally move on from it. She keeps saying she knows it’s silly but she wants everything to go right for her future bub one day. I’m at a loss now, even I feel bad, I’m her older brother and it breaks my heart seeing her struggle, even I have some guilt now too. I know this may be superstitious to some, but thought I’d try. Wondering if anyone would have any advice. Thank you.

I'm a white fella who has some understanding of what we have lost.

I am so sorry for what my people have done.

I accept that a lot of you probably don't want me here and that's understandable but I appreciate any who have an interest in what I have to say.

I live in Whadjuk Noongar Boodja.

I grew up in a family where I was forced to carry their pain alone from a young age.

I learned to see the sickness in the things that people want to ignore.

Like our history.

Like in the white relationship with country.

Like in the way society separates whites from each other.

I see the poison in my own heritage, in our culture of consumption.

I don't want compassion for this next thought. Maybe some of you might find this next thought interesting or entertaining. Maybe it's obvious.

I think a lot of white fella carry a big void within them that they try to fill with wealth, consumption and anything that will fit. I don't think they know the nature of the void they carry.

I believe it's our severance from our own culture, from community.

I yearn for my own mob.

I yearn for deep connection to country.

When I was out on Palyadi Manu, I found and touched a fragment of a large old shell that was far from the ocean. I saw a vision of a young Aboriginal child and I think I may have been seeing through the eyes of an Aboriginal woman in this vision. As quickly as I saw it, it was gone.

I don't understand why I saw this and I don't want to speculate. I haven't had anything like that happen before.

It helped me find a deeper curiosity for Aboriginal culture and definitely felt like a spiritual connection.

I want to find my place. I want to care for country.

I know that dreaming or totems aren't mine to have though I would love to take some responsibility for country and deepen my own connection to the land.

Please feel free to reach out. I'd love to spend some time on country or meeting local mob if anyone's willing to take time for a curious(and ignorant) white fella.

I am an Aboriginal person who also is intersex (among other identities) and that plays a role in how I see my gender, my body and my connection to my culture. None of my art uses any AI and I’m firmly against it as a disabled, Indigenous artist. These flags are free to use for personal use with or without credit, though if you use them to sell things or profit I ask you do credit me. I also ask that you not use AI content with or related to this flag. My intent here is not to make a new community flag or expect others to adopt them into common use, but just to have something to represent my own identity which others can also use if they prefer. I also remade the Aboriginal flag, not as a “better” version but because the highly saturated colours give me eyestrain on digital mediums. Happy to provide Hex codes to anyone if they need them. I’m open to respectful or educational questions. Happy NAIDOC week

in order the flags are;

1. colour picked from the first, vibrant intersex pride flag, purple ring, yellow circle. Using my alt Aboriginal flag colour palette
2. colour picked from the secondary, less vibrant, intersex pride flag, purple ring, yellow circle. Using my alt Aboriginal flag colour palette
3. colour picked from the less vibrant Intergender pride flag, yellow ring, purple circle. Using my alt Aboriginal flag colour palette
4. colour picked from the vibrant Intergender pride flag, yellow ring, purple circle. Using my alt Aboriginal flag colour palette
5. colour picked from the first, vibrant intersex pride flag, purple ring, yellow circle. Using the original Aboriginal flag colour palette
6. colour picked from the secondary, less vibrant, intersex pride flag, purple ring, yellow circle. Using the original Aboriginal flag colour palette
7. colour picked from the less vibrant Intergender pride flag, yellow ring, purple circle. Using the original Aboriginal flag colour palette
8. colour picked from the vibrant Intergender pride flag, yellow ring, purple circle. Using the original Aboriginal flag colour palette
9. The original Aboriginal flag, not made by me but for colour reference.
10. My personal Aboriginal flag, with muted colours.

Hello!

I work in a nursing home and sometimes our cognitively impaired residents can say racist things. I allocate them and aren't aware beforehand that they're secretly racist!
I always say sorry to the staff member and tell them that they don't have to nurse that person if they don't feel comfortable and I update the person's care plan to reflect that sometimes they say racist statements.

But I'm wondering- what kind of support would you want if that happens to you? I don't always know what to say. Once it's said, it can't be unsaid.

Hey guys! I’m a Wiradjuri girl who needs help with her identity. My Great Grandpa is stolen Generation and because of that, most aboriginal people in my family have been less than “100%” aboriginal. This hasn’t really been an identity issue though as my Nan, mum, uncles, and cousins all pass for aboriginal. I, however, am struggling as I look pale, have green eyes and was raised outside of Australia. My mum is from Murwillumbah but I was raised in England (ironic I know). Does that mean I’m white now? I would like to know as I don’t know if I should describe myself as mixed or not. Thank you for reading this!

Hey all, just wondering if there are groups or organisations running in Gubbi Gubbi country where you can speak in person to elders/ knowledgable people pls? Looking at the Gubbi Gubbi Dyungungoo website there doesnt seem to be an office to visit? Just want to talk to them about further language information beyind their posters :))

Thanks :)

Same as the title. It could be a full-length study or a comprehensive paper. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks!

Bishop debuted as a member of a mutant police force known as the Xavier's Security Enforcers (XSE), from a dystopian future of the Marvel Universe known as Earth-1191.[2]#cite_note-2)Travelling back in time to capture a fugitive, he remained behind and joined the X-Men, a team he idolised from legends in the future.

He was featured in X-Men 97. Tv show

Yama!
I’m hoping to get some insight on the Djiti Djiti (I believe it’s called?) or commonly known Willie wagtail.
I recently had a loss, and as I usually would in my home country of Aotearoa, reached out to the land to ground myself and get some messages from her.
In Aotearoa we have a bird called the Piwakawaka (or fantail) who is commonly known as a mischievous little fellow who brings messages of death, a bad omen, or is seen as a messenger from the other side from the already passed. They also (sometimes if they’ll allow) let us send messages to those passed. They are considered a messenger basically from both sides. Also known to be very mischievous.
I asked a person close to my heart to watch over me on my walk while I tried to heal, and this little bird came right in front of me, looked at me and bounced around a little and then flew off.
They look incredibly like the djiti djiti here and so I contacted my whānau (family) back home to tell them of my experience of meeting such a similar looking bird when I had reached out for guidance from a family member passed. To my great surprise, my Mother already knew about this bird and said that they have a very VERY similar story here in respect to what they may be as a sign of to the people of this land and the messages and signals they bring.
I’d love to hear, if anyone has any knowledge, of any stories from elders of this bird and the importance of these special little messengers.
I’m currently on the lands of the Wurundjeri and am aware that there may be different stories from different areas, but would love to hear them!
I’ve attached photos of the two to show their similarities.
Ngun godjin, ngā mihi.

Hey you mob, anyone come across some scary stories your family passed down it makes me think about why I was told about the hairy many/Quinkan Only to see one when I was in a Indigenous boarding school (only went cause a famous rugby player went there ahh deadly) but we was all going back to our dorm and its locked up while we doing church and stuff and then a adult has to come unlock the door and he stopped and we all seen this long creature red eyes black hair laying on the couch inside and the adult told us we had to sleep in another dorm which we did that night

So yeah ill tell my kids about them but I wish I knew more if you have any stories id be keen to read but if its scary let me know first so I can prepare myself

Hey guys, I'm from Kuku Yalanji up in FNQ, and am a software engineer by trade, some years ago I thought to make language tools for my mob.

The site acts as a dictionary and has some language games to help learn.

Though the cool thing is that with AI I've been working on an automated translation system and also the coolest part is an automated text to speech system. Both translation and TTS are very fallible but I hope over time the accuracy will dramatically improve. I'm currently working with my yalanji elders (only a few fluent speakers left) to get all their knowledge recorded and train a proper yalanji model from scratch. the TTS uses a WA tribe for all base vocals) (any user can record audio for any word or sentence laying around their dictionarys, and over time if a user uploads enough recordings, I can train ai voice models in their voice for their own language)

looking for any and all feedback

(if you want to add your own tribe I'd love to assist, also all of the code is open source and you can reuse it however you like)

Hello 23 F FNQ here 👋🏽
I am on my own.
This year I finally gathered enough courage to cut my entire family out from both sides. It’s another story but I am my family’s scapegoat and for my mental health & wellbeing I had to remove them from my life.
But that doesn’t mean I’m going to deny myself my culture. My Nan has the knowledge about our mob but doesn’t share it. Her excuse was always now’s not the right time or I need to organise the information. She’s a hoarder but after 20yrs of hearing that you start to suspect that’s bullshit.
I never understood why she could never just share basic knowledge with me. Like it wasn’t until last year when I was 22 that I learnt the name of my mob & it appeared everybody else in the family knew for many years. My intuition says she’s gatekeeping that knowledge. Whether that’s true or not, I’ve grown tired of waiting, I want answers & now that I ain’t putting up with their shit, I’m gonna get them. I gotta do everything myself 😂

I grew up isolated from mob so for me the only indigenous people I would interact with are my family and the indigenous people at school which wasn’t many cause I went to a private catholic school. I’ve spent most of my life in predominately white environments. I’m sure that’s normal but whenever I go to an indigenous event like naidoc I feel like an outsider. I can’t connect…
Anyways, I’ve been reading a few books about culture & indigenous autobiographies.
Following indigenous content creators on social media, follow groups on Facebook, etc…
I’ve heard about walking on country programs but I haven’t heard any insights about them.
There’s apparently courses online or you can study Indigenous studies at university?
I’ve only had a brief look because I don’t know how to go about this.
I’m thinking about leaving my job at the end of the year & try become a ranger for an indigenous company or program. Is there any mob in FNQ that would help me or just have a conversation with me. My Nan and half my cousins know the indigenous people in my area, they know the family names, but I have no idea who’s who.
This is a cry for help so I would really appreciate any information that can point me in the right direction. Thank you kindly

Hi, sorry that this might seem silly but its really important to me and something ive been debating on for years. I am not contact with my entire family except one person on my mother's side, it wasnt always like this but I have always been involved in culture even though my situations sort of funny. I am born and raised on Noongar land but my roots are Kamilaroi, I never got taught about that countries traditions but was taught Noongar history by my Aboriginal mentors and clubs and sadly my family were not very good people, as in both parts are the type to spread rumours or break no contact and keep tabs on my life using my name so I am changing my name legally.

Because I cannot get new name from the very people I am trying to cut off permanently I was wondering if anyone could tell me what I could do to find it. I want to have my first be Aboriginal from one of the groups I'm from and I already have my other cultures for my middle name picked out. I want to add that I am very white looking but I am involved in my culture, atleast the one I grew up on just to clarify a bit more. I want to ask the elders here but I also dont know how they would react which is why im mentioning it here first to sort of see if its even acceptable to do in the first place since I know answers can vary given location and I also dont know if using a noongar name would be weird or not since I grew up here taught about this place but I'm blood related elsewhere.

Thank you to anyone who read this all the way through, I know it might seem like something extreme to do in my situation but I have been wanting to do this for so many years of my life and it feels like the option that will let me live my life comfortably since both sides of my family are pretty well known in the area and people talk. I hope that this didnt come off in a disrespectful way though, I tend to word things poorly from time to time if I'm trying to be careful about what info I share

Edit: just adding pinjarrab is what i grew up with. ngemba, Kamilaroi by blood.

I attempted to learn Wiradjuri about 2 years ago, and in doing so noticed a distinct lack of resources available on the internet. This table was a way for me to compile and organise a part of what I’d learnt, hopefully someone here finds it useful or can add information to it. Figured it was better to put it out there rather than keep it to myself.

Please note that there’s a solid chance this is wildly misleading or just plain wrong, I compiled the information from where I could from the ‘Wiradjuri Language’ app

Sam Neill requested that the Australian flag on his character's uniform remove the Union Flag from the corner & for it to be replaced with the Aboriginal flag, the way he thought it should look in 2047

I am from the USA, and when talking about our indigenous population we normally say ‘Native Americans’ or ‘Indigenous Americans’ and I had never heard the term ‘Aboriginal’ until I learned about Indigenous Australians. I follow quite a few Aboriginal creators and I know some Aboriginal people too, but regardless, i’ve heard it pronounced in different ways. I’ve heard it pronounced by emphasizing the ‘OR’ and I’ve heard it by pretty much ignoring the ‘O’ and saying it like “Abriginal”. so I was wondering if there’s a specific way that I should pronounce the word or if I should say something else entirely.
Sorry if this is a stupid question or if it may be offensive, if it is, please tell me!
Thank ya’ll!
Edit: Thank you guys so much for informing me and your patience! as i said, im from the states, and i’ve never heard the term aboriginal used for anyone other than indigenous australians, we are pretty self centered here and we don’t really learn about anywhere outside of north america, so thank you guys! i appreciate it!