Arnhem Land

Vale Njabulanj Helen Williams

Njabulanj Helen Williams, a KunibΓ­dji woman of the Wurnal clan, lived most of her life in Maningrida, about 500 kilometres east of Darwin in Arnhem Land.

She was born in 1956 on Mardbalk (Goulburn Island). Her father, a pastor, relocated from Goulburn Island to ManingridaΒ when the Japanese threatened to invade during World War II. As a child, she travelled back and forth in a dugout canoe, β€œIbidjbat”, on the Liverpool River between Maningrida and the surrounding coastal homelands.

Independent candidate wants bilingual education, services and a treaty

Yingiya Mark Guyula, a spokesperson for the Yolngu Nations Assembly, will stand as an independent candidate for the seat of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory elections in August. He kicked off a national Treaty awareness and fundraising speaking tour with a meeting in Darwin on March 7, before speaking in Adelaide, Geelong, Melbourne and Sydney. He spoke to ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ Weekly’s Peter Robson in Darwin and Zebedee Parkes in Sydney. * * * Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

Oil, gas exploration threatens Arnhem Land

Protect Arnhem Land is a campaign to fight offshore exploration, mining and drilling around the entire coastline of the Northern Territory Arnhem Land region. Last August, it came to light that there are more than 40 potential petroleum exploration sites off the coast of Arnhem Land. The people living on this country had not been informed of the submission of such exploration permits nor were they aware of what mining exploration entails.