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Issue 1: Nov 2004
Co-op Winners – Mapuru Homelands 1
Kids spoilt in Gurungu! 1
Message from Marion Scrymgour MLA 2 Nyirranggulung Mardrulk Ngadberre Council 3 Julalikari Arts & Crafts: The Pink Palace 5 Anyiningyi: whole of family, whole of community 6 Things are on the move in Tennant Creek 6 Anyiningyi Sports Centre and Burri Butler 7 Nyinnka Nyunyu Cultural Centre Youth Performance 8
Barkly population 2003 9
Tennant Creek Child Care Centre 9
The Tennant Creek Youth Development Unit: 10 Barkly Region Safer Communities Committee 12 The Tennant Creek Graffiti Project 13 Barkly combined crisis & family support centre 13
Portable Skate Park 13
Barkly Regional Alcohol Drug Abuse Advisory Group 14
Tennant Creek Women’s Refuge 15
Tennant Creek Primary School 16
TC Raiders Youth Services & Centacare 17 New Anglicare Youth Services in Tennant 17
Elliott Womens Centre 18
Gurungu Council 19
Elliott Library 19
Elliott Community Education Centre 20 Stories from Owairtilla / Canteen Creek 21 Bouncing around the Barkly – nutrition issues 22 New child care centre in Inkuntji 23
Congress home visits 24
For children with physical and developmental delay 24
NPY Women’s Council 24
Imanpa / NPY nutrition workshop 25
Western Desert Dialysis 25
Indigenous Scouts Northern Territory 26 Children and family violence East Arnhem 27 Katherine Region: A link in the chain 27 Yingana: Creation Mother story from Gunbalanyah 28
Wadeye Respite Centre 29
Jirnani Child Care Tiwi Islands 30
SNAICC 31
Parentline & phone counsellor Irene 32
Families website 32
NAPCAN: Get inspired 33
Both Ways Children’s Services Project 33 Family & Community Services Advisory Council 35 The Five DHCS Community Liaison Officers 34 Maryanne Malbunka 2004 Mother of the Year 36 MARVIN, Jimmy and Vanessa have arrived! 36
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Issue 1: November 2004 Page 1 Barkly focus
Issue 2: April 2005 Page 2 East Arnhem focus
Issue 3: August 2005 Page 2 South of Alice focus
Issue 4: February 2006 Page 3 Katherine region focus
Issue 5 August 2005 Page 4
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Issue 2: April 2005
Laynhapuy Homelands get secondary ed. 1
Mirrngatja Homelands School 1
Editorial 2
All about remote childcare services 3 Kathy Long Lajamanu nutritionist 4
All about swimming pools 5
Gäwa Christian School, Elcho Island 6
Profile: Gamiritj Gurruwiwi 7
Yirrkala Community Education Centre Band 8
ARDS Broadcasting in Yolgnu 8
Yirrkala Dhanbul Sports & Recreation 9
Message in a bottle video 10
Gunyangarra votes for alcohol ban 10 Nhulunbuy Harmony Special Care Centre 11 Fiona Marika and Anglicare Connect Youth Services 11
Y(OUR) STORIES 11
Laynhapuy Homelands Association 12 Yilpara – a Laynhapuy homeland gets the power 14
Strong Learners book launch 15
Yirrkala Homelands School 16
Mobile pre-schools 17
Wonderful women of NE Arnhem 18
Yirrkala Women’s Patrol 18
Crisis Accommodation Gove 23
Mobile playgroups and toy libraries 24 RACSSU – Children’s Services Support Unit 26 Innovative childcare services directors’ workshop 27
Profile: Rose Guywanga 28
Yirrkala Dhanbul childcare and pre-school 29 Funding for children in Tiwi, Arnhem, Palmerston 29 Flexible JET creches – Elcho Island and Aputula 30 Donna Liddy, Director Nauiyu Child Care Centre 31 Talking up childcare: Nyirripi Childcare House 32 Maningrida Birthing in the bush 32
Ramingining Women’s Centre 33
Yera Child Care Batchelor 33
Nabarlek Band 34
Elcho gardeners win 35
SNAICC new national children’s services directory 35
Cherie Bush – Leeuwin explorer 35
Grow Well in Southern Barkly 36
Centacare Tennant Creek 36
Website links for child and family services 37 Parentline and new infant guidelines 38 Feedback Issue 1 Kids Tracks 39 Kids Tracks rules 40
Mandala Pupangamirri: Citizen of the Year 1
Editorial 2
Barry Abbott – national winner, local hero 3 Child and family services south of Alice 4 Early childhood providers group in Alice 5
Aputula JET Creche 6
Real Gorgeous Week at Aputula 7
Us Mob 8
Innovative childcare services in the Centre 8 Childcare in Mutitjulu and Yuendumu 9 CA Integrated Early Childhood Project 10 The new Titjikala Child Care Centre 12 Working with Titjikala & Ikuntji childcare 13 Indigenous community volunteers 13 Arama Mataira – Titjikala school principal 14 Yirara in Kintore, Willowra and Mt Liebig 15 NPY Women’s Council Child Nutrition 16 Child nutrition central education team Kalka 17
Nyangatjatjara College 18
Ngaanyatjarra Health Service at Wanarn 18 Playgroups in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands 19
About Waltja 20
Growth Assessment and Action video 22 Child health workers growing together 23 Anyinginyi – a new men’s place 24
Matthew Turner comes home 25
A big gift for Peppimenarti 25
Borroloola Wunala JET creche 26 From Gunbalanya: the Yingarna project 27
Safety plans for Nauiyu 27
NAPCAN Child Protection Week and grants 27 Yolgnu women and friends party 28 Yirrkala women’s patrol gets results 29
Maparu on line 29
Nhulunbuy mobile preschool 30
Galiwin’ku Child Care Centre 1996–2005 30 Arnhem Sports Carnival – Galiwin’ku 31
Great movies in Gapuwiak 32
Heads in the clouds at Woolaning 33
A great dad 33
Aboriginal FACS workers meet in Darwin 34
Yilli Rreung women’s expo 35
Wok cooking on a flour drum stove 35 Heart Foundation winners: Lajamanu-
Walungurru-Numbulwar-Tennant-Maningrida 36 Childcare staff writing workshop 37 Terry Sams, Emu Point and a JET creche 38
Issue 3: August 2005
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Manning the kitchen 1
2005 World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference 3 Robert Kopp: sport & rec 3 Pins and Needles in Canteen Creek 4
Children’s champions 4
Phillip Fly Young Territory Legend 2005 4 New Laramba childcare centre opens 5
Beautiful work at Titjikala 5
Work of the Six Mile CCHW: 5
Tennant Creek family support 5 Tangentyere family violence program 5
Shout it Loud 5
ABC child care centre group 5
The Yarrenyty-Arltere Learning Centre in Alice 6
NT Healthy for Life funding 7
FACSIA – a new name 7
Dawn House – A Safe Place 7
Wadeye is cooking 8
Wadeye aged care 8
Pandanus project 8
Tribute to NT Women nomination 8
AHW Djakala retires 8
Communities for Children – Palmerston &Tiwi 9 Communities for Children – East Arnhem 9 Yera child care centre and BIITE work together 10
Marngarr community patrol 10
Jabiru – a fond farewell 11
Batchelor Area School goes to town 11 The Mawilyamanja story at Angurugu 12 Top End youth workers at work 12 Bawinanga women’s CDEP centre Maningrida 13
Anne-Marie is sailing 13
Young women’s health expo in Borroloola 13 Farewell to Dr. Margaret O’Brien 14
Part of Clan Cohort? 15
Sue Miers and NOFASARD 15
Top End HACC workers meet 15
National Indigenous Child Care Plan 16 Deadly Kids, Deadly Programs – OSHC workshop 16 2006 National Foster Care Conference 17 Ideas about parenting programs? 17 National Foster CarerConference Alice Springs 17
FAST in Gunbalanya 17
SNAICC forum & AGM – Darwin Nov. 2005 18 Childhood influences on adult disease 19 RACSSU and future support for child care 19 Na Wulg Wulg Child Care Centre in Katherine 20 Lyn Idai – Na Wulg Wulg director & foster carer 20 Na Wulg Wulg after-hours care 21
Wurli Wurlinjang playgroup 20
Katherine region AFL NT officer Fred Murphy 21 Dust Echoes: Jawoyn stories 21
Sheila Miller’s story 22
Katherine: are things getting better? 22
Binjari kids are sacred 23
Binjari playgroup 23
Info booklets for new mums 23
Things people said about Katherine 24
Community Harmony 24
School-based police officer 24
Caleb Johnson – the YMCA & KYG 25
Andrew Bell – the KWHB 25
Katherine youth outreach 26
Peter Cush juvenile diversion case manager 26
New Katherine rehab centre 27
Child care in Katherine 27
$3.3M Communities for Children! 27
Family violence project 27
Anglicare-NT Katherine 27
Katherine Families’ Support Unit 27 Irene Fisher & Sunrise Health Service 28 Kylie Wright, Sunrise Aboriginal social worker 29 Meetings at Wurli Wurlinjang 29 Sunrise puppets in child health 29 Katherine Isolated Children’s Service 29
Lajamanu school health 30
The Katherine West Health Board 30
Kalkarindji home visits 30
Lajamanu national winner 30
A new Manyallaluk school 31
Manyallaluk women’s, kid’s & aged care centre 31 Neil Gibson & Minyerri school 32 Leonie Norrington and Katherine region schools 33 Laurie Webster & Jilkminggan school 33
Jilkminggan council 34
Jilkminggan gardeners 34
Jilkminggan Piccaninny dreaming 34 Jilkminggan JET creche and women’s centre 35
Barunga women’s centre 36
Barunga JET nursery 36
Sunrise board meets in Barunga 36 The outback boys from Barunga 37 Ian Redpath & Indigenous NT cricket 37 National Foster Carer Conference 38
Where to buy good toys 38
2005 NAPCAN community grants 38 Children’s Inclusion Support Service 38 Remote children’s services think-tank Nov. 200539
Kids tracks – Write to us 39
Bino Toby at Fred Hollows 40
Lisa Numben Banatjarl family centre 40
Issue 4: February 2006
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Raymattja Marika 2006 Territorian of the Year 1 & 5 Barbara Chisholm 2006 NT Mother of the Year 2 Healthy for life sites round 2 3
The Lore of Love 3
7 Steps to Safety 4
Nellie Camfoo & Djapirri Mununggirritj
2006 Tribute to NT Women Award winners 6 Tiwi & Alice Springs men’s poster launch 6
Eileen Cummings’ story 7
Impact in the Centre 8
Rehab centre for APY lands 8
Playschool visits the Centre 8
NT back-flippers 8
Anthony Mundine visits the Centre 8
Aputula creche re-opens 9
A children’s bill? 9
Sniffing declines in CA! 9
Mt Liebig childcare centre 10
Yuendumu childcare open 10
Childcare training by video 10
Aboriginal early childhood education 10 Early Childhood Workforce Advisory Group 10 Caring for Aboriginal Children 11 The Integrated Early Childhood Project? 11 New Plenty and Sandover region playgroups 11 Kathy Abbott Tangentjere DV Program 12
Yipirinya school and ICV 13
Larapinta Valley Town Camp celebrates 13 Waltja youth & children’s workers’ workshop 14 Changes to the Land Rights Act 14
Engawala nutrition workshop 15
Women & Grow Well in the South Barkly 15 A letter from an Alice Springs AHW 16
Best wishes to Mutitjulu. 16
Elliott/Gurungu youth life skills 16
A great NAIDOC day 17
Rising stars of the Pink Palace 17 New Barkly family support service 17 Barkly Region Safer Communities Committee 17 Pin-The-Troopy-On-The-Community 17
Barkly briefs 17
Gurungu women’s centre and creche 18 New NT Family Relationship Centre 19 N. Aus. Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Service 19 Christy Dickenson and the NT JET creches 20
Childcare services in the NT 21
Iron gives life 22
FAQs about feeding babies resource 22
Greetings from VJ 23
New early childhood lecturer 23
Anmatjere women 24
Care and Protection of Children Act? 27 A booming remote NT children’s services sector 27 A National Intelligence Task Force 27
COAG meeting 14 July 2006 27
1997 Women’s centres cuts 27
Cricket in Minyerri 28
Wugularr multimedia project 28
Vegie Man at Barunga,Minyerri and Jilkminggan 28
Some Jilkminggan stories 29
Barunga Library and Knowledge Centre 30 Lewis Lampton: dancing around Katherine 30
2005 NAPCAN community grants 31
The 2006-07 FACSAC 31
The Majimap Underground Centre 32 Barbara Tambling &Palmerston Indigenous Village 32 Bonnie Pirie, childcare trainee 33 Lesley Taylor – 20 years with FACS 33 The Danila Dilba Youth Service 34
Cherise Daiyi 35
The Danila Dilba Youth Show 35
Palmerston Family Crisis Accommodation 36 Darwin & Palmerston Youth Beat 36 Karama – Schools As Community Centres 36 Tiwi-Palmerston Communities for Children site 37
Danila Dilba Health Service 37
Anne-Marie Quinn reports 37
The Tiwi residential college 38
Secondary ed. goes bush 38
Minjilang nutrition classes 39
Norman is home in Minjilang 39
Gauging violence thermometers 39 Belyuen child & family centre 40
Smile A Mile 40
Clan Cohort Study 41
Workthun Nandiwu celebrate mothers 41
Umbakumba Women’s Centre 42
Sewing at Umbakumba 43
Relationships Australia NT 43
Good things in Groote? 43
E. Arnhem Play and Learn 44
Alyangula Day Care Centre 44
The Nhulunbuy footy carnival 45
Yirrkala AOD flicks 45
PSCNT helpline 1800 138 662 46
The Gowrie closes in Darwin 46
Professional Support Coordinator – NT 46
Yirrkala Father and son day 46
The national Indigenous child care plan 46 QA, accreditation and licensing 47 NTG playground development funding 47 Katherine region men meet with Charlie King 48
