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Session
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» John Collyer - Indigenous Australian Foods
» Allan Cooney - Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture Pty Ltd
» Mathew Ryan - Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation
Session 2
» Anthony Ellis - NT Tourist Commission
» Robert Lee - Jawoyn Association Aborigional Corporation
» Harry Scott & Joe Rawson - Gunya Tourism
Session 3
» Brian Fowler - Newmont Tanami Operations
» Rick Peters - Groote Eylandt Mining Company
» David Ross Jr & Cerise King - Northern Land Council
» John McLean & Murray Liddle - ESS NAAD Pty Ltd
» Damian Djerrkurra & Craig Bonney - YNOTS & Alcan
» Central Desert Enterprises
Session 4
» Bilawara Lee - Department of Community Development, Sport & Cultural Affairs
» Raymattja Marika - Yothu Yindi Foundation
» Elaine Maypilama & Joanne Garngulkpuy - Yalu Marngithinyaraw
» Priscilla Collins - CAAMA
» Baru Kadal Dance Theatre & Top End Arts Marketing
Session 5
» Reagan Garner - Coles Myer Limited
» Jackie Nguluwidi & John Greatorex - Mapurr Homelands
» Rayleen Brown & Gina Smith - Kungkas Can Cook
» Peter Holt & Jim Stephen - Fred Hollows, Woolworths Ltd & Wuduluk Store
» Anna Godden - Jilkminggan JET Creche
» Alastair King & Rev Djiniyni Gondarra - Arnhemland Progress Association Inc
Session 6
» Otto Campion & Sean Kerins - Northern Land Council Caring for Country
Session 7
» Kinevan Anthony & Sammy Humbert - Amanbidji Station
» Hugh Lovesy - Little Fish Pty Ltd
» Ian McLean - Indigenous Pastoral Program in Central Australia
» Markus Rathsmann & John Dalywater - Gulin Gulin Buffaloes Company Pty Ltd
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Session 1: Horticulture & Bush Food |
| John Collyer
Indigenous Australia Foods Pty Ltd
Indigenous Australian Foods is a native supply chain offering early opportunities to position brands and endorsement along-with Aboriginal enterprises in the emerging bush food industry. Robins Foods worked with Coles Myer to develop a “Taste Australia” promotion in most supermarkets using the “Outback Spirit” brand. Coles contributes 25 cents per Outback Spirit product sold that the Coles Indigenous Food Fund donates to assist development of bush-food enterprises within Aboriginal communities. This initiative has provided the momentum for Robins Foods to re-engineer its supply chain with IAF to provide a stronger mechanism for growth and performance. Robins is an IAF foundation member along with Aboriginal entities from the Northern Territory, Queensland NSW and Victoria.
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| Allan Cooney
Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture Pty Ltd
Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture Limited is a body established by Aboriginal landowners in Central Australia, to drive the development of horticulture on Aboriginal land.
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| Research undertaken by the Central Land Council and Northern Territory Government for the CLC Aboriginal Horticulture Strategy has identified at least seven areas of Aboriginal land in Central Australia with climate, soils and ground water supplies considered suitable for commercial horticulture. |
| The need for a new body dedicated to developing an Aboriginal horticulture industry was a key recommendation of the Aboriginal Horticulture Strategy. The Aboriginal Horticulture Strategy recognised the need for a lead agency to promote and drive horticultural development on Aboriginal land in Central Australia. Although a number of agencies and government departments provide expertise, advice and resources, a dedicated body is needed to provide coordination and ensure real outcomes for indigenous landowners. This is the role for which Centrefarm was established. |
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Matthew Ryan
Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation
Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
The Djelk Rangers are the formal Land Managers for the Bawinanga Aboriginal
Corporation, an outstation resource centre based in Maningrida. The region
has a large population of outstation residents and few land management
threats. The main land management activities the rangers undertake are fire
management and weed and feral animal control. The most valuable role of the
rangers is to maintain the existing productive natural environment and
develop employment and income producing activities through the use of the
native resources. This type of economic activity has proven to be very
suitable for the local conditions.
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Session 2: Tourism & Parks |
Anthony Ellis
NT Tourist Commission
Indigenous Tourism Strategy
The NT Indigenous Tourism Strategy recognises that, while Indigenous tourism can offer an opportunity for cultural rejuvenation and economic independence, Indigenous tourism enterprises will only be sustainable if the community owns the development concept, and is fully aware of the implication of the decision to enter the tourism industry.
Four guiding principles underpin the Strategy:
- Cultural sustainability
- Ecological sustainability
- Financial viability and community benefit
- Quality and integrity
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Robert Lee
Jawoyn Association Aboriginal Corporation
The Jawoyn Association represents the interests of the Jawoyn and other people who have associations with Jawoyn country in the Katherine region. Robert Lee talks about Nitmuluk Tours and Jawoyn’s various commercial and employment strategies.
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Harry Scott & Joe Rawson
Gunya Tourism, Titjikala
Gunya Tourism and the Titjikala Aboriginal Community have a joint venture which only employs local Indigenous labour and provides a fully authentic cultural experience. 50% of all profits go directly to the Titjikala Foundation which focuses on health, education and school retention initiatives.
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Session 3: Mining & Major Enterprises |
Brian Fowler
Newmont Tanami Operations
Newmont Tanami Pty Ltd (Newmont) is the dominant tenement holder in the Tanami region, with interests in more than 60,000 square kilometres of exploration tenements held or under application in Central Australia. Newmont Tanami Pty Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the world’s largest gold producer, Newmont Mining Corporation. Newmont has significant assets and operations on five continents. |
| Newmont’s main operating assets in the Tanami comprise The Granites Gold Mine, Callie Underground Mine and Groundrush Mine. |
| Newmont has worked hard to encourage the involvement of many Territory-based businesses in our Tanami Operations. A large proportion of our operational spend is with local businesses (“local” being businesses within Northern Territory). This has been done by Newmont providing businesses with information detailing exactly what is expected from a business servicing our needs, attending trade seminars and regularly visiting these businesses and providing feedback. Our initiatives provide opportunities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous small businesses, acknowledging that our operations exist on Indigenous land, but encouraging the involvement of other small, local businesses. A number of Indigenous businesses have had involvement at the mines but these are generally in smaller supply or service/construction contracts. |
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Rick Peters
Groote Eylandt Mining Company
Gemco has been operating a manganese orebody mine on Groote Eylandt since 1964. During that time, 50m tonnes have been produced. The projected mine life is to 2035. Gemco’s commitments to traditional owners include employment opportunities, business opportunities, enterprises and partnerships. At present there are 38 local Indigenous employees and this number has remained reasonably consistent over the past seven years.
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David Ross Jr & Cerise King
Northern Land Council
Indigenous Business Development associated with Native Title and Aboriginal Land Rights Agreements The Northern Land Council is currently assessing and assisting traditional owners in business and employment development associated with the Bradshaw Partnering Indigenous Land Use Agreement and the Bootu Creek Mining Agreements.
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| Bradshaw is a Native Title Agreement (over the old Bradshaw station) with the Defence Department for a long term Army training and exercise area. |
| Bootu Creek is a Native Agreement over a section of Banka Banka station for the purposes of mining and exporting Manganese. A transport corridor through the Muckaty Land Trust is covered under a Land Use Agreement (Aboriginal Land Rights NT Act 1976). Both developments are situated in the Northern Land Council’s Katherine Regions. |
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John McLean & Murray Liddle
ESS NAAD Pty Ltd
ESS NAAD Pty Ltd is a joint venture company specifically formed to provide employment, training and business development opportunities for the indigenous groups in the top end of the Northern Territory.
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| NAAD is a subsidary of Northern Australian Aboriginal Investment Corporation, one of the Aboriginal Investment Group of Companies. The company operates mainly as a joint venture and has amongst its objectives strategies of providing employment , training and business opportunities for Territory Aboriginals. ESS Support Services Worldwide and the parent company Compass Group (Australia) Pty Ltd are international providers of catering, janitorial, housekeeping services and other associated services. |
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Damien Djerrkurra & Craig Bonney
YNOTS & Alcan
YNOTS is an Indigenous training company based in Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory. Created as a partnership between Yirrkala Business Enterprises (YBE) and Alcan Gove in 2001, its purpose is to train Yolgnu people to pursue mainstream, sustainable employment and career development opportunities. Significant sponsorship has come from Alcan Gove and the Australian and Northern Territory Governments.
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| With three years of experience, YNOTS now requires change to achieve its purpose, its strategy and commitment of its sponsors including Alcan Gove and the Australian and Northern Territory Governments. To strengthen the capacity of YNOTS to provide Yolgnu graduates for mainstream employment, changes are proposed for the delivery, timing, content and style of the training. To create the environment to support these requirements, including a gradual training program combined with real work opportunities. |
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| Central Desert Enterprises
Central Desert Enterprises is an Aboriginal contracting company which has negotiated a contract with Giants Reef mining company at Malbec near Tennant Creek. There are 19 people working for Central Desert Enterprises of whom 16 are Aboriginal at the new open cut mine at Malbec.
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Session 4: Arts, Knowledge & Media |
Bilawara Lee
Department of Community Development, Sport & Cultural Affairs
NT Indigenous Arts Strategy
The Northern Territory Indigenous Arts Strategy Building Strong Arts Business focuses Government programs and services to grow and strengthen the Northern Territory’s Indigenous arts sector.
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| The Strategy’s six year life span is designed to ensure that there are adequate timelines for developing and setting new initiatives and cooperative arrangements and that achievements are well grounded and sustainable. Building Strong Arts Business recognises that the Indigenous arts sector in the Northern Territory delivers direct economic, social and cultural benefits to the whole Territory community and the Australian nation. |
| The Strategy is a whole of government initiative that has been developed cooperatively. It will be driven and monitored by an Interdepartmental Committee in partnership with an Indigenous Arts Reference Group. |
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Raymattja Marika
Yothu Yindi Foundation
One of the key objectives of the Yothu Yindi Foundation is to support the maintenance, development, teaching and enterprise potential of Yolgnu cultural life. The Foundation is working with Australian Universities to develop the Garma Cultural Studies Institute at the Gulkula site. The Foundation presents the Garma Festival each year and operates the Yirrnga Music Development Centre at Gunyangara.
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Elaine Maypilama & Joanne Garngulkpuy
Yalu Marngithinyaraw
Yalu Marnggithinyarawr (The Nurturing Centre) is located at Galiwin’ku, Elcho Island. The activities that this Centre may seem small and seem insignificant when taken separately, they are very important to the well-being and balance within the Yolngu Community.
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| The First Language researchers form part of the Yalu Marnggithinyarawr and perform community work and research work that has changed their thinking and strengthened their practice. Their involvement with non-Indigenous people while doing research has made Joanne, one of the researchers, realise that for a “long time Balanda and Yolngu thought that ‘hunting and gathering’ was information about survival and a way of living”. It is a complex conceptual framework about living and working, but also can be a framework in which to discuss research and Joanne will describe this concept with those in the audience through language and diagrams. |
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Priscilla Collins
CEO, Central Australia Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA)
The Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) is the largest
Indigenous owned and operated multimedia organisation in Australia providing
media services to the Indigenous and Non Indigenous community worldwide.
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| CAAMA focuses on promoting Indigenous culture, language, dance and music while promoting positive achievement of Indigenous people through Radio Broadcasting, BRACS, Independent Music Label, Productions (Film and TV), Shops and Television Broadcasting. |
The CAAMA Group has entered the 21st century with a smooth transition into
the digital age allowing us to continue to achieve the organisations social
and economic objectives while setting new industry standards in Indigenous
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| Baru Kadal Dance Theatre & Top End Arts Marketing Baru Kadal Dance Theatre
Baru Kadal Dance Theatre aims to provide a forum for Indigenous people to tell their stories on their own terms. We will create an industry that is on par with that of other States by delivering professional public performances that utilise traditional storytelling techniques through song and dance that provide positive profiles of Indigenous artists, stories and culture. We work with both Indigenous and non-Indigenous arts practitioners to deliver world class authentic Indigenous performances, to maintain our cultural authority and to add further growth to the Indigenous dance community.
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| Baru Kadal’s names is derived from the Yolngu and Kala Lagaw Ya langages, it means crocodile. The crocodile is the matrilineal totem of both directors, Gary Lang and Juliette Hubbard. |
Top End Arts Marketing
Top End Arts Marketing is an arts marketing consortium, funded by the Audience and Market development of the Australia Council and by artsNT. Until this year it was known as artsMARK and its focus was predominantly on the arts in Darwin. However, since June 2004 when we were funded to include an Indigenous Arts Marketing Officer, our scope has broadened to have a much wider geographic as well as cultural focus and we changed out name to reflect this. |
| Our website www.topendarts.com.au contains lots of information about the organisation and the services we offer, as well as arts activities throughout the Top End. The Indigenous section aims to provide some fairly broad information about indigenous culture as well as details about Indigenous arts organisations and activities. |
| Membership of Top End Arts Marketing is free, you simply sign in as an industry member on our home page. |
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Session 5: Retail & Service |
Reagan Garner
Coles Myer Limited
Coles Myer is Australia's largest retailer with over 180,000 staff employed across Australia in its brands which include Coles, Bilo, Target, Kmart, Myer and Coles Express. Retail is a significant industry represented by the 2 largest private sector employers in Australia. The advantages of retail employment opportunities are that job accessibility is very high, career paths are available and skills learnt are transferable.
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Jackie Nguluwidi & John Greatorex
Mapurr Homelands
Jackie will be talking about how the Mapurr Homelands has developed over the past 4 or 5 years and how the community has had the heart and desire to become largely self sufficient during that time. He will talk particularly about the food co-operative and what it has come to mean for his people.
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Rayleen Brown & Gina Smith
Kungkas Can Cook / Smith & Brown Outback Catering
Smith & Brown Outback Catering is a newly established Indigenous enterprise, which has been in operation for 12 months at Diarama Village but was formed in 2001. The business is owned by two indigenous women; Gina Smith & Rayleen Brown. They offer catering services for meetings, party’s, functions and other celebrations. They encourage healthy eating and will meet any special dietary needs and also incorporate speciality bush tucker foods. Smith and Brown Outback Catering is able to cater in remote areas for large numbers over any period of time or at a venue of your choice – they can prepare meals on site or just deliver to you.
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| They have catered for large events as well as small, including the Yeperenye Federation Celebration, catering for 1,100 participants, and the Croc Festival held in Tennant Creek catering for 600 participants. |
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Peter Holt & Jim Stephan
Fred Hollows, Woolworths Ltd and Wuduluk Store
The Nyirranggulung (East Katherine) Nutrition project is a partnership between the Fred Hollows Foundation, the Jawoyn Association, Woolworths Limited and the Wugularr community to improve nutrition outcomes through a range of inter-related initiatives.
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| The Wuduluk Store is one of three community store initiatives that capture the development approach adopted by the project. |
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Anna Godden
Jilkminggan JET Creche
In response to an increasing need for culturally appropriate childcare solutions in Indigenous communities, JET on site creches (Jobs, Employment and Training) have now been established in 25 communities throughout the Northern Territory.
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| The JET creche at Jilkminggan began as a playgroup staffed by volunteers and the community contributed food. It now receives funding to top up CDEP wages for five creche workers. The creche provides for the childcare needs of the community and runs a food and nutrition program. |
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Alastair King & Rev Djiniyni Gondarra
Arnhemland Progress Association Inc
The Arnhemland Progress Association Inc is a successful, financially independent, Yolngu enterprise, established in 1972. ALPA’s members are Yolngu who live in or are culturally connected to the Arnhemland communities of Minjilang, Milingimbi, Ramingining, Galiwin’ku and Gapuwiyak where our retail stores are located. Members are represented by a Yolngu Board of Directors. |
| ALPA is a benevolent organisation, and our mission is the social and economic development of our members through benevolent activities and distribution of dividends. ALPA is one of the largest financially independent employers of Aboriginal people in Australia, and education and training are a primary focus. ALPA continuously works with government agencies and other service providers to enhance the quality of life and living standards of our members. |
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Session 6: Natural Resource Management |
Otto Campion & Sean Kerins
Northern Land Council Caring for Country
The Northern Land Council’s (NLC) Caring for Country Unit (CFCU) was established in 1996. The CFCU seeks to assist community-based organisations to form ranger / or similar groups to deal with major issues such as weeds, fire, feral animals, wildlife monitoring or marine environmental or surveillance issues. The approach of the CFCU is to work collaboratively with a range of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal agencies to build local capacity to institute effective management of land and sea resources. The role of the CFCU is to broker delivery of appropriate advice, education and training, and resourcing for Aboriginal land and sea managers. The role of the land and sea management programs are to protect the assets from which culture and economic development can flourish.
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| Many of the ranger groups are now diversifying their land management programs and engaging in small-scale enterprise development based upon the sustainable utilisation of natural resources, and completion of fee-for-service land management contracts. As the capacity of Aboriginal land management programs increase, these enterprise development initiatives provide opportunities for additional conservation and employment outcomes and resources for further program equipment. |
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Session 7: Pastoral & Aquaculture |
Kinevan Anthony & Sammy Humbert
Amanbidji Station
Since Kildurk Station was handed back to the people of Amanbidji and Bulla communities by the Durack family in 1974, there were several unsuccessful attempts to commence a pastoral enterprise. In early 2002, the NLC Caring for Country Unit facilitated planning sessions and assisted conflict resolution processes, following a strong request and commitment by traditional owners, to enable partnerships to be negotiated with non Aboriginal corporations.
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| The Amanbidji enterprise is now commencing to develop and is currently running 700 head of cattle. |
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Hugh Lovesy
Little Fish Pty Ltd
Little Fish is a well known Northern Territory company which works with a large range of indigenous, non profit organizations and government departments. It focuses on working with board sand committees to make sure that they get core power information in a way that is straightforward, understandable and down to earth. It makes sure of strong results on the ground with the addition of practical governance training.
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| Little Fish is currently working in partnership with the Indigenous Pastoral Program of DBIRD (The NT Department Of Business, Industry and Resource Development), Farmbis, the Northern Land Council, the Indigenous Land Council and Batchelor Institute with six indigenous cattle companies in the Katherine region. |
| The partners are taking a long term team building approach to indigenous enterprise development. Each partner brings their unique skills to the partnership. This results in a very high level of quality support for the businesses involved. In this presentation Little Fish reports on its part in the program. |
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Ian McLean
Indigenous Pastoral Program in Central Australia
The Indigenous Pastoral Program (IPP) is a joint program between the ILC, CLC & DBIRD to get Aboriginal land back into production and increase the involvement of Indigenous people in the pastoral industry. This involves a lot of work with the stakeholders of the program and land owners to identify their desires and work through the process to make things happen. Tony Freshwater is the Indigenous Pastoral Development Officer in Alice Springs who I work with on the IPP. I am attending this conference in Tony's place as he is on leave.
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Markus Rathsmann & John Dalywater
Gulin Gulin Buffaloes Company Pty Ltd
The Gulin Gulin Buffalo Company (Bulman) Pty Ltd is a commercial business that makes money and provides jobs for traditional owners. It was established in 1987 and has always been totally owned by traditional owners in the Bulman area. The Company has operated continuously since it was established, except for the two years 1995 and 1996. The Company has employed Markus Rathsmann as its co-ordinator / manager since 1989. The Company holds a five year land use agreement issued by the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Land Trust. The main business of the Company is buffalo mustering but it also manages safari hunting and pet meating under its land use agreement.
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