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July 20111st July Territory Day1st July Coming of the Light2nd July S’Art Day, Elcho Island

Art Centre3rd - 10th July NAIDOC Week5th July Shalini Ganendra Fine

Art Malaysia exhibition opening Naidoc Week

8th July NAIDOC HolidayEASC staff

10th - 17th July Mawul RomDhuḏupu

11th - 15th July Adult Dentist12th July Banumbirr exhibition

Vivien AndersonMelbourne

14th July Anglicare at Money Management Services

15th July Full Moon18th - 22nd July EASC Vet Visit19th July Gäwa Term 3 starts19th July Town Planning Meeting

(LRG)20th July Local Reference Group

Meeting21st July Island Night

GYS22nd July Darwin Show Day26th July Shepherdson College

Term 3 starts30th July Walking with Spirits

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Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory

NOTICE OF MEETING

GALIWIN’KU LOCAL REFERENCE GROUP

MEETING

Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the

Galiwin’ku Local Reference Group will be held at the Shire Council Office

on

Wednesday 20th July 2011 at 9.30 am.

Major Agenda Items

1. Stronger Futures Consultations 2. Healthy Housing Building Block 3. Health - Mental & Building matters 4. Town Planning 5. Whole of Township Leasing

Robert Johnson Mavis Daŋanbarr Government Business Manager Indigenous Engagement Officer Mobile: 0459 813 946 Mobile: 0458 813 254

The Australian Government recently launched the dis-cussion paper, Stronger Futures in the Northern Ter-ritory, the next step in the Intervention. The govern-ment have just started a six week consultation period that will include one-on-one and community meetings with Indigenous people in remote communities, re-gional centres and town camps across the Northern TerritoryThe Australian Government wants to talk with our com-munity about directions for the future.It wants to hear your ideas on getting kids to school, getting jobs in communities, tackling substance abuse, as well as other things.

Government people will be asking you about things like:• Getting more kids to

school and doing better in school

• Getting more jobs in communities

• Tackling substance abuse problems

• Keeping communities safe

• Community stores• Better health services• Housing• How governments can

deliver better servic-es to communities in future.

The consultations are hap-pening from late June to mid August 2011, in the Northern Territory.

There are a number of ways you can have a say:Have a say at your commu-nity consultation which will be held in Galiwin’ku on Friday August 5 or talk to Robert Johnson, Government Business Manager (GBM) or Mavis Daŋanbarr, IndigenousEn-gagement Officer (IEO) atanytime.GBMsandIEOsmay organise small meet-ings in the community with particular groups prior to the community consultation. You can arrange a meeting withyourGBMoffice.You can read the Stronger Futures discussion paper at www.indigenous.gov.au or get a copy from Robert or Daŋanbarr.

Stronger Futures at Galiwin’ku

5th August - Stronger Futures Consultation

9th August - CENSUS begins

2011 Miny'tji Art Exhibition by Vera York

Senior students from Galiwin'ku Shepherdson College held an art exhi-bition at Elcho Island ArtCentre at the beginning of June.The students had been taught traditional painting byPeterDatjiŋandPricillaGanambarr. Student, Trina Burarrwaŋasaid she painted her moth-

er’s totem shark and that she was very excited that her painting got sold. On the day, people were looking forward to buying the art works. The exhibition showed how popular the student’s art work was because most of the art has now been bought.

Above: TrinaBurarrwaŋa’spainting(sold)

Mawul RomThe Dhurili Clan Na-tion Yolŋu leaders fromGaliwin’ku have been working in partnership with Charles Darwin Univer-sity (CDU) to accredit the Mawul Rom Program as a qualification that recognis-es the knowledge and skills gained from the traditions of two cultures.Mawul Rom is the Law of Peace-making and offered by Dhurili Clan Nation as a legitimate point of entry into ceremonial life and Law of the system of Madayin Law.Now accredited as a Mas-ters course at Charles Darwin University’s newly formed Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledge andEducation,theprogramexplores and encourages participation in learning about contemporary peace-making, mediation and ne-gotiation in cross-cultural contexts.

This is probably one of the first times IndigenousCeremonial Law has been acknowledged as of quali-fication within the westernacademy,The program is a full-fee paying course that re-quires student’s attendance at an initial workshop at Dhuḏupu, in Galiwin’ku onElcho Island for one weekfrom the 10 to 17th July 2011. Completion of the course requires ongoing partici-pation and attendance at workshops across the four years.More information can be accessed by contacting the Australian Centre for Indig-enous Knowledge’s and Education 08 89466482Mawul Rom Office atCharles Darwin University or email on mawul@cdu.edu.au

Employer of the Year Finalists Announced East Arnhem Shire Coun-cil along with the Traditional Credit Union (TCU) and De-partment of Health (DoH) were announced as final-ists for the 2011 NT Train-ingAwardsEmployer of theYear.The Employer of the Yearaward is presented to a busi-ness enterprise with more than 20 employees that has demonstrated outstanding commitment and achieved excellence in enabling the provision of nationally recog-nised training for employees. The winner will be announced on September 10 at the Dar-win Convention Centre.

Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Goṉḏarrahas released a statement in response to the Australian Governments discussion paper, Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory. Dr. Goṉḏarra is concernedforYolŋuandtheAustraliangovernment’s further con-sultations. He states that any initia-tive aimed at education and trainingmustsupportYolŋuto maintain their language, cultural practices and the capacity to live and work on country. He asks for mentors that support and facilitate edu-cation and locally-controlled development. The full media release can be obtained from Rev. Dr DjiniyiniGoṉḏarra.

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During a time Yolŋu callMirḏawarr,whenthewatersare flat and the clouds arestill forming, the Gumurr Marthakal Rangers pack up their swags and head out on a 3 week patrol. This is the firstbigpatrolafter thewetseason, when the Rangers can take the 150km journey away to Rrimbitja Island, the most northern point of both the Wessel Island Chain and the Northern Territory. Ranger Coordinator Dami-en Clayton said “The team have been working hard on the land during the wet sea-son and this is the time of year when the opportunities arise for us to get on the wa-ter safely”.Manta Ray, the Marthakal Barge skippered by Alex Yumbulul carries the team with its equipment to Rrim-bitja, towing two patrol boats behind it, a journey from Elcho Islandwhich takes2days. The team of 8 Rangers,travel the 360km round journey looking for aban-doned fishing nets calledghostnetswhichfloatinouroceans unattended and kill marine life. On this patrol, the team

collect all rubbish found on these uninhabited beaches, weighing and documenting statistical information for three new designated Ma-rine Debris Monitoring sites. They also collect record and destroy all nets found on the Western side and parts of theEasternsideofRrimbit-ja and Marchinbar Islands. The rocky terrain and cul-tural sensitive sites on the east side makes the col-lection of any debris ex-tremely difficult. Ranger,HeatherMitjaŋbarsaid“Welove heading out on coun-try. We do a lot of marine debris work up the Wessel islands. Before the mission day’s their where big mobs of Yolŋu living out on thiscountry, but after the huge cyclones, Yolŋu all cameinto town”. On the same voyage in 2010,inthefirstever‘cleansweep’ of ghost nets, a stag-gering 631 ghost nets were removed from the western coast of Marchinbar Island This year, the Rangers found 465 ghost nets from the same stretch of coast with 17 turtles found dead in the nets. GhostNets Aus-

tralia Project Officer ScottMorrison said “The amount of marine debris found on these islands is a real wor-ry, considering the Arafura and Timor Seas are ranked amongst the most pristine oceans in the world”. Yolŋu are extremely con-cerned about the amount of debris killing marine life, Ranger Heather continues “All of the marine debris we find,seemstoallbeforeign,wefindthongs,lightersandsyringes, it’s like a super-market out there, all this is washing up on our land and destroying our land and sea. How do we stop this? We need help”Every year thousands ofghost nets travel the oceans with the tides and currents and collect anything that gets in their way.Gumurr Marthakal Rangers are a part of a worldwide team who help fight thisglobal challenge. The front page pictured is just one of the nets the team collected on their three week trip.

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Above: Marchinbar Island, green dots show where nets were found.

Here is a summary of the shire’s 2011/12 Action Plan for Galiwin’ku, including new things planned for the coming months.

SHIRE SERVICES Plans for the near futureAged Care Upgrade Aged Care Buildings valued at $1.7MWomen’s Centre Upgrade has been completed but it will be the Aged

Care facility while their upgrade is being done.Child Care Children and Family Service Precinct to be planned

around this area.Community Radio Digital Future Media in partnership with

Marthakal and ARDS Yolŋu radio is being developed.

Community Safety Patrol Night Patrol now has 6 full time workers.Youth, Sport & Recreation Improved variety of activities.

New Change rooms at Football oval being built.Multi Purpose Hall plans still progressing

Animal Welfare & Control Shire vet visiting in July, need community support to develop better rules to deal with cheeky dogs.

Library & Knowledge Centre More computer access to local history and increase community usage.

Money Management New manager soon to continue this vital service.Galiwin’kuYolŋustaffprovidingsupportto Gapuwiyak,MiliŋinbiandRamingiṉiŋmoneyman-agement staff.

CentreLinkOfficeforCentreLink Continued regular visits from Darwin based staff to support local staff.

Housing Office for Territory Housing

Now two full time Galiwin’ku staff.

Postal Service for Australia Post Community can collect mail daily from the shire office,mailissortedintolotnumbers.

Cemetery Maintenance Plans for a new cemetery are progressing as well as plans to develop a community funeral area.

Parks, Gardens & Open Spaces Management

Seeking more funds to improve the general appearance of the community including ways to improve litter control.

Regular Rubbish Collection Service for Galiwin’ku and Rubbish Dump Management

Machinery for digging new pits at the dump is organised to happen soon.

Administration Services for Shire Operations in Galiwin’ku

There is a great team of workers managing the administration office at present, with a vacant positionforatraineeadministrationofficer.

Minor Road Repairs in Galiwin’ku and the Main Road to Gäwa.

Many tons of filling have been put into the roadsaround town and a team will be spending several weeks on road to Gäwa, starting mid July.

Fire Hazard, Weeds, Pests & Feral Animal Control & Management

Slashing of long grass and pushing fire breaksaround some areas will continue. The shire is still seeking ways to control the rat problem.

Visitor Accommodation All the shire visitor accommodation is used by Territory Alliance workers at present.

Monitor the Street Lighting and Local Traffic Management Planfor Galiwin’ku

Replace all the broken and missing street lights withLEDlightswithnewprotectionguardswillbe happening soon. New security lights have been located at ALPA store.

Community Advisory Board Support

Ongoing support for the meetings.

Support and Promote Community EventsatGaliwin’ku

Funds to help with costs of community events such as NAIDOC week.

Support Local Emergency Services and Counter Disaster Plans

Plans to work with police to manage any emergencies or disasters like cyclone damages.

Encourage and Support Government and Commercial Bodies to Implement Community Plans

Plans to work in ensuring that the Local Implementation Plan (LIP) continues to produce results.

Maintain and Control Shire Property Including Staff Hous-es, Buildings, Vehicles and Machinery.

Making sure that shire policy for use and care of its vehicles and machinery is followed by all workers.

WHAT IS THE SHIRE PLANNING TO DO AT GALIWIN’KU?

www.housingnt.nt.gov.au

New houses in your communityNew houses will be built and other houses will be xed up.Territory Housing is responsible for deciding who lives in the new houses. If you want to live in a new house you will need to ll out an application.Territory Housing will:

assess applications based on need• take advice from the community about social • and cultural mattersconsider if the person can look after the house • and pay rent

Priority will be given to people:

For more information talk to your Housing Of cer or call Territory Housing on 1800 104 076.

living in the most overcrowded conditions

who are living in a home that is in bad condition

with disabilities

Sydney came to Elcho Islanddur-ing May and the lights were shin-ning on the Art Centre.The world famous Powerhouse Mu-seum came to town and was fol-lowed by camer-as.Thefilmcrewwas in Galiwin’ku making a short film about weav-ing pandanus art-works. The film will beshown at the Love Lace exhibi-tion at the Power-house Museum in Sydney from theJuly29.Local artist, Ma-vis Ganambarr will travel to Syd-ney to attend the opening night. While she is in Sydney she will lead a Master Class and teach people how to

weave pandanus baskets and mats.Mavis and other Elcho Island art-ists have been weaving baskets for many years. A few years ago they extended their talents to soft furnishings.Now weavers fromElchoIslandregularly work with Koskela De-signs weaving lampshades.It is one of these l a m p s h a d e s made by Mavis

that was chosen by the Power-house Museum to feature in the exhibition.Mavis’ work can be bought all over the world at numerous gallery as well as here on Elcho Islandat the art centre. And for those lucky enough to visit the art cen-tre, you may even catch a glimpse of the very talent-ed ladies outside the gallery weav-ing their talents.

The Powerhouse Museum’s visit to Galiwin’ku By Cathie Martin

Above: One of Mavis’s Lampshades

Farewell, We’ll Miss You

Damo and Kirsty would like to say good bye and thank you to everyone at Galiwin’ku, especially to our staff at the ALPA Galiwin’ku store!

ALPA would like to introduce our new Store Manager, Dave Hunter. Dave has been to Galiwin’ku many times and looks forward to working with you all!

Kaye Thurlow now has a teamof4Yolŋuladieswork-ing with her, to plan how the Census will be carried out onElchoIsland–bothintheGaliwin’ku community and also in all the homelands on the island. Mitjarrandi, Yeparrŋa and Nuŋgslurrare checking all the places where people are living so we can work out how many places each team or indi-vidual collectors will have to manage when the census is done. Beth (Lama) Thorne will be working with Kaye to record all the information in the proper forms for the ABS. It is planned that Census forms will be delivered to houses where people feel confidenttheycanfillintheforms without assistance, so they can complete these on Tuesday August 9th –just like the rest of Australia. People who will need help to fill in the forms, will bevisited by teams or individ-ual ‘Collector Interviewers’,starting on Tuesday August 9th and continuing for thewhole week. We hope to employ up to 30 people to help with this work. If you are interested in helping withthefillinginofthecen-sus forms, please give your names to Kaye or one of the ladies in the team. Workers willbeofficiallysignedupinlate July followed by train-ing sessions so people will know what they have to do. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN GALIWIN’KU IS COUNT-ED IN CENSUS 2011.

Census 2011 at Galiwin’ku

Constitutional RecognitionTheExpertPanelonCon-stitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians came to Galiwin’ku on Fri-day 17 June.The panel came to ask people about ways the con-stitution can be changed to recogniseYolŋu.The Australian constitution is a law book.It has rules and laws for:• How the parliament,

government and Aus-tralian law must work

• The rights and respon-sibilities of Australian people

• Politicians to think about to make new laws

• Judges to help them make decisions in court

But when this law book was firstwritten,Yolŋuwerenotasked to help write it.This law book, the Austral-ian Constitution, does not talkaboutYolŋupeople:• As the first Australian

people• YolŋulawandhistoryNow, many people, both YolŋuandBalanda,wanttochange the Constitution.They want the Constitution to tell the history and cul-tureofYolŋu.This expert panel included Professor Marcia Langton, one of Australia’s leading Aboriginal scholars and TimmyDjawaBurarrwanŋapictured above. The Panel

will be receiving submis-sions in writing, through emails or via the website as well as other public meet-ings, Garma Festival and Yirrkala in August. After conducting the consulta-tions the Panel will report to

the Australian Government in December this year.You can find out more onchanging the Constitution so it talksaboutYolŋucul-ture and history by visiting www.youmeunity.com.au

Above:RichardGandhuwuy,TimmyDjawaBurarrwaŋa,Ms Lauren Ganley and Professor Marcia Langton

Digital Future Meets the Prime Minister

It’s not every day you get to meet the Prime Minister of Australia, but that’s exact-ly what the Digital Future teamdidon8June.As the sun rose over Galiwin’ku, James Bayuŋ,Vera York, Sally Clayton and Cathie Martin prepared to leave town and travel to Gove.They gathered at the air-port, boarded their plane and as they flew into theair, they spoke about the day ahead of them.Only a few days earlier the team had received an email fromthePM’smediaofficewith the details of Julia Gil-lard’s plans. The team was very excited; this was rec-ognition that Galiwin’ku has a media team, not from local sources but from the Prime Minister’s office. Planningquickly got underway for theteamtoattendtheoffi-cial signing of a land rights agreement with Rio Tinto Alcan at Yirrkala. “Digital Future is still in the early stages of development, this kind of recognition was a very big achievement, and

it was a fantastic opportu-nity for local journalists to be involved in” said Sally Clayton. Lots of people had gathered to witness the signing of the agreement, including people from El-cho Island.After the signing ceremony had finished, Bayuŋ sawJulia Gillard in the distance head to a private media in-terview. With their media passes at hand the Digital Future team followed the other journalists who had travelled from around Aus-tralia to report on the event. Whenshefinishedanswer-ing questions, Local rep-resentative Lynne Walker MLA introduced Julia Gil-lard to the Digital Future team.

Above: SallyClayton,CathieMartin,JamesBayuŋand Vera York with Prime Minister Julia Gillard

Shepherdson College wel-comed the end of term with a special assembly. Stu-dents, teachers and fami-lies gathered on the morn-ing of the last day of term 2 as students with the best at-tendance were announced. A number of students called to the stage and a large amount received 100% at-tendance.

Pictured are some of the students with their teach-ers.

Shepherdson College celebrates end of term with best attendance students

Above: DFM at the private media interview

by DFM staff

by DFM staff

Graduation Day

DOG BITES & CHEEKY DOGS IN GALIWIN’KUWith many dogs in the commu-nity, we seem to

be experiencing more and more dog bites. Dog bites can occur for many reasons, some of these being territo-rial behaviour of dogs –protecting their prop-erty from strangers; dogs being teased and provoked; dogs running in packs & becoming aggressive; dogs pro-tecting pups etc. Some dogs in the community will attack or bite people for no known reason, and it is these dogs that are particularly danger-ous. Dog bites and at-

tacks raise great con-cerns for the health and safety of community residents.The Shire’s Animal Health and Control Pro-gram is working on the problem of dangerous dogs and dog bites, but until local laws for Animal Control are in place, we require sup-port from all commu-nity members. It’s very important that we are made aware of any dog bite incidence’ that oc-cur. The Health Clinic, Police and the Shire are currently keeping records of this data which will be used to

investigate cases and work with individual dog owners to deter-mine the best outcome in each situation. Once compiled by the Shire, this data is also very im-portant to provide hard evidence of the number of dog bites that occur in remote communities, hence highlighting the need for improved fund-ing in the area of Animal Management & Control.If all community mem-bers could please be aware of their responsi-bility to report dog bite incidents. Most dog bite

wounds should be as-sessed by the health clinic, but if for some reason this is not re-quired, and victims are uncomfortable report-ing to the police, please at least inform the Shire. Details of the se-verity of the bite, loca-tion, and identificationof the dog/owner/house of residence would be ideal.With community sup-port, we can all work together to address this concerning issue, and improve the safety of the community.

By Dr Emma Kennedy, East Arnhem Shire Vet/Animal Control Officer

Marthakal Employment services (MES) in conjunc-tion with Batchelor Insti-tute of Indigenous Tertiary Education held their first

Graduation Ceremony at Galiwin’ku on Friday 24th June. Families and friends gathered for a private lunch and photographs prior to

the ceremony which was held on the Church Lawns. Marthakal General Manager Daisy Gumbula and Senior Batchelor staff addressed the crowd and presented the students who had com-pleted an accredited course for study.

Celebrations continued af-ter the formal presentation with a bbq and Manuel Ŋulupani Dhurrkay took to the stage to sing Arafura Sea as community mem-bers congratualted the students on their achieve-ments.

Certificate IV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care (Practice) Sarah Mariyalawuy Bukulatjpi

Certificate III in Spoken and Written English Theresa Mathayalma Dhamarrandji

Certificate II in ConstructionBrendan DhamarrandjiRodney GarrawurraJoe Peter Yarrikada Gondarra continuing studies in the Certificate III in Carpentry Jonathan Lunburrwuy continuing studies in the Certificate III in Carpentry Hayden Ngurruwuthun continuing studies in the Certificate III in Carpentryalso completed First Aid in 2011 Sebastian Pascoe continuing studies in the Certificate III in Carpentry Bobby Gurrawurra Wunyimarra continuing studies in the Certificate III in Carpentry Johnny Narrayarri Yunupingu continuing studies in the Certificate III in Carpentry Nathan Yunupingu

Certificate II in Conservation Land ManagementYikali Two Dhamarrandji also completed First Aid in 2011James Bulukambi Dhurrkay also completed First Aid in 2011Adrian Gurruwiw also completed First Aid in 2011Rex Bangini Gurruwiwi also completed First Aid in 2011

Certificate I in Business Margaret Dhorrpuy continuing studies in the Certificate II in Business Sonia Hunt continuing studies in the Certificate II in Business Julie Wunungmurra continuing studies in the Certificate II in Business Rachel Wunungmurra continuing studies in the Certificate II in Business Wuthangi Wunungmurra continuing studies in the Certificate II in Business

M a r t h a k a l H o m e l a n d Resource Centre Workshop Assisitant

MHRC has an opportunity for a workshop assistant to join theirteamonElchoIsland,NT.You will need to possess a keen interest in Indigenous culture as well as a strong desire to help families within Indigenous communities. The applicant needs to have a driv-ers licence.Your main duties will be:• Tyrefitter,• Car detailing,• Delivering fuel to the

homelands and the Air-port,

• Organise the car rentals,• Extradutiesasneededto

help the Manager.•Please contact Marthakal (08) 8970 5500 or email HRMAN@marthakal.org

Positions Vacant M a r t h a k a l H o m e l a n d Resource Centre

Chef Marthakal Motel

• Passionate about food • Experienced• Reliable • Hard workingDoes this sound like you? Then we want to hear from you! We are looking for an enthusi-astic, creative and fully quali-fied chef to assist in runningour busy kitchen. It features high quality workmen meals, with an emphasis on variety. It is a Motel that often caters for a variety of parties and corpo-rate functions.The successful applicant will have previous experience:• Cooked in a busy kitchen • Worked in mining camps

or similarIf you possess all of the above, please send a resume and cover letter tohrman@marthakal.org ordropitintoMarthakaloffice

Thankyou Galiwinku for your hospitality and friend-ships during our time here. We feel honoured to have spent time on your beauti-ful Island and experience your culture. We will always remember the many happy times here. ToallourCDEPteamstaffand participants - thankyou for all your efforts, assis-tance and comraderie. It has been a privilage and very rewarding to work to-gether and I hope you con-tinue to keep the good work happening with the new providers. We will miss you.Mark (muggie) & Jan (jane) Deacon.

Goodbye & Thank You

Tel:89879265Fax:89879095

FREE BIRTH, DEATH AND NAME CHANGE CERTIFICATES!!!

Who said nothing in life is for free?The new laws around alcohol reform and the banned drinking register means that a lot of people are now going to have to provide photo ID when purchasing alcohol in the Northern Territory.Births, Deaths and Marriages, as of 27 June until 30 September, are allowing anyone who was born and residing in the Territory to obtain a copy of a Birth Certificate,ChangeofNameandMarriageCertificatefree of charge.

Come to Money Business and we can help you complete the application form.(onecertificateperperson).Officetel.no.(08)89879265.

Yolŋu radio is now play-ing 15 new radio programs on the topics of nutrition, germs and infection, and ear health. The ARDS team decided to tackle these topic when they were iden-tifiedbyYolŋumembersasimportant stories to have available in Yolŋu Matha.Over the last six months workshops have been held in Milingimbi and Darwin to talk about these health is-sues in depth, with partici-pants producing radio pro-

grams at the end.ARDS educator Joy Bulkan-hawuy feels the programs will help to get important in-formationtoYolŋu.“ It is good that we can make these stories clear. It’s good to find thewordsand pictures in Yolŋu ma-tha”. Yolŋu radio broadcasts inGaliwinkuon87.6FM.Pro-grams are also available on the ARDS website. www.ards.com.au

This project was made possible with funding from Anglicare NT through the Australian Governments’ Communities for Children initiative.

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Marthakal EmploymentServices (MES) have 7community computers which they would like to do-nate to a good community program. MES would liketo invite community groups or individuals to submit a brief proposal in writing to:manager.mes@bigpond.com addressing these questions:1. If we received these

computers, they would be utilised by .......

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WORMS

Worms can make dogs & puppies very sick. They can cause weight loss, bloody diarrhoea, weakness & sometimes death

Worms infect pups through the baby bag or mothers milk Sick puppies pass

diarrhoea full of eggs Eggs build up in the dirt

TREATMENT

OPTIONS You can give your dog worm medicine to treat and prevent worms, or you can get some help from your community vet, Dr Emma. Dr Emma Kennedy 8986 8902 0429 176 707

Worms can also effect people and make them very sick.

Children & dogs pick up & eat eggs from

the dirt

Eggs hatch into worms in the gut & make puppies sick. Severe cases may

cause death

Brain TrainingSolve the puzzles, soluitions over on Page 10

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Brain Training Solutions

By Sally Clayton

The 19th Laura AboriginalDance Festival was held on 17th-19th of June 2011.Over 5,000 people travelled to Laura in Cape York Pen-insula, Queensland to enjoy this Festival for three days. Over 20 Communities partic-ipate across the region, with up to 500 traditional perform-ers participating in the pro-gram. The Festival is about passing on culture across the generations, along with showcasing the strength, pride and uniqueness of Abo-riginal people. Shalom Chris-tian College students from Galiwin’ku, travelled to par-ticipate at the Laura Dance Festival. Although not able to compete (this event was only open to Indigenous peo-ple from Queensland) they represented their school and community in a very positive way.

Above: Tavis Perry, Tyrese Dhurrkay and Sam EllisPicture Courtesy of Emma Hegerty

Football 6 days a weekAs the siren sounded on this year’s AFL Grand Final most people would have thought footy would take a break for a few months, but not in Galiwin’ku. Two days later the Galiwin’ku Football Asso-ciation (GFA) held a sign up day for the new U13 and U17 competitions. A staggering 83 boys puttheir names down for the U13 competition and 92put their names down for U17 (that number actually increases to 105 if you in-clude the U13’s who are keen to double up and also play U17’s). Recently another two more teams registered in the senior competition bringing the total seniors to eleven registered teams, there are well over 500 males in the community who participate in structured AFL matches. This year has also seen a surprising number of girls sign up to a team. An amaz-ing85girlsformedthefirstfour female teams and in

their first week played twohighly entertaining and high quality matches. GFA’s former Regional De-velopment Officer, TavisPerry said the girls were hard on the ball and that there were a lot heavy hits. ‘Pretty much all the girlswho played knew how to bounce, knew where to stand, played on instinctive-ly after taking a mark and protected the ball carrier at every opportunity,” he said.Tavis described the re-sponse from the community as overwhelming.The Galiwin’ku Football As-sociation women’s competi-tion now has seven teams playing a very close compe-tition, with all of the top four teams having won two of their three games. The games have been watched by large and en-thusiastic crowds and the girls are getting better each week.With a population of around 2,200, Galiwin’ku now has 26 registered teams.

Matches are held on Mon-day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sat-urday. Everyteamtrains,yetthereis still only one oval in town, with new changing rooms to be built this dry season. A staggering 760 people in Galiwin’ku are registered toplayfootballonElchoIs-land; that is over a third of

the population!AFL Northern Territory’s Female Projects Manag-er, Breeanna Brock said she was astounded by the growth in woman’s footy.She said the importance of new woman’s leagues in remote areas is now appar-ent. With a new Regional Devel-opmentManager,SamEllis

about to commence in July, Galiwin’ku will be sure to hit the headlines about its GFA league and could even lay claim to having the highest community participation in one sport.Sam knows the community and has had a successful playing career in both Tas-mania and Queensland.

Shalom Students attend Laura Dance FestivalThe Galiwin'ku school holi-day program kicked off on the 27th of June with activities delivered based on youth consultation dur-ing the months of May and June. The Galiwin'ku Youth Services (GYS) school holi-day program will continue throughout July ending with a special themed con-cert 'Island Night', set for Thursday 21st of July with Galwin'ku's finest talentlined up for performances.

For information about our school holiday activities lis-ten out for daily loud speak-er announcements, notice boards or speak to any of our friendly youth services staff.

GYS School Holiday Activities

GALIWIN’KU: 18 – 22 JULY

DESEX DOGS & CATS TREAT WORMS, TICKS & MANGE

GENERAL ANIMAL ADVICE

HEALTHY PETS = HEALTHY COMMUNITY

The time had arrived, the sun had set on Ramingin-ing and nerves were at an all time high.... Senior bas-ketball grand final had ar-rived. Shepherdson went in as underdogs, a number of their players were out with injury. The girls started with only three, it was time for the juniors to step up to the challenge,SashaandEliz-abeth took the challenge head on and proved to be an unstoppable force. The girls took Shepherdson to an early lead, now it was time for the boys to bring home the trophy, but Yurri-wi were not going to give up so easily. The boys worked as a team, Yurriwi could not

get past their fierce line ofdefence. Shepherdson’s goal shooting was well timed and accurate, they seemed unstoppable! The game belonged to Shep-herdson, Yurriwi could not get a shot! The buzzer sounded and Shepherdson were victorious!! Winning back the much desired tro-phy 24 to 6.Congratulations to Gapuwi-yak who won the overall tro-phy, they performed fantas-tically and were supportive of all the other communi-ties. The Shepherdson stu-dents should be very proud of their efforts. As a school and community we are very

proud of them, they con-ducted themselves with respect and dignity. Well done and we look forward to next year in Maningrida!

Arnhem Sportscontinued from Back Page

Lynne WalkerMember for NhulunbuyElectorate Offi ce: Arnhem HouseEndeavourSquare,Nhulunbuy,NT0880Offi ce hours: Monday to Friday 8.00am - 1.00pm 2.00pm - 4.30pmAppointments outside these hours by arrangementPostal Address: PO Box 1021 Nhulunbuy,NT0881Phone: 0889871711Fax:0889872388Emails: electorate.nhulunbuy@nt.gov.au

Tavishasnow leftEl-cho Island and will be overseeing the Galiwin’ku football program from Darwin. SamEilliswill be tak-ing over Tavis’s role here in Galiwin’ku at the start of term 3 for Shepherdson College, see table right for dates.There will be no foot-ball games or Shep-

herdson Football Academy until after the holidays; therefore there will be a 4 week break in the women’s, junior, under 17’s football competitions and the Shepherdson Football Academy.Community an-nouncement will be made to remind peo-ple about the restart of the football compe-

titions. But the juniors and under 17s roster will remain the same while the women’s football will be played on Saturdays with 3 games starting from 12:00.The Shepherdson Football Academy will remain the same and begin back when school starts in term 3.

Football Competition Restart Dates AFTER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Tuesday 26th July Junior Football  Round 6  3:30

4:30St Marys vs Bombers

Cats vs EaglesThursday 28th July 

Under 17 Football Round 6   3:304:30

Blues vs TigersCats vs Bombers

Friday 29th July Junior Football Round 7 

Under 17 Football Round 7  

1:30 2:30 3:30 4:30

Cats vs Bombers St Marys vs Eagles 

Cats vs Blues Bombers vs Tigers

Saturday 30th July Women’s Football Round 4 

12:0013:00 14:00 

Tigers v KangaroosEagles v Bombers 

Lions v Cats Bye St Mary’s

 

Above: Proud Galiwin’ku Arnhem Sports Athletes

Arnhem Sports 2011

By Emma HegertyAnother year another Arnhem Sports. This year the Shepherd-son athletes made the journey to Ram-ingining, with one aim, regain the sen-ior basketball trophy! Last year in a close, hard fought battle, Shepherdson lost to Yurriwi.However, before they could face their challengers, Shep-herdson needed to compete in volley-ball, touch football

andtrackandfield.4 days of tiring com-petition led to a number of injuries, however, the brave Shepherdson stu-dents battled through the pain. All students com-peted in the run-ning races, despite injury and fatigue. Their commitment to the running and fieldeventswerere-warded. Shepherd-son College won the overall trophy for

track and field. Jus-tina and Merryl were standouts, winning age champions. All the Arnhem sports team performed well, supporting each oth-er and cheering each other on.The Shepherdson team proved that they are all natural athletes with their fantastic efforts in the team events. Both senior and jun-ior made the finalsfor touch football and volleyball. The sen-iors put up a great effort in the volleyball against a hungry Yur-riwi team. The juniors smashed their op-ponents in the semi finals and put up anoutstanding effort in the Grand final.They came out with an early lead, how-ever Yurriwi were too strong, taking out the trophy. Continued over the page

Shepherdson College

athletes show support and encourage each other at Arnhem Sports