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CommUNIty-Led Development Logo

Yuwaya Ngarra-li is a community-led partnership between the Dharriwaa Elders Group and UNSW’.

The purpose of Yuwaya Ngarra-li is for the Dharriwaa Elders Group and UNSW to work in partnership to improve the wellbeing, social, built and physical environment and life pathways of Aboriginal people in Walgett through collaborating with government, philanthropy and community organisations on evidence-based initiatives, research and capacity building, and to evaluate this model of CommUNIty-Led Development as a way of working with other Aboriginal communities.

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  • Always help your elders- poster.
    22 Mar 2023

    Artist Molly Hunt workshops with children and young people in Walgett

    As part of Yuwaya Ngarra-li’s work with children and young people in Walgett, Dharriwaa Elders Group staff organised a five-day workshop for young people with Molly Hunt, a Balanggarra and Yolngu artist.

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  • Samantha Rich
    22 Mar 2023

    Samantha Rich wins prize for Elders housing project

    Wiradjuri building designer and Masters of Architecture graduate Samantha Rich was recently awarded the Andrew Taylor Memorial Prize for an outstanding student whose work demonstrates sensitivity to project context, site and the Australian landsca

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  • YN Policy Paper- creating better futures with contracts.
    22 Feb 2023

    New Policy Paper: Creating better futures with contracts

    The NSW and Federal Governments have recognised that government-led approaches haven’t worked to meaningfully Close the Gap and deliver positive outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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  • Yuwaya Ngarra-li Briefing Paper: Walgett's Drinking Water 2023
    15 Feb 2023

    New Briefing Paper: Walgett’s Drinking Water

    Ensuring safe drinking water in Walgett has been a long-term priority for the Dharriwaa Elders Group (DEG) and the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service (WAMS).

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  • "Water is Life"
    14 Dec 2022

    Yuwaya Ngarra-li Collaborators win “Best Digital Poster” at the Australian Groundwater Conference

    A presentation about groundwater which focused on its cultural significance to Aboriginal people in Walgett has won “Best Digital Poster” at the Australasian Groundwater Conference in Perth.

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  • Steven "Bungee" Dennis
    07 Dec 2022

    Meet our Walgett colleague Steven “Bungee” Dennis

    Steven “Bungee” Dennis is a much-loved Walgett local who joined our team this year to work on the Dealing with Fines project. He says the best things about living in Walgett are: “Everything.

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  • Graphs showing the number and values of fines issued by the year
    02 Dec 2022

    Dealing with fine debt in Walgett

    We have long known that police giving out fines for minor infringements criminalises poverty.

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  • Photo of Pete and Virginia
    30 Nov 2022

    Yuwaya Ngarra-li Data Linkage Study

    Yuwaya Ngarra-li has a particular focus on increasing the understanding and strategic use of quantitative data to inform our planning and evaluation and progress towards Yuwaya Ngarra-li’s long-term aims.

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  • Research Expo: YN Webinar
    26 Nov 2022

    Research Expo

    Yuwaya Ngarra-li was recently invited to be part of UNSW’s inaugural Research Translation Expo, which was designed to showcase innovators and change-makers

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  • November: Meal of the month
    25 Nov 2022

    Meal of the Month

    As part of the Food and Water for Life project, Dharriwaa Elders Group and Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service staff recently ran its fourth Meal of the Month at the Walgett IGA.

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  • YN second webinar; Ruth McCausland, Peta MacGillivray, Rebecca Reeve
    24 Nov 2022

    Webinar recording now available | Community-led Research, Government Data, and Indigenous Data Governance

    This webinar is the second in the Yuwaya Ngarra-li Webinar Series, where we hear about the leading efforts on the rights of Indigenous peoples to control their own data through Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Indigenous Data Governance.

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  • YN Briefing Paper
    12 Oct 2022

    New Briefing Paper: Criminal justice contact for young people of Walgett

    New Yuwaya Ngarra-li Briefing Paper now available.

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  • Yuwaya Ngarra-li Briefing Paper and Summary
    19 Sep 2022

    New Briefing Paper: Sustaining the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Community Garden

    New Yuwaya Ngarra-li Briefing Paper now available.

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  • Screenshot of six people on webinar
    18 Aug 2022

    Webinar recording now available | Ethical Research with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations

    This webinar is the first in the Yuwaya Ngarra-li Webinar Series, where we hear from key partnership staff and Aboriginal researchers who collaborate across UNSW and Walgett.

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  • Yuwaya Ngarra-li Briefing Paper and Summary
    10 Aug 2022

    New Briefing Paper: Caring for Elders, Community and Culture

    New Yuwaya Ngarra-li Briefing Paper and Summary now available.

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  • WAMS Community Garden
    13 Jul 2022

    A reflection from one of our collaborators

    Niall Earle shares what he learnt from working with the Yuwaya Ngarra-li partnership

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  • Zoe wears her graduation gown and mortar board hat and holds her bachelor certificate
    01 May 2022

    May Update: Yuwaya Ngarra-li Partnership

    Zoe Sands, now a Project Officer on the Youth Justice Team at the Dharriwaa Elders Group, was  on campus to graduate from the Faculty of Law and Justice.

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  • Researchers from the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service and the George Institute for Global Health at the end of day 3 of surveying community members about food and water security.
    01 Mar 2022

    March Update: Yuwaya Ngarra-li Partnership

    The research team surveyed hundreds of community members, and have now begun the process of analysing the data collected with an agreement to return to Walgett in May to present their findings to WAMS and the DEG.

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