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Group Captain James Badgery thanks artist Leanne Tobin, of the Buruberongal and Wumali clans of the Dharug, for her artwork that will hang in the Mirrung Room at the Air Lift Systems Program Office, RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.

Kangaroo and emu together at Richmond

17/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1866 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, RAAF Richmond

Totems of the Dharug nation and Defence are proudly displayed together in an artwork commissioned by the Air Lift Systems

An Army soldier from 5th Engineer Regiment assists with clean up at Cabbage Tree Island Primary School in northern NSW as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story by Captain Catalina Martinez-Pinto. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

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Sappers assist with Cabbage Tree Island recovery

17/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1545 Views 0 Comments 5th Engineer Regiment, Indigenous, Operation Flood Assist 2022

The Australian Defence Force has helped to restore some sense of normality to Cabbage Tree Island, cleaning up the primary

Leading Seaman Breanna Jacobs-Rochford, right, and Uncle Shane Clarke from Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation speak to Navy Indigenous Development Program participants and recruit school staff at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton.

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Navy Indigenous Development Program base visit

17/03/202218/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2446 Views 0 Comments HMAS Cerberus, Indigenous, Navy Indigenous Development Program

As the Navy Indigenous Development Program (NIDP) enters its eighth year, 13 current participants and their instructors headed to HMAS

A Murrook Cultural Heritage Team member conduct a smoking ceremony at No. 41 Wing's naming ceremony at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales. Story by Flight Lieutenant Grace Casey-Maughan and Flight Lieutenant Claire Burnet. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Samuel Miller.

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Renaming RAAF’s air battle management system

10/03/202214/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2518 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, No. 41 Wing, RAAF Williamtown

No. 41 Wing and the Worimi community came together to celebrate the Aboriginal renaming of the Royal Australian Air Force’s

Sergeant Duncan Keith moves the scar tree into position. Story by Captain Kristen Cleland. Photos by Private Michael Currie.

Australian Army News

New home for scar tree

04/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2077 Views 0 Comments 22nd Engineering Regiment, Indigenous

Conducting real-world training, 22nd Engineer Regiment soldiers helped move a 400-year-old scar tree from Melbourne to Wollithica Country, near Torrumbarry

ADF personnel from Team Defence competed in the Bennelong Cup touch football competition at Randwick Barracks to raise funds for charities supporting young Indigenous people. Story by Jacqui Duong 1. Photo by Captain Annie Richardson.

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Bennelong Cup raises money for charity

04/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1835 Views 0 Comments Indigenous

More than $40,000 has been raised for Indigenous schools-to-work programs in the fifth annual Bennelong Cup held at Randwick Barracks

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld, right, meets with Uncle Harry Allie and Aunty Deb Booker prior to the Air Force Elder handover ceremony at RAAF Base Glenbrook, NSW. Story by Flight Lieutenant Jessica Aldred. Photos by Corporal Kylie Gibson.

ADF People History Videos

New Indigenous Elder for Air Force

01/03/202209/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2047 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, RAAF Glenbrook

Air Force’s Elder, Uncle Harry Allie, has passed the title to a newly appointed Elder, Aunty Deborah Booker, at a

Indigenous Liaison Officer Flight Lieutenant Steven Warrior at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia. Story and photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

ADF People

Connecting aviators to country

01/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1536 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, No. 11 Squadron, P-8A Poseidon, RAAF Edinburgh

The relationship between South Australian-based aviators and Kaurna country is going from strength to strength thanks to cultural initiatives forged

Private Raymond Gunning from 10th Force Support Battalion and Mr Les Tanna from the Wulgurukaba Walkabouts during the totem ceremony in Townsville. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Corporal Brodie Cross.

ADF People

Army’s first Indigenous spiritual totem

03/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2565 Views 4 Comments 10th Force Support Battalion, Indigenous

An Army unit’s shared connection to the land and water with the local Indigenous people has been recognised with Army’s first spiritual

Air Force officer Flight Lieutenant Tjapukai Shaw plays the didgeridoo during the new Australian national anthem recording at Alan Eaton Studios in Melbourne, Victoria. Story by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello. Photo by Petty Officer Nina Fogliani.

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New instrumental national anthem features Indigenous instruments

01/02/202203/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3918 Views 0 Comments Air Force Band, Indigenous

The Royal Australian Air Force Band and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians from across the Australian Defence Force have

Air Force aviator Warrant Officer Steve Weaver prepares for a medal ceremony at the Sydney 2018 Invictus Games. Story by Flight Lieutenant Jessica Aldred. Photo by Sergeant William Guthrie.

ADF People

Passion and commitment leads to recognition

26/01/202229/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1542 Views 0 Comments Indigenous

If you met Warrant Officer Steve Weaver out on a base, you’d be inspired by his passion and commitment to

Volunteers from the 1st Signal Regiment clear a path used for cultural awareness activities at Terra Bulla Leumeah on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Story by Captain Miguel Ellis-Fragoso. Photo by Sergeant Anita Gill.

Australian Army News

Going bush for a good cause

16/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1861 Views 0 Comments 1st Signal Regiment, Indigenous

Volunteers from the 1st Signal Regiment have gone bush for a good cause. CAPTION: Volunteers from the 1st Signal Regiment

Recruits Marlou Brown, Velma Tsang and Gregory Footscray on the Cairns Esplanade. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.

ADF People

Course paves way for Indigenous graduates

16/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1373 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, NIDP

Graduates from the Navy Indigenous Development Program (NIDP) put five months of dress and bearing into practice on December 8 at

Commanding Officer No. 383 Squadron Wing Commander Alan Brown, centre right, and RAAF Base Townsville Indigenous liaison officer Flight Lieutenant David Williams with artist Kailin Kyle, centre, Stars Foundation's Emma Ferguson, left, and Jean Murphy. Story by Flying Officer Robert Hodgson.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Art symbolic of connections

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1924 Views 0 Comments Indigenous

Commanding Officer No. 383 Squadron Wing Commander Alan Brown on September 30 was presented an artwork painted for the squadron

Pika Wiya registered nurse Rebecca Simpson conducts a pre-assessment in the Port Augusta town centre before a local receives their COVID-19 vaccination out of the ADF ambulance. Story by Captain Thomas Kaye.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News

Battalion supports Indigenous vaccinations

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1583 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Indigenous health in the Port Augusta region of South Australia has received a welcome shot in the arm thanks to

Malabugilmah resident Latia Williams has her temperature taken by Leading Aircraftman Joel Forster at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination centre.

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ADF supports remote vaccination mission

20/10/202120/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1668 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Early this month, NSW Health, police and ADF personnel travelled to a tiny Aboriginal community two-and-a-half hours’ drive inland from

Corporal Andrew Ball demonstrates lighting a fire with a fero rod on Exercise Emu Walk. Story by Captain Sandra Seman-Bourke.

Australian Army News

Outback survival skills taught and tested

16/10/202116/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2680 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, survival course

Hundreds of kilometres from Perth, deep in the heart of Western Australia’s outback, soldiers from the Pilbara Regiment’s 3rd Squadron have

Ipswich Indigenous community members and children inside a C-17A Globemaster III for a flight from RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flying Officer Lily Lancaster. Photo by Sergeant Peter Borys.

Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force

Connections made high above ground

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1903 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, NAIDOC Week

More than 130 Ipswich Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families had the experience of a lifetime: a

Qualified flying instructor with No. 2 Flying Training School Flight Lieutenant Jonathan Lee and students from Clontarf Academy in front of a Pilatus PC-21 aircraft at RAAF Base Pearce. Story by Flight Lieutenant Steven Barrett.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Students’ flying visit to base a real buzz

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1291 Views 0 Comments Indigenous

Students from the Clontarf Academy in Geraldton, Western Australia, were “wide-eyed” when they toured RAAF Base Pearce in early September.

Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer with NSW Police, Uncle John Skinner, with Corporal Ashleigh Shannon, who were part of a remote vaccination team in northern NSW. Story by Flight Lieutenant Eamon Hamilton.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Going home on deployment

06/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1792 Views 1 Comment COVID-19, Indigenous

Rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations in her home town has been a career highlight for Yaegl woman and Army air dispatcher,