“ a safe gathering place for all community members…”

Women’s Group welcome to Country with Uncle Bill Bush Kid’s playing in their new hut Nia ochre clapsticks

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Give us a call

for more infor-

mation about

our Programs

and Koori Ser-

vices on the

Mornington

Peninsula.

Willum Warrain Aboriginal

Association

10C Pound Road

Hastings Victoria 3915

(03) 5979 1391

gpc@willumwarrain.com.au

www.willumwarrain.com.au

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The tempo of visits to Willum Warrain has significantly increased, especially kindergar-tens, schools and universities. We have two to three visits most weeks and are hoping to train up the mob to conduct tours to respond to this growing demand. Please contact Karsten Poll if you are interested in being part of our team delivering culture to visitors. Deadly Kids has continued to attract new families and strong numbers of Aboriginal chil-dren – it has been very successful in connecting primary and secondary youth with each other, developing cultural knowledge and a shared identity at Willum Warrain. They are our future and we want them grown up strong in culture! Incidentally, our youth forum which Jeanette Kaindel, our President mentioned, was a wonderful success in its first year. We are very keen to keep engaging our youth across the Mornington Peninsula and beyond. Next term, we also have our special Elder’s luncheon including kin on Saturday 9th November with Carissa Watts providing entertain-ment. We hope that many of our men and women will be able to attend – please keep this date free. We are very keen to celebrate the contribution of our Elders to the life of our community in this way. Yoway,

Peter Aldenhoven—Executive Officer Men’s Business

Hello, It has been a very exciting 4 weeks as the Executive Officer—Women’s Business here at Willum Warrain; meeting more of the mob and seeing how important this culturally safe space is for all. I am so happy to be working with my community every day and look forward to the year ahead.

We have had a busy term in Women’s group; weaving, painting, cooking and yarning. Our sistas espe-cially enjoyed going out bush and collecting resources to craft clap sticks, digging sticks and fighting sticks. We finished the term off with a visit to Pound Bend with our Mullum Mullum friends, Chris and Tash, learning about the history of the land and were welcomed to Country by Uncle Bill Nicholson. Spe-cial thanks to Mornington Peninsula Foundation for their ongoing support of our women’s group. Djirri Djirri dance group was a huge success for our women and their daughters - it was perfect weather for learning new dance moves on our ngargee ground. We have some deadly dancers here at Willum Warrain! Looking forward to learning more dances with the mob. Our bubups have had a deadly term playing and learning culture. Shout of to the fellas for building the kid’s hut. Welcome Baby to Country was a special cultural day for our bubups born on the Peninsula, receiving a language name from two Traditional Owners and Elders of our community. Thank you to CAGES for funding this a second time and to Bunurong Land Council for your ongoing participation and support of us Willum Warrain mob.

Our Aboriginal Youth Summit was a powerful day with over 65 of our Aboriginal young people from across the Peninsula attending. We had some deadly speakers share their stories and roles as leaders for their community and yarning circles about the challenges our youth experience today. A great opportunity for connection and friendship building with other Aboriginal peers; building strong commu-nities into the future. See you mob next term! Taneisha Webster—Executive Officer Women’s Business

Willum Warrain acknowledges that our Gathering Place is located on the land of Bunurong/ Boon Wurrung peoples and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We also

recognise that the Bunurong Land Council is the Registered Aboriginal Party for the Mornington Peninsula.

Opening hours...

Tuesday to Friday 9.30-3.30pm

What’s coming up at Willum Warrain

We have a few special events to note this term. Our Aboriginal

Women’s (and their children) camp is running 18-20th October at

Illuka Resort. A special Elders’ Luncheon on 9th November to

acknowledge the importance of Elders for our community. Come

down to our X-mas Party 12th December and enjoy a special

dance performance by our men, women and kids group.

Book in for a Willum Warrain Tour

Did you know Willum Warrain run tours for kinder-

gartens, schools, teachers, TAFE’s, University's,

agencies, community groups and more? Contact

Willum Warrain for further details to book a tour.

Fridays at Willum Warrain

Fridays bring a variety of activities for Aboriginal and non-

Indigenous community. This term you can join us for gardening or

rebuilding the veggie garden. At the end of the month join us for

our Big Mob Cook up where we cook and eat a deadly feed

together.

Keep Your Details Up To Date

Here at Willum Warrain we are always trying to improve the way

we communicate. Do you have an email address or mobile num-

ber you would like to add to your membership? We are hoping to

reduce our printing & postage costs so please let us know if you

would rather receive your information electronically and please

make sure your details are updated.

Volunteer at Willum Warrain

Willum Warrain is seeking enthusiastic community mem-

bers to donate time throughout the school term. We have

a wide range of activities that require varied skills. Let us

know your skills and experiences so we can match them

to one of our programs.

Thank you -

Men’s group trip to Bushrangers Bay

Welcome Baby to Country with Aunty Dy

A word from the President...

Hello everyone,

It is my great privilege to step up as President of Willum Warrain on behalf of the Board and

you, our community. With Taneisha Webster now commencing as our Executive Officer/

Women’s Business alongside Peter Aldenhoven Executive Officer/ Men’s Business, a new

era of leadership and growth is assured for our gathering place.

Term 3 has been another successful one with all our programs, Bush

Play Group, Deadly Kids, Women’s and Men’s Group flourishing and,

once again, a number of significant community events

taking place. Highlights included our Community BBQ

(which included Deadly Dogs Day Out and the opening

of our Koorie Plant Trail), a dance workshop for women

and girls with Djirri Djirri dancers, Welcome Baby to

Country (Aunty Dyan Summers and Uncle Shane

Charles from the Bunurong Land Council and CAGES Foundation) and our

inaugural Aboriginal Youth Forum (funded by Willam Buckland Foundation

and supported by the Youth Team at Mornington Peninsula Shire, VACCA’s

Youth team and local DET, KESO’s).

We are looking forward to sharing the story of our last twelve months at our Annual General

Meeting* on Saturday 12th October 10.30-12.00pm followed by a BBQ.

Hope to see you all there.

Jeanette Kaindel President– Willum Warrain

*PS. You will have received a notice of this AGM with a proposed constitutional change in this

mailout – we have grown so large with 390 Full (Aboriginal) members that it is becoming

harder to achieve a quorum of 10% so we are hoping to get endorsement for 30 to be the

new quorum requirement.

A word from the Executive Officers...

Maroomba bigi, (good day in Jandai)

The fellas enjoyed each other’s company last term with Men’s Group numbers steadily grow-

ing through the week on Tuesdays. Highlights included stone-knapping with Craig Turner

one weekend, finishing off the kids’ hut, making stone and seed pod necklaces plus our re-

cent trip to Bushranger’s Bay.

This term, we are continuing with the possum skin project and commencing the re-build of the

Men’s hut. We have commissioned an internal steel structure to provide a more permanent

design.

We have missed the hut us fellas (it was two years in the making)

but more broadly, it has left a gap in our gathering place experi-

ence for visitors. Kids of all sizes go straight to it upon arrival and

many school and community groups have sat inside it hearing sto-

ries about our mob and the importance of place to belonging.

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WILLUM WARRAIN ABORIGINAL ASSOCIATION INC. NEWSLETTER TERM FOUR 2019

“ A vibrant and confident

Aboriginal community,

encouraging cultural

strengthening, promoting

health, and providing a

safe gathering place for

all community members”

- Willum Warrain’s Vision

SAVE THE DATE

Sat. 12th Oct. Annual General Meeting

Fri. 18th—20th Oct.

Aboriginal Women’s (and

their Children) Camp

Sat.30th –1st Dec Family Camp

Thur. 12th Dec.

X-Mas Party

PROGRAM – TERM 4, 2019

*1.Aboriginal Men & kin 2.Aboriginal Women & kin 3.Aboriginal & non Indigenous members 4.Open to the public.

Follow Willum Warrain on Facebook for further details https://www.facebook.com/WillumWarrain/

Aboriginal Youth Summit 2019

WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 1

7

OCTOBER School Starts

8 10-2pm Men’s

group*1

9 10-12am

Bush Kids Play Group*1&2

10 10-2pm

Women’s group *2

11 9.30-12.30pm

Veggie Garden Rebuild*4

11-1pm Community drop in & gardening*4

12

11-2pm

Annual General Meeting & Community

BBQ *4

13

2

14 Closed

15 10-2pm Men’s

group*1

16 10-12am

Bush Kids Play Group*1&2

17 10-2pm

Women’s group *2

18 9.30-12.30pm

Veggie Garden Rebuild*4

11-1pm Community drop in & gardening*4

Aboriginal Women and their Chil-dren Camp*2

19

Aboriginal Women and

their Children Camp *2

20

Aboriginal Women and their Children

Camp *2

10-2pm

Men’s Group *1

3

21 Closed

22 10-2pm Men’s

group*1

23 10-12am

Bush Kids Play Group*1&2

24 10-2pm

Women’s group *2

4:30pm-6pm Deadly Kids *1&2

25 9.30-12.30pm

Veggie Garden Rebuild*4

11-1pm Big Mob Cook Up*3

26

27

4 28 Closed

29 10-2pm Men’s

group*1

30 10-12am

Bush Kids Play Group*1&2

31 10-2pm

Women’s group *2

4:30pm-6pm Deadly Kids *1&2

1

NOVEMBER

11-2pm Community Excursion*3

2

3

5

4 Closed

5 Closed

Melbourne Cup Day

6 10-12am

Bush Kids Play Group*1&2

7 10-2pm

Women’s group *2

4:30pm-6pm Deadly Kids *1&2

8

11-2pm Yarning Up Justice

Event *1&2

9 12-2pm

Elders

Luncheon

*1&2

10

6

11 Closed

12 10-2pm Men’s

group*1

13 10-12am

Bush Kids Play Group*1&2

7.30-9pm

Cultural Forum*3

14 10-2pm

Women’s group *2

4:30pm-6pm Deadly Kids *1&2

15 9.30-12.30pm

Veggie Garden Rebuild*4

11-1pm Community drop in & gardening*4

16

17

7

18 Closed

19 10-2pm Men’s

group*1

20 10-12am

Bush Kids Play Group*1&2

21 10-2pm

Women’s group *2

4:30pm-6pm Deadly Kids *1&2

22 11-1pm

Community drop in & gardening*4

23

10-2pm

Women’s Weaving *3

24 10-2pm

Men’s Group *1

8 25 Closed

26 10-2pm Men’s

group*1

27 10-12am

Bush Kids Play Group*1&2

28 10-2pm

Women’s group *2

4:30pm-6pm Deadly Kids *1&2

29

11-1pm Big Mob Cook Up*3

30 2pm

Aboriginal Family Camp

starts*1&2

1

DECEMBER 11am

Aboriginal Fam-ily Camp

finishes*1&2

9 2

Closed

3 10-2pm Men’s

group*1

4 10-12am

Bush Kids Play Group*1&2

5 10-2pm

Women’s group *2

4pm-6pm Deadly Kids *1&2

6 11-1pm

Community drop in & gardening*4

7

8

10 9 Closed

10 10-2pm Men’s

group*1

11 10-12am

Bush Kids Play Group*1&2

12 10-2pm

Women’s group *2

4:30pm-6pm X-Mas Party *1&2

13 TERM ENDS

11-1pm Big Mob Cook Up*3

14

15

Welcome Baby to Country

with Uncle Shane

Bush Kid’s Grass

Skirts