We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Meet the panel of First Nations storytellers from the webinar Changing Systems Through Storytelling: Be The Change.
Phoebe McIlwraith is a Bundjalung and Worimi creative.
Phoebe first connected with Common Ground through our Creators Circle program and has continued as a contributor.
As a contributor, Phoebe has written pieces around First Nation legal systems, wealth distribution in 'Australia', the anniversary of the Wollotuka Institute and more.
Learn more about Phoebe and her work with Common Ground here.
Kirli Saunders is a Gunai multidisciplinary artist and consultant.
Kirli was part of our second Dreamy Series, where she shared Buungbaa-ma-ndhu.
Buungbaa-ma-ndhu centres Gundungurra language in this beautiful story of rising like the sun, with singing, dancing, dreaming, hunting and speaking in mother tongue, before the sun sets at dawn. Kirli shares gratitude for the teachings of Aunty Velma Mulcahy and Aunty Sharyn Halls.
This story was originally commissioned by Fremantle Biennale and Ngununggula, and has been extended through the Dreamy series of mindful stories.
Listen to Buungbaa-ma-ndhu here.
Scott Wilson is a Gooniyandi and Gajerrong man.
Scott was part of our second Dreamy Series where he shares Gooniyandi thangarndi (language) in a story inspired by Gooniyandi Riwi (Country) and his grandmother Margaret, named after the Margaret River that runs through Gooniyandi Country.
She spent most of her life by the ocean and fishing in the sea. It shares a journey of someone living away from Country, but knowing that Country lives within us. So beautiful to share this story through Dreamy – one of nine mindful episodes from First Nations storytellers
'Yarrangi Yoowoolloo, Ngaanggi Yoowoolloo. Our peoples, your peoples. Yarrrangi Riwi, Ngaanggi Riwi. Our Country, your Country.'
Molly Hunt is a Balanggarra and Yolngu artist.
Molly worked with Common Ground through our Grounded Story grant, where she was able to finish her first children's book Daisy The Space Girl.
Daisy the Space Girl is an inspirational tale about a young Blak girl going on a magical quest to save her community.
Brooke Collard is a Ballardong/Whadjuk Noongar producer and writer, and Gary Hamaguchi is a Japanese, Jaru and Noongar writer and director.
Teaming up, Brooke worked as producer and Gary worked as director for our 2023 First Nations Bedtime Stories series which was based on Noongar Boodjar.
Explore First Nations Bedtime Stories here.
We are a First Nations not-for-profit that exists to centre First Nations people, Country and truth-telling. We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
