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.
We’re excited to announce the launch of our third Dreamy series – a very special language edition.
Celebrating and centering language, this collection features mindful stories by Kaleesha Morris, Trinity Clarke, Stacie Piper, and Jam-Graham Blair and the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.
For more than 80,000 years, our languages have carried knowledge of the stars, the land, and everything in between. Recording and revitalising these langauges is vital. When language is spoken, it keeps the spirit of Country and our communities.
In addition, a looping animation accompanies each story thanks to beautiful artworks by Carmen Glynn-Braun and Keoini Lander.
For those new to the project, we now have 13 mindful audio stories from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytellers from across the continent and surrounding islands.
Ngayu Kaminji Dungayn Jukaranga (Day at the Beach with my Nannies) by Trinity Clarke sharing Kuku Yalanji Country.
Jalagungada Ganaygala by Kaleesha Morris sharing Gumbaynggirr language.
The Heartbeat of Biik by Stacie Piper sharing Woiwurrung language from Wurundjeri Country.
yula taypani, yula tapilti – yula come, yula go by Jam Graham-Blair and the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre sharing palawa kani of Lutruwita/Tasmania.
We’ve also created a new learning kit designed to encourage deeper learning from the stories.
While they have been mapped to the Australian Curriculum, the learning kits have been created to live beyond schools and the education system, and can be used by anyone from parents and carers, to healthcare professionals and community service providers.
Thank you to Dream Team Harmony Domaille and Clea North for co-creating this important resource that includes:
Dreamy is a collection of mindful stories from the First Storytellers – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
While the stories are contemporary, they bring an age-old practice of oral storytelling into the digital space. At the same time, the stories beautifully encapsulate the relationship between First Nations people and Country.
Originally launched in 2021 as a collaboration between Common Ground and Snapchat, Dreamy presents storytelling on an ethereal and meditative level, which allows listeners to transcend their physical state of being, and deepen their connection to Country.
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.
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