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.
Originally launched in 2019 as First Nations Bedtime Stories, Common Ground’s flagship initiative is turning a new page with Forever Stories.
First Nations people have shared stories by the warmth of the campfire for over 80,000 years. Storytelling remains a vital way for Elders to pass on knowledge, teach accepted ways of behaving, and pass on responsibilities for living with and caring for Country to children and young people.
Originally launched in 2019 as First Nations Bedtime Stories, Common Ground’s flagship initiative is turning a new page. Following many yarns with and feedback from communities, educators and long-time supporters, we are proud to introduce the next chapter: Forever Stories.
While the name has evolved, the heart of the project remains the same. Forever Stories supports First Nations filmmakers with the production budgets, resources and backing needed to self-determine their own film shoots on Country alongside their communities.
They record and safeguard stories for future generations, while we share them widely to connect, educate and inspire audiences everywhere.
The format also remains the same: five days, five stories, five learning experiences, shared by First Nations peoples across our beautiful continent.
Since 2019, Common Ground has backed stories from Noongar, Wiradjuri, Nyikina, Arrernte, Eastern Arrernte, Luritja, Warlpiri, and Pitjantjatjara Nations.
Our upcoming 2026 series – directed and produced by Noongar and Spinifex visual storyteller Tace Stevens – takes us to Spinifex Country in the Great Victoria Desert of Western Australia.
This collection captures Spinifex Elders and community members sharing stories of history, language, storytelling, cultural tools, and bush tucker.
Get involved this coming Forever Stories Week from 9-13 November where we'll be celebrating the next series of this important project and sharing five stories, over five days.
Part of this includes an education resource connected to the five stories and created in collaboration with First Nations educator Harmony Domaille which can be used in schools, child care centres, at home or in the workplace.
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.
