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.
Millmullian or Locky (Laurance Magick Dennis) is a Ngemba, Wailwaan & Yuin songman, artist and senior cultural educator with Aboriginal organisation Milan Dhiiyaan.
Millmullian was born in Collarenebri on the verandah of the hospital, because at that time Aboriginal mothers were not allowed inside to give birth. He grew up in Walgett, where the rivers form the boundaries of Gamilaraay to the East, Wayilwan to the South West and Yuwalaraay to the North West.
Millmullian now lives in Quambone on Wayilwan Country and, together with Fleur Magick Dennis, runs a cultural centre on Country. Millmullian is a visual and performing artist. He tells stories through painting, carving into trees or shields, and carving emu eggs.
He also carves Ngemba & Wayilwan Aboriginal tools and weapons and makes many other cultural items. Millmullian is a Traditional Owner and cultural knowledge holder for Ngemba and Wayilwan Country. He is also a songman and dance keeper for his people, weaving dance, story, song and visual arts together.
Millmullian prefers to practice his creative arts on Country, and much of his work takes place in the bush in remote areas near the small village of Quambone in north western NSW — at his Ngurra (home). Millmullian is an artist with considerable reputation, having exhibited at the Australian Museum, with works acquired by museums and art collectors in Australia and internationally.
He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Ngemba/Wayilwan Native Title PBC.
Rona is a proud Kaytetye woman from Central Australia who works with high impact organisations to create systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and solutions.
Rona is the founder of Common Ground and brings 7 years
of professional experience working across First Nations organisations and not for profits. Rona was previously the Director of First Nations at YLab, a social enterprise that puts young people with diverse lived experiences at the centre of designing and developing innovative and impactful solutions
to complex social issues. Over her career, Rona has worked in policy at the Central Land Council, the Research Unit for Indigenous Languages at the University of Melbourne, Reconciliation Victoria, and the Foundation for Young Australians.In 2020, Rona was a finalist for the Victorian Young Achiever awards, was awarded a Westpac Social Change Fellowship. In 2019 Rona won a Diana Award and was named a 'Woman of the Future' by Women's Weekly.Through her work with First Nations communities across Australia, Rona aims to create future systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and cultures.Rona currently resides in Mpartnwe on Arrernte 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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