The widely respected indigenous leader Aunty Jean Phillips was awarded a Medal of the Ordaer of Australia (OAM) in the latest King’s birthday honours. After decades of leadership, Phillips might be most widely known across the continent due to her… Continue Reading
A post by the Anglican Board of Mission Theme – “We cannot wait another generation” On 26 May 2025, we mark 28 years since the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in Parliament—revealing the heartbreaking truths of the Stolen Generations.… Continue Reading
Some churches made Aboriginal Sunday the focus of their services today. Here are excerpts from sermons at two of them. Please feel free to send in other links. Ray Minniecon at St John’s Glebe talked about the Aboriginal church. :Some… Continue Reading
A message from Neville Naden, Indigenous Ministry Officer, The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia. As we approach another Australia Day, I pause to reflect on the blessings we enjoy as Australians, the challenges of our shared history, and the… Continue Reading
James Oswald (Jimmy) Little was a keen and committed Christian and Yorta Yorta man. He was born in 1937 on the Cummeragunga settlement (called a “mission”, although technically it wasn’t one) near Echuca, on the New South Wales side of… Continue Reading
Each year, Aboriginal Sunday is held on the Sunday before January 26, continuing the observance Christian Aboriginal leader William Cooper began in 1938, along with a Day of Mourning gathering he led 150 years after white settlement or invasion began… Continue Reading
Terrence Lennon Wingfield, an indigenous man, struggled through school on the West Coast of SA, but came to Adelaide and found Jesus at the age of 21. He went to TAFE to learn to read and now is an enthusiastic… Continue Reading
Terrence Lennon Wingfield, an indigenous man, struggled through school on the West Coast of SA, but came to Adelaide and found Jesus at the age of 21. He went to TAFE to learn to read and now is an enthusiastic… Continue Reading
Sydney’s Anglican Synod will be asked to agree to create and fund a position for the Director of Indigenous Ministry, “to be appointed by the Sydney Anglican Indigenous Peoples’ Ministry Committee (SAIPMC) with the concurrence of the Archbishop. But the… Continue Reading
Record student stats from Nungalinya College in Darwin reveal the First Nations’ college is doing well, despite the difficulties that have led to the closure of other institutions Wontulp-Bi-Buya in Cairns and School of Indigenous Studies, University of Divinity. “2023… Continue Reading