Buga Yanu Junba Roadshow
Across 3 weeks in September, lead artist Dr Gillian Howell and Tura Project Coordinator Annika Moses, together with songwriters and educators, will embark on a tour visiting community centres and schools across Bayulu, Wangkatjungka, Yungngora, Junjuwa and more.
The tour includes performances and workshops by Buga Yanu Junba songwriters and educators in partnership with Baya Gawiy Buga Yani Jandu Yani U, Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre’s child and parent centre. Staff and students from Fitzroy Valley District High School join the tour as on-country learning within their language and music curriculum, and celebrate the children’s contributions to writing and recording Buga Yanu Junba. The tour is presented in partnership with Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre and The University of Melbourne, and supported by Indigenous Language and Arts program.
This event is not only a launch for the album and songbook but a celebration of Baya Gawiy’s 13th anniversary, and their achievement of Exceeding the National Quality Standard in their most recent assessment and rating process, conducted under the National Quality Framework for early childhood education and care. This remarkable achievement is a testament to the dedication, cultural leadership, and reflective practice of the Baya Gawiy team, who create a safe and inspiring place for children to grow, learn, and connect to culture.
Schedule
2 September – Bayulu community
Workshops and song sharing with Eva Nargoodah, June Nixon, Judy Bent. Support from Lisa Martin and Lillian Spinks, Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre; Wangki Yupurnanupurru Radio; Jarrod Minniecon, Spiritual Health Officer at Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services; and Oliver Raabe, music teacher at Fitzroy Valley District High School.
3 September – Noonkanbah – Kulkarriya School, Yungngora community
Workshops and song sharing with Fitzroy Valley educators Eva Nargoodah, June Nixon, Judy Bent, and Deborah Yadda.
9 September – Fitzroy Crossing Visitor Centre
Workshops and song sharing with Fitzroy Valley educators as part of the FASD Awareness Day community celebrations organised by Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services.
10 September – Fitzroy Valley District High School
Workshops and song sharing with Fitzroy Valley educators as part of Skutta Bloke Day: Celebrating fathers, grandfathers, brothers, uncles and cousins across the valley.
11 September – Wangkatjungka community
Workshops and song sharing with Fitzroy Valley educators.
12 September – Fitzroy Crossing – Guwardi Ngadu Residential Aged Care
Workshops and song sharing with elders as part of Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services ongoing engagement facilitated by Spiritual Health Officer, Jarrod Minniecon.
Tura acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and create. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. With solidarity and friendship we say thank you.
