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  • YARN UP with Special Guest Tjimpuna

    YARN UP on Wednesday 21st Feb 2018 The Aboriginal Heritage Office is please to welcome Tjimpuna for our next Yarn Up. Tjimpuna is an Anangu woman from ULURU APY LANDS. Tjimpuna is visiting this side of Australia meeting with Tribal Nations educating them on Tjukurpa (Anangu Law & Culture). Tjimpuna will bring knowledge about Cultural Identity,…

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  • Yarnupings December 2017

    Yarnupings December 2017

    Yarnupings Issue 2 December 2017 Summer. We welcome Ed to the team, a visit to Broome, the ingenuity of humans past and present, a lighter side of a day in the life of the AHO, the NSW heritage reforms, crossword and quiz and the usual.

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  • Curious Balls Head

    A question from a listener to ABC Radio has lead to the wider world learning more about a place that has always been dear to the local Aboriginal community, and to the Aboriginal Heritage Office. Follow the link to find out the full story. Archaeological dig reveals mystery death in picturesque Sydney Harbour park

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  • Yarn Up 14th Sept-Justice Pepper

    Yarn Up with guest speaker Justice Pepper on Thursday, 14th September 2017. Justice Rachel Pepper, from the Land and Environment Court of NSW, will be our next speaker. Rachel was appointed as a Judge of the Land and Environment Court in May 2009, and to the Ngara Yura Committee in March 2012. She is currently chairing the Independent Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic…

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  • Yarn Up 26th July

    The Aboriginal Heritage Office is starting up its Yarn Up program on Wednesday the 26th July 2017. Come and join us. Starting at 6pm there’ll be a bit of grub and a chance to meet and chat with everyone. There will be a short intoduction from the AHO, then join with us for a general discussion about…

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  • Yarnupings June 2017

    Yarnupings June 2017

    Yarnupings Issue 1 June 2017 This week is a special one for Indigenous peoples in Australia. May 26th is Sorry Day, May 27th is the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum, and this week (beginning May 22nd 2017) has seen a big meeting of Indigenous leaders from across the continent coming together at Uluru to…

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  • Yarnupings December 2016

    Yarnupings December 2016

    Take a look at the latest AHO Newsletter,  the December Summer issue of AHO Yarnupings. Strathfield Council joins the AHO partnership, a summary of what the AHO is, an example of why we do what we do, a look at a continental myth, some Indigenous commentators and media, book reviews, Christmas stories, quizzes and more.

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