The COVID-19 vaccination roll-out on Groote Eylandt is continuing however vaccination rates amongst traditional owners remains low (320 fully vaccinated and 250 one dose only), out of an estimated population of 2,000. The Board held an important meeting to discuss the ways in which it could increase vaccination rates amongst traditional...

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Safety checks are to be carried out at the Groote Eylandt aerodrome. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority will test whether the flight paths to the runway operate safely. Other aerodromes being tested are Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Tindal, Jabiru, Maningrida, Milingimbi, Elcho Island and Gove, Ngukurr and McArthur River Mine. A...

All roads lead to Darwin for Anindilyakwa Arts in August. Artists and staff are attending the National Indigenous Fashion Awards and Country to Couture. The arts centre, which is part of the Anindilyakwa Land Council’s extensive cultural program on Groote Eylandt, has nominees in two fashion awards categories: Community Collaboration,...

Singer Emily Wurramara has dedicated her latest song, Cruisin’, to her godbrother, Dion Gundy, who died in a car accident in 2018. “It makes you appreciate your life and people in your life,” she says. Emily, who is a strong supporter of the Anindilyakwa Land Council’s successful music program, was born and raised on Groote Eylandt...

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Work has started on the new BMX track on Groote Eylandt. The work is expected to be finished by the end of September. And the upgraded oval lights next to the track in Angurugu are likely to be ready by November. “Both projects will give a lot of people a lot of enjoyment in the evenings under lights,” says Anindilyakwa Land Council...

Football star Nadia von Bertouch was treated like an honoured guest when she visited Groote Eylandt. The South Australian Saint worked with the community group Bushfit Mob to run football clinics for youngsters during her stay. She visited all four schools in the archipelago – Alyangula Area School, Angurugu School, Alyarrmandumanja...