The bush dye business set up by women artists from the Aboriginal-owned Anindilyakwa Arts in 2015 is thriving. Artists use traditional basket-making and plant dye knowledge in new ways to produce clothes. They have been learning new skills with Darwin artist and designer Anna Reynolds. She held a series of workshops at Umbakumba and...

An exhibition featuring work by Anindilyakwa artists and designers has reignited national interest in Indigenous fashion. Victoria’s highly-regarded Bendigo Gallery acquired $10,000 worth of works from Anindilyakwa Arts 2018 and 2019 collections, including ghost net baskets, bush dyed textiles, bush string bags, and handmade and handwoven...

A visionary plan to build a boarding school in the Groote archipelago is expected to get the go-ahead in March. The Aboriginals Benefit Account has given in-principle approval for a $40 million grant. Design work will take about 12 months, which means construction could start at the beginning of the 2022 dry season and the school be opened...

Anindilyakwa is the language of the Warnumamalya people of Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island. “We’ve been talking this language since our elders were still alive and it was passed from generation to generation” says Judy Lalara. “We’re feeling that this language is still spoken and we need to keep it strong and healthy for the...

The sea around the Groote archipelago has as many species of fish as some parts of the Great Barrier Reef. This was confirmed in a major survey and habitat mapping project completed in 2019 by the Australian Institute of Marine Science on behalf of the Anindilyakwa Land Council. The project provided training and skills development for the...

On 19th November, local residents, staff, and government representatives gathered as Anindilyakwa Land Council announced the launch of the Community Justice Group, an initiative that will serve as an alternative to prison on Groote Eylandt.

The people of Groote Eylandt are proud to show off their home and culture. But they ask that visitors demonstrate the same kind of respect and courtesy that they would when entering anybody else’s house. There are hundreds of non-Indigenous mine workers on Groote. And many other outsiders want to visit because the archipelago is a...

A shop with a difference is helping keep more money on Groote Eylandt. Substantial royalty money provided to individual members of the community has typically not benefited Traditional Owners’ businesses. Instead, it went to paying inflated prices to businesses owned by non-Anindilyakwa people. But the Royalty Shoppa is changing all...