We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Highly-award winning, multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional storyteller, Ghenoa Gela is a proud Mualgal-Poid, Koedal – Aubaith Clan Wagadagam, and Aragan, Samsep and Peidu Woman. Born on Darumbal Country, Ghenoa’s ever growing skill base stems from her strong foundation as a traditional Torres Strait Islander dancer and her fierce cultural values of visibility in the broad western landscape.
Some credits for stage:
Force Majeure Dance Theatre Company, Polytoxic, Marrugeku Dance Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, Bell Shakespeare, Circus Oz and Opera Queensland.
Some credits for TV and film:
Time Bandits Series, Nude Tuesday, Playschool Storytime, Are you Tougher Than Your Ancestors?, Move it Mob Style.
As an independent performing artist, Ghenoa also navigates in the capacities of director, writer, comedian, choreographer, performer, host, workshop facilitator and mentor in remote, regional and urban communities.
Inspired by her family stories, Ghenoa's arts practice is deeply rooted in sharing her Torres Strait Islander culture with others.
Rona is a proud Kaytetye woman from Central Australia who works with high impact organisations to create systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and solutions.
Rona is the founder of Common Ground and brings 7 years
of professional experience working across First Nations organisations and not for profits. Rona was previously the Director of First Nations at YLab, a social enterprise that puts young people with diverse lived experiences at the centre of designing and developing innovative and impactful solutions
to complex social issues. Over her career, Rona has worked in policy at the Central Land Council, the Research Unit for Indigenous Languages at the University of Melbourne, Reconciliation Victoria, and the Foundation for Young Australians.In 2020, Rona was a finalist for the Victorian Young Achiever awards, was awarded a Westpac Social Change Fellowship. In 2019 Rona won a Diana Award and was named a 'Woman of the Future' by Women's Weekly.Through her work with First Nations communities across Australia, Rona aims to create future systems that centre First Nations people, knowledge and cultures.Rona currently resides in Mpartnwe on Arrernte Country.
We are a First Nations not-for-profit that exists to centre First Nations people, Country and truth-telling. We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
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