Series 1
Learning Kit
Common Ground has collaborated with two First Nations educators to create a multidimensional and intergenerational resource for families, students, teachers and practitioners. While the resource links to the F-6 (Primary School) Australian Curriculum, it is designed for deep learning both in and out of the classroom.
Series 1
Storytellers
Ghenoa Gela
she/her
Multi-disciplinary storyteller
Torres Strait Islander
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.
Aurora Liddle-Christie
she/her
Writer, singer, songwriter, performer
Arrernte
Aurora Liddle-Christie is an Arrernte-Afro-Caribbean creative professional based in Magandjin with extensive experience in the Arts as a writer, singer/songwriter, performer and facilitator. Aurora has worked extensively in community on various projects centred around politics and liberation. Her work navigates the liminality of the current experience on our planet, posing the question, ‘How do we heal?’.
Dakota Feirer
he/him
Writer, educator, consultant
Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr
Dakota is a Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr descendent based in Lenapehoking (New York City). His work consists of poems, stories and mixed-media reflections that engage with Country, history and manhood. Dakota's believes in healing Country through art and storytelling. His forthcoming debut poetry collection is titled Arsenic Flower.
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Dr Romaine Moreton
she/her
Filmmaker, academic, artist
Goenpul Yagerabul Minjungbul Bundjalung South Sea Islander
Dr Romaine Moreton is the CEO of Binung Boorigan Pty Ltd, a First Nations owned and led media research production company that centres and promotes transformative processes of rematriation, language activism and storytelling activism. Romaine is a researcher, writer, academic, artist, and entrepreneur. An internationally recognised writer of poetry, prose, and film, Romaine completed the powerful transmedia work One Billion Beats, that examined the historical representation of Aboriginal people in Australian cinema while Research Fellow and Filmmaker in Residence at Monash University.
Jazz Money
she/they
Poet, filmmaker, artist
Wiradjuri
Jazz Money is a Wiradjuri poet and artist producing works that encompass installation, digital, performance, film and print. Their writing and art has been presented, performed and published nationally and internationally. Trained as a film maker, their first feature film WINHANGANHA (2023) was commissioned by the National Film and Sound Archive. Jazz’s debut poetry collection, the best-selling how to make a basket (UQP, 2021) won the David Unaipon Award. Their second collection is mark the dawn, which was the recipient of the 2024 UQP Quentin Bryce Award.
Series 1
Contributors
Carmen Glynn-Braun
she/her
Artist
Kaytetye, Anmatyerr and Arrernte
Carmen Glynn-Braun is a Sydney-based First Nations artist stemming from the Kaytetye, Anmatyerr and Arrernte Nations. Glynn-Braun has lived a dual life between Inner City Sydney and Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Her upbringing of desert/city is very much reflected in her artistic practice, as she employs a trans-disciplinary approach inspired by both urban space as well as familial, cultural and community narratives. Carmen has developed unique and contemporary methods to capturing generational First Nations storytelling, particularly in the fields of public art, ceramics, painting, illustration, and installation. Her work predominantly explores the lived experiences of Aboriginal women, translated through gentle and experimental approaches to materials and form.
Greta Bradman
she/her
Registered Psychologist
Psychologist, broadcaster and wellbeing content creator Greta Bradman consults in private practice and facilitates around mental health and wellbeing, culture, and values-based decision-making with public and private organisations.
Harmony Domaille
she/her
Education Consultant
Taribelang Bunda
Harmony Domaille is a Taribelang Bunda woman. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Education and Creative Industries, and a Masters of Educational Leadership in Indigenous Leadership. With experience in various educational settings, including state schools in regional Queensland, Montessori schools, Flexible Learning Centres, and Arts programs for both primary and secondary students, Harmony brings a diverse skill set to her work. Currently, she works for SharingStories Foundation as the Education and Senior Program Manager, co-creating curriculum on Country with First Nations Elders and Custodians for the education platform, Jajoo Warrngara. Harmony has a passion for storytelling, project-based learning, trauma-informed practice, poetry and having a good yarn over a cuppa.
Clea North
she/her
Education Consultant
Mithaka and Gunggari
Clea North is a proud Aboriginal woman and descendent of the Mithaka and Gunggari people of south-west Queensland. Clea has dedicated her entire working life to education, and has worked specifically in roles that support the engagement, well-being and achievement of First Nation students. Her current role as Senior Leader, Schools and Education Practice with Life Without Barriers, enables her to advocate for systemic changes in education. Clea is passionate about schools and education becoming a place that supports the cultural safety and identity of First Nation students to ensure they have access to quality, culturally responsive education and equitable futures.
