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By Troy Brown Here in Gippsland, we have such a strong community when it comes to sports. As it comes to the end of the football and netball seasons, we congratulate our mob on the success they produce time and time again. Here at GEGAC, we notice the amazing effort and grit that our community has shown in this year’s...

Graduating GEGAC Trainees, Thaliah Wilson and Sharona Pearce. Photo: Jake Lynch/GEGAC Some of her earliest childhood memories are of GEGAC. As a little girl, Sharona Pearce would tuck herself under the counter at the old GEGAC medical reception building, where her Nan, Aunty Marion, worked. Daughter of Linda Pearce and grandchild of Aunty Marion and Uncle Jumbo, Sharona is one...

GEGAC’s Keeping Place and Cultural Business Coordinator, Rob Hudson. Did you know more than 600 students and teachers from primary and secondary schools across Gippsland visited the Krowathunkooloong Keeping Place at GEGAC in the first half of this year? The Keeping Place houses a broad collection of artifacts, artworks, storytelling and historical records of the Gunaikurnai people, spanning the long...

Although Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults make up about 3% of Australia’s population, they constitute more than 30% of the national prison population. About 90% of these prisoners are male, and most of them have been in prison before. The impact of this disproportionate, recurrent incarceration is devastating to Aboriginal families and communities. That’s why Warrigunya was formed. Warrigunya...

You mob may have heard that GEGAC is undergoing a bit of a change at the moment, a change that we hope is a good one that lasts for many years into the future. It’s all about culture. Aboriginal culture. Our goal is to make GEGAC a place that always represents and reflects our culture in everything we do, and...

There are some people who others just feel drawn to. There’s something welcoming about their presence, their spirit, something big and broad that brings people in, makes them want to yarn, to share, to listen. As anyone who has met him will tell you, Scott King is one of those people. And so it was with great joy that GEGAC...

Nungurra Manager Ryan Hedley, Residential Youth Worker Ashley Christie and Nungurra Team Leader Laura Ferguson with a few of the many origami houses staff and residents have been making to mark Homelessness Week.Photo: Troy Brown/GEGAC By Troy Brown The staff and residents at GEGAC’s Nungurra Youth Accommodation have been making origami houses as part of a statewide campaign in support...

By Troy Brown Here at GEGAC we carry a tradition that has been used for generations – the practice of burning art onto possum skins. We have a Planned Activity Group (PAG) for the Elders at GEGAC every Tuesday, during which they will regularly undertake traditional crafts such as possum skins, basket weaving and emu egg decorating. Why do we...

Erika Brown, Sarah Baxter, Nikita Hayes (with little Nala), Chrissy Hayes-Tregonning, Alana Solomon, Janaya Saunders, and Claire Brown will come together for a special Indigenous Round match this Saturday. By Troy Brown This Saturday the Paynesville Football and Netball Club will host an Indigenous Round against Wy Yung Football and Netball Club. In Wy Yung’s D Grade netball side, under...

The Day of Mourning protest in 1938 was one of the first major civil rights gatherings in the world. By Troy Brown On the first Sunday of July, NAIDOC week begins. So, what is NAIDOC and why do we have it? NAIDOC week is a national observance lasting from the first Sunday of July to the following Sunday, recognising and...