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Current activities and projects of the Dharriwaa Elders Group
The DEG manages a fledgleing Aboriginal cultural centre which is based on providing support for elders’ leadership activities. All activities are based on decisions made in monthly members’ and Elders Council meetings. They include working for the development of the community, troubleshooting and problemsolving. The DEG encourages and welcomes service providers to the town and works with them to meet community needs. The DEG provides Aboriginal cultural leadership and the only Walgett independently-constituted forum for local Aboriginal governance.
The DEG conducts weekly health sessions for the elderly by bringing together the NSW Outback Division of GPs, the Walgett Health Service, the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service and a local masseuse. Read on.
Previous activities, projects and news of the Dharriwaa Elders Group

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DEG meets A RefshaugeDEG on an Aboriginal cultural heritage management trip
Left: George Rose OAM, the Speaker of the Dharriwaa Elders Group attended the Talking About Grog forum attached to the NSW Alcohol Summit in August 2003 and again in 2004. He took the opportunity to lobby the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Education, Dr Andrew Refshauge. Right: Participants of the Dharriwaa Elders Group on one of their regular cultural heritage maintenance trips, checking the algae levels and sacred sites on the Narran River.

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PO Box 174 Walgett NSW 2832, phone: 02 6828 2619
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