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 Current activities and projects of the Dharriwaa Elders Group
The DEG manages an Aboriginal cultural centre which is based on providing support for elders’ leadership activities. All activities are based on decisions made in monthly Elders Council meetings to which all members are invited. They include providing a meeting place and secretariat for Elders, supporting Elders to manage Aboriginal cultural values particularly the values of significant places, to undertake cultural activities and to pass on cultural knowledge, and working for the development of the community. 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, and the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service. The following list of activities is a small selection and needs to be updated fully - which I hope to do when more time! Please read on.
Some previous activities, projects and news of the Dharriwaa Elders Group
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| 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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