Yolŋu Country, NT, 1 April, 2026 One of the privileges of academic work is the opportunity to participate in the creation of knowledge. In our context, this process is inherently relational. It involves sustained intellectual work to negotiate, reflect, compare, and integrate Yolŋu and Western knowledge systems in ways that are both respectful and accountable. This work is rarely abstract. It is often undertaken together, sitting on the ground, where connections to place, to

Gundungurra & Dharug Country, NSW, 4 March, 2026 When the Western calendar turns, we are often encouraged to pause and reflect on what has been achieved and what lies ahead. In community-led health services and research, there is rarely a clean break between one year and the next. The work continues across seasons, across holidays, across funding cycles, and across Country and Worlds. Like birthing itself, it unfolds in its own time. Photo credit: Sarah Ireland. I work across

Gundungurra & Dharug Country, NSW, 29 November, 2025. After a year of iterative writing, long discussions, and countless script revisions, we’re excited to share that our second documentary is now in the final stages of production, following in the strong footsteps of our first international award-winning film DJÄKAMIRR. Last September, we began a deep dive into three years’ worth of run ‘n’ gun field footage, hundreds of hours captured across Yolŋu Country. (If you missed

Yolŋu Country, Northern Territory. 4 November, 2025. The Molly Wardaguga Institute in partnership with the Womb to Tomb Foundation , recently delivered six days of face-to-face Djäkamirr Training in Galiwin’ku. Six Yolŋu women stepped forward with courage and curiosity to train as djäkamirr, completing the theory component of the five-unit nationally accredited course. Our venue this time around was the comfortable Martharkal Homeland Health Service Training Room and we we

Yolŋu Country, Northern Territory, 26 October 2025. Like the seasons that are on the cusp of change, our project is also shifting — moving from a research initiative into a Yolŋu-owned maternity companionship service. It’s a milestone worth pausing for, a time to look back on years of listening deeply, challenging respectfully, and pushing forward with heart and purpose. Photo credit: Sarah Ireland. Island sunset at prospective Birth Centre site Galiwin'ku. Waminda Visits Yol

Larrakia Country, Northern Territory, 24 September 2025. After data analysis workshops, our attention turned to the Australian College of...

Larrakia Country, Northern Territory, 23 September, 2025. On Larrakia Country, our multilingual and intercultural team of Yolŋu and...

Larrakia Country, Northern Territory, 7 September 2025 In remote Northern Territory communities like Galiwin’ku, birth has long meant...

Yolŋu Country, Northern Territory, 31 May, 2025. In partnership with the Womb to Tomb Foundation, we’ve just wrapped up two rewarding...

Gadigal Country, New South Wales. 14 April, 2025 Over the past few weeks we have immersed ourselves in learning more about the history...

Gadigal Country, New South Wales. 29 March, 2025 In response to our Yolŋu collogues requests to understand the numba dhäwu - number...

Larrakia Country, Northern Territory. 21 February, 2025. It seems that persistence and patience are essential for opening an Australian...

Yolŋu Country, Northern Territory. 1 December, 2024. Our story of implementing the djäkamirr work model is marred with colonial...

Yolŋu Country, Northern Territory. 18 November, 2024. This week our team was excited to host a visit from the Honourable Assistant...

Yolŋu Country, Northern Territory. 18 October, 2024. Our current work in the research project To be Born Upon a Pandanus Mat: Yothuw...

Gundungurra and Dharug Country, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. 29 September 2024 After three years of filming it is now time to turn...

Larrakia Country, Northern Territory. 6 September, 2024. Visiting Country and spending time out bush is an important part of our research...

Gadigal Country, New South Wales. 27 August, 2024 Where you at The Convergence of Rebellious Midwives Conference?? We were!!...

Yolŋu Country, Northern Territory. 24 August, 2024. This week we are celebrating deeper connections with one of our research partners,...

Gundungurra and Dharug Country, New South Wales. 19 August, 2024. We are excited to announce that the DJÄKAMIRR documentary is now...