Aboriginal Way

22/12/2025

For the first time, First Nations groups from sea country areas across South Australia recently came together at a forum to discuss Aboriginal engagement in marine park management, led by Parks Australia with support from SA Native Title Services. This workshop was an important first step in resetting Aboriginal engagement in marine parks with further dialogue and actions in the pipeline for 2026.

In this episode, recorded at the forum, you'll hear from:

⚪ Nicole Middleton from Parks Australia
⚫ Alan Sumner from Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation
🟡 April Lawrie from Far West Coast Aboriginal Corporation
🔴 Jared Thomas from Nukunu Wapma Thura Aboriginal Corporation

All interviewed in the last episode of Aboriginal Way for 2025.

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18/11/2025

Today, Aboriginal Way podcast comes to you straight from Nauo Fest in Coffin Bay.

Nauo Fest was a celebration of the Nauo people from the Eyre Peninsula’s culture and native title held at the beautiful foreshore of Coffin Bay in mid-November. It featured headliners Electric Fields Music, who have mixed electronic soul with Aṉangu culture on major festival – and even Eurovision stages around the world. They performed alongside the Warren Milera Band, Tony Minnecon and Elaine Crombie MC.

The Nauo people's fight for native title recognition culminated when their first determination was made by consent on 10 February 2023, and their final determination was on 23 September 2024. Nauo Fest was a chance to celebrate their 28-year journey to get to this point, on Country.

🎧Listen to Aboriginal Way’s latest podcast episode about the festival, Nauo's journey to native title acknowledgement and the future of Nauo Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC:

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17/11/2025

23/10/2025

🔊 The fourth and final Kaurna Ancestor reburial at Wangayarta

The Kaurna community (alongside friends and allies) came together on Tuesday, 21 October for a fourth and final reburial ceremony of their Ancestors at Wangayarta.

The southern mound, one of four reburial mounds at Wangayarta, was created for the reburial of Kaurna ancestors disturbed from the southern areas of Kaurna Country over the last century.

Wangayarta is a memorial/reburial park that was designed by the Kaurna community in 2019-2020 as a pilot repatriation project here in South Australia. Led by the Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation, the park was created to re-inter disturbed Ancestors held for decades at the South Australian Museum and the Adelaide University.

Emotional ceremonies have already been held at Wangayarta for Kaurna Ancestors from the northern, western and eastern parts of Kaurna Country since the first in December 2021.

🎧➡ Listen to this episode of Aboriginal Way all about it now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

Photo: Major Lancelot "Moogy" Sumner AM and Uncle Jeffrey Newchurch with a box containing Kaurna Ancestors for reburial at Wangayarta on Tuesday

30/09/2025

🎙 “Sick to my stomach. There have been far too many situations where this has happened and our feelings, our connections and our thoughts have never been considered.”

🔊 In the latest episode of Aboriginal Way, Chair of the Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation, Mitzi Nam, speaks out over the planned redevelopment of the North Adelaide Golf Course at Pirtawardli by the SA Government to host the LIV Golf tournament in 2028.

She shares the deep cultural and spiritual significance of the site, the pain of feeling excluded from formal consultation, and the urgent need for culturally respectful conversations to protect sacred places.

"We know development needs to happen, but when it comes to something that's just going to benefit a certain section of people, it's not for the wider community.
It’s all about the money, but you can’t put a dollar value on protecting our cultural heritage for future generations.” - Mitzi Nam

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Listen here ➡
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19/08/2025

🔊 If you’ve ever wanted to find out more about native title – or even more about virtual reality – this episode is for you!

🎧 Step onto Country as Traditional Owners guide you through their land and waters. That's the premise for Country, Culture, People, a new display and VR experience at the South Australian Museum by , looking back over more than 30 years of native title history here in South Australia.

In this episode of Aboriginal Way, SANTS CEO Keith Thomas talks about Country, Culture, People. He also offers a simplified explanation of what native title really is, how it has evolved in the years since he's been at the helm of SANTS, and discusses the remaining areas of SA that are yet to be determined.

We also spoke with Reuben Gore from , the agency that helped create the virtual reality videos. Reuben explains how they created the display and how VR can be used to transport people to locations and scenarios that might not usually be easily accessible.

Listen to Country, Culture, People here - https://shorturl.at/enUp6
or search 'Aboriginal Way' wherever you get your pods!

⚫️🟡🔴 Country, Culture, People ⚫️🟡🔴
SA Museum foyer, North Terrace, Kaurna Country
VR Experience available over weekends for the remainder of August

01/08/2025

In this episode, we speak with Glenn Chisholm about the vital work of River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation (RMMAC) rangers in the Riverland.

Cultural heritage protection is at the heart of their work, with a special focus on protecting ancestral burial sites using both traditional knowledge and modern scientific methods.

Glenn envisions state-wide ranger gatherings where teams can share knowledge, skills, and experiences across different Country types.

The program is growing, with plans to add new rangers over the next three years if funding is secured.

Following the devastating floods of 2022-23, rangers have been restoring damaged cultural sites and discovering new ones exposed by the waters.

They use mapping and monitoring techniques to track changes to sites over time and identify areas needing restoration or protection.

Collaborating with landowners and other stakeholders is crucial, though can be challenging, to gain access and support for protecting sensitive sites.

As Glenn proudly notes, these rangers aren't just protecting their own Country - they're making an impact that reaches far beyond their "little old country town."

Listen to the full interview here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1zY8Pmq4OBr8bMecUphxUf?si=78f8b2ad680b4385

29/07/2025

You might have noticed we’ve been a little quiet recently. That’s because SA Native Title Services, which we are a part of, has been working on an exciting new project looking back over 30 years of native title in South Australia.

‘Country, Culture, People’ opens in the foyer of the South Australian Museum from Friday, 8 August. Every weekend from then on throughout August you’ll be able to step onto Country through virtual reality experiences guided by Traditional Owners on their land and waters.

Later in the month you’ll be able to pick up a special commemorative edition of Aboriginal Way, highlighting the journey of Aboriginal groups in achieving native title, alongside insightful interviews with legal and research professionals.
We hope you will be inspired, learn something new and celebrate these wins with us.

Country, Culture, People – Exhibition & Virtual Reality Experience
South Australian Museum foyer from 8 August
VR experience available weekends only – 🎥 Topbunk