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AWAYE! presents a diverse and vibrant Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia and the best from Indigenous radio broadcasters around the world.
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From the wharves of Woolloomooloo to the cattle station of Wave Hill and the cotton fields of Wee Waa trade unions have played a significant role in the advancement of Indigenous civil rights.Unionist Thomas Mayo, art warrior Richard Frankland and co-founder of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Ghillar Michael Anderson reflect on this history of protest and protected action, and why gaining (and maintaining) civil rights sometimes feels like taking one step forward and two steps back.Then for Word Up, language worker Daisy Allen shares some palawa kani.
This week, Awaye pays tribute to the immense contribution of Widjabul Wieybal woman of the Bundjalung Nation: Rhoda Roberts.Friends and colleagues share her irreplaceable legacy and reflect on how she championed contemporary Indigenous arts over her decades long career.Plus for Word Up, Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga continues to share Yolgnu Matha.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are warned that this episode of Awaye includes the name and voice of someone who has died.
Artists Glenda Nicholls and Lorraine Connelly-Northey share their site-responsive artmaking in the exhibition Sky, Earth, Water.Then Angelica Lockyer discusses their starring role in Yokai, a digital short series about queer love.Plus for Word Up, Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga continues to share more of Yolngu Matha.
Flora is the first ever full length collaboration between Barranga Dance Theatre and the Australian Ballet, and follows Bangarra's winning of a Golden Lion Award.Then, singer-songwriter and playwright Toni Janke holds a mirror up to life through her latest play, Inheritance. Plus for Word Up, Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga shares how to introduce yourself in Yolngu Matha.
Gamilaraay woman and culinary master Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo shares the inspiration behind her latest cookbook, which features dishes from around the world.Then Narrunga and Kaurna artist, Jacob Boehme explains how the story told at his cousin's birthday party led to his latest international production, Guuranda X.Plus for Word Up, cultural tutor and Yolngu woman Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga shares the Yolgnu word for 'butterfly'.
Bindal, Juru & Kaanju man Sajarn Stow shares his journey of donating a vital organ to his little brother, Codey and the barriers his family faced along the way.Larrakia visual anthropologist, Gary Lee, speaks on the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras exhibition of his longtime project 'Nice Coloured Boys'.For Word Up, gospel singer songwriter Kankawa Nagarra takes us to the Kimberley one more time.
This International Mother Language Day, we chat with a Wiradjuri language champion about his linguistic revival work in schools.Then Awaye reflects on the loss of fierce advocate and poet Uncle Lionel Fogarty.Plus for Word Up, Walmajarri, Gooniyandi and Bunuba Elder Kankawa Nagarra takes you on a trip to the Kimberley. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners should be advised this episode includes the name and the voice of a person who has died.
Yolngu rapper Baker Boy gets ready to tour his second studio album nationally as he steps forward into a new era of bold themes and sounds.Trevor Walley discusses how he and his fellow Noongar Elders, have created a podcast sharing the rich spirit behind the placenames of the City of Melville. Plus for Word Up, gospel and blues singer-songwriter and Elder Kankawa Nagarra heads to Gooniyandi Country in the Kimberley.
It’s been 17 years since sisters Rachael Maza and Lisa Maza last performed together at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre. They take a break from rehearsing Black Light to discuss what their creative dynamic looks like in 2026.Then Mununjali poet Maria van Neerven shares some of her debut poetry collection Two Tongues, and Word Up language legend Kankawa Nagarra pays tribute to her daughters.
Meet some of the young creatives who’ve attended a week of behind-the-scenes intensive workshops at NIDA, exploring prop-making and set design, along with costuming and makeup artistry.Plus Bundjalung songstress Djanaba talks sharp lyricism and emotional grit ahead of her Laneway Festival feature in March.And Kankawa Nagarra shares a little more Gooniyandi language.
Through her role as co-chair of the Uluru Youth Dialogue, Bridget Cama has been working not just to effect change, but to help others develop their own skills for political action.She reflects on where protest and political action lives in an increasingly digital world.Plus Buddy Knox looks back at the importance of the Aboriginal Cultural Showcase at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.And Kankawa Nagarra shares some Gooniyandi language for Word Up.
Revisit a collection of remarkable midwives from Waminda South Coast Women's Health and Wellbeing Aboriginal Corporation as they prepare to break ground on their new birthing centre.And Mel Armstrong shares her baagii's memories, as she takes you through a lived experience of dementia from an Aboriginal perspective.
Revisit this roundtable discussion with veteran comedian Kevin Kropinyeri, nurse-turned-comedian Janty Blair, and Dr. Angelina Hurley—first Aboriginal PhD graduate from Griffith University Film School—as they discuss how comedy carries cultural knowledge, challenges stereotypes, and heals wounds.
Revisit Dalara Williams' playwriting debut Big Girls Don't Cry, and explore the world and history of Aboriginal debutante balls.Plus for Word Up Senior Lecturer of Global Indigenous Studies at University of Newcastle, Dr Jesse Hodgetts shares the Wangaaypuwan word for shy and humble.
Revisit the making of Selve's album Breaking into Heaven with band mates Loki Liddle and Reece Bowden.Plus for Word Up, Dr Jesse Hodgetts shares a little more Wangaaypuwan.
From landmark anniversaries to blockbuster exhibitions, language revival to unforgettable live moments, Rudi Bremer and Marcus Wright take stock of the year that was and share some of their favourite behind the scenes moments.And for Word Up Dr Jesse Hodgetts shares the Wangaaypuwan word for unity.
Burlesque performer Bizzi Body has been researching the history of Blak burlesque. It's a journey that's led her to leg shows, nightclubs, and Aunty Veronica Barnett — a living legend who swallowed fire, charmed pythons and shimmied her away across 1960s nightclub stages from Brisbane to Tahiti.
Artistic director Tony Albert gives a guided tour of the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial at the National Gallery of Australia.
Discover the major survey Super Kaylene Whiskey at the National Portrait Gallery, with over 80 works of paintings, video, and installations, where tradition meets the dancefloor and pop icons walk on Country.Then head to the Museum of Contemporary Art where BARKAA took home the inaugural NSW First Nations Music Prize.And for Word Up Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves shares one more word in Warlpiri.
For thirty-seven years Lorna and Ron Haines have been searching for answers about their brother’s death.As they prepared to attend the final days of the most recent inquest, the siblings sit down for an intimate conversation about what it means to endure an inquest decades after losing someone you love. And how that loss can ripple through families and generations when the system fails.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are respectfully advised that this episode contains the names and voices of people who have died. It also includes content that may cause distress.
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