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Katie Woolf spoke with Larrakia Woman Nicole Brown · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf thanks to Joyce Main Darwin
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  Speaker 1: homes own Stuart Highway, Brimer.
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  Speaker 2: We know that well, it has been Reconciliation Week. It's
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  Speaker 2: the end of Reconciliation Week, but today is also Marbo
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  Speaker 2: Day and joining me in the studio to tell us
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more about some of the events that
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  Speaker 2: have been planned, but also you know, some of the
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  Speaker 2: stuff that's happened throughout the week and really you know
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  Speaker 2: what Reconciliation Week is all about, is proud Larakia Woman
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  Speaker 2: Nicole Brown, Good morning to you.
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  Speaker 1: Morning Katie. Thanks for having me.
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  Speaker 2: It's always good to have you in the studio now
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  Speaker 2: Reconciliation Week. It has been Reconciliation Week. We're coming towards
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  Speaker 2: the end of it now. But there's been quite a
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  Speaker 2: bit happened, hasn't the Oh, look.
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  Speaker 1: There's been so much. Everyone's been celebrating businesses, schools, organizations, individuals.
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  Speaker 1: It's just a time for all of us as Australians
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  Speaker 1: to think about, I guess, the history of First Nations
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  Speaker 1: people in this country, our cultures, our achievements, and to
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  Speaker 1: really explore how each of us is in visuals can
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  Speaker 1: contribute to the reconciliation narrative and towards achieving reconciliation together. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I had to.
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  Speaker 2: Read through a speech which I think you delivered a
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  Speaker 2: bit earlier in the week.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a great speech.
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  Speaker 1: Thank You've been out and about to a few different
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  Speaker 1: things this week, and it's really just sharing that story,
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  Speaker 1: sharing the history, and as a proud Indigenous someone, it's
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  Speaker 1: really I think I feel it's fallen upon me to
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  Speaker 1: educate others as to why we are the way we are,
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  Speaker 1: and it just really hits home when they go, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't really understand this, and I really didn't understand that.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for coming out and talking today. It's been
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  Speaker 1: really good.
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  Speaker 2: And I reckon, you know, there's a lot in there
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  Speaker 2: which is so great, and you know which is really good,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to have a look at. I really like
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  Speaker 2: when you said that the week is a time for
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  Speaker 2: all losses to think about our shared histories, our cultures,
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  Speaker 2: and our achievements and to explore how each of us
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  Speaker 2: can make a difference towards achieving reconciliation. I mean, how
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  Speaker 2: do you reckon? Is that what it's about sort of
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  Speaker 2: being a bit more understanding of each other, making sure
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  Speaker 2: that we educate ourselves a bit better.
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  Speaker 1: I think it definitely is. It's so important that we
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  Speaker 1: build those respectful relationships. And I guess moving towards the
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  Speaker 1: United Australia, where we have a first message voice enshrined
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  Speaker 1: in the Constitution, we need allies that are coming along
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  Speaker 1: on this journey to really push for it. Allies in
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  Speaker 1: places that you know, make those decisions. We need you.
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  Speaker 1: We need you to be part of our journey, and
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  Speaker 1: we need you to understand why we are the way
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  Speaker 1: we are.
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  Speaker 2: And do you reckon The best way of doing that
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  Speaker 2: is by people like yourself getting out there, you know,
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  Speaker 2: talking to more broader audiences and telling your story and
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  Speaker 2: making people get a you know, have that sort of
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  Speaker 2: that groundwork and those foundations like.
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  Speaker 1: It definitely is. It's small personable as well to understand
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  Speaker 1: an individual's fight. Like I've talked during the week about
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  Speaker 1: finding my voice. It was ten years ago I found
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  Speaker 1: my voice when I had a child and I had
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  Speaker 1: to really think about where his journey would take him,
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  Speaker 1: where he be in the world, what his voice would
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  Speaker 1: contribute to in the future. And it really really made
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  Speaker 1: me think about it. As all young people, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they are our future leaders and what journey they're going
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  Speaker 1: to take towards reconciliation together, each and every one of them,
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  Speaker 1: you know, First Nations people, all races.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I liked that when I saw that in his speech,
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  Speaker 2: I thought, it's funny, isn't it. When we have kids,
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  Speaker 2: you sometimes do it does change the way you look
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  Speaker 2: at the world.
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  Speaker 1: It does you really really reflect. And you know, I've
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  Speaker 1: got a really inquisitive ten year old who's in this.
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  Speaker 1: He is, and he's he's really starting to come into
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  Speaker 1: his own where he's questioning things like resilience and unity,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, it's really I guess leaving my heart
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  Speaker 1: warm as to think we are in a really good
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  Speaker 1: place where our young people are understanding what the future
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  Speaker 1: is for them and how they're going to be a
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  Speaker 1: really big I guess advocate, a good push, a good
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  Speaker 1: drive for reconciliation moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: Do you reckon that we are a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: understanding in the territory because we're such a multicultural place
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  Speaker 2: with such a large First Nations population.
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  Speaker 1: I think we are, and I think First Nations voices
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  Speaker 1: here in the Northern Territory are so strong and so powerful.
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  Speaker 1: I guess we weren't first contact in australis so we
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  Speaker 1: still have such a rich cultural connection to our lands
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  Speaker 1: and our culture and being able to share that with
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  Speaker 1: the wider community, especially during Reconciliation Week, Nytock Week, all
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  Speaker 1: the other different celebrations that we have where that melting
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  Speaker 1: pot now culture is so important that we just want
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  Speaker 1: to bring everyone together to share in it. It's so
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  Speaker 1: uniquely us and it is it's such a fantastic thing
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  Speaker 1: to be able to share with everyone.
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  Speaker 2: And today's Marlbo Day as well, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: It is it's a really really important day. On this day,
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  Speaker 1: Eddie Quaky Marbo's challenge of Terronalius led to the legal
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  Speaker 1: recognition of average Lontochoed Island the peoples as the traditional
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  Speaker 1: owners and custodians of the lands, and it really really
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  Speaker 1: pay the way for native title across Australia. It's been
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  Speaker 1: really important journey for all of us as First Nations
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  Speaker 1: people to have that recognition of country being our own.
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  Speaker 1: The empowerment that comes from that. It has a flow
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  Speaker 1: on effect for generations, the economic activities that we're able
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  Speaker 1: to generate due to the land being ours and people
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  Speaker 1: working on our land it's it's just it's amazing.
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  Speaker 2: And then next week is Nadock Week. Is that right?
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  Speaker 1: A few weeks away July the fourth to the eleventh
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  Speaker 1: is Nadock Week. So actively planning Nadock Week here in Darwin.
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  Speaker 1: We've got a great little group that are working together
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  Speaker 1: for the betterment of the community. I think we're up
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  Speaker 1: to about forty events at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: And last last year came in and told me that
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  Speaker 2: or was it the year before, and there was so
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  Speaker 2: much stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I thought, you're a busy woman. There is so much happening.
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  Speaker 1: This year's theme is Hell Country and it's a chance
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  Speaker 1: for us all to really look at our country and
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  Speaker 1: how we are are living as individuals and you know,
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  Speaker 1: being able to contribute to having a better Australia. I
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  Speaker 1: take two interpretations from a healing country as individuals as
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  Speaker 1: ourselves and healing country as country. You know, being able
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  Speaker 1: to look after the land, looking at bushfires and traditional
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  Speaker 1: burning methods, how big cooperations are now doing carbon offsets
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  Speaker 1: and yeah, so it's a really good time for first
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  Speaker 1: sessions people moving forward to be able to really contribute
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  Speaker 1: to different narratives that affect us.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm sure that we'll probably catch up with you
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  Speaker 2: a getting a bit closer to Nydoork weak because we'll
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  Speaker 2: to find out exactly what's on.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely, Cadie, there is so much happening, and.
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  Speaker 2: Last year COVID did impact in some ways, didn't it.
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  Speaker 1: Last year we celebrated twice last year, so fortunate enough
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  Speaker 1: to celebrate in July and a much smaller scale and
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  Speaker 1: then a lot bigger in November due to the COVID
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  Speaker 1: restrictions not being as heavy I think, and we ended
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  Speaker 1: up having about seventy five events on with the two occasions.
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  Speaker 1: So really we're looking forward to putting on a really
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  Speaker 1: diverse calendar of events and really making sure that community
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  Speaker 1: as a whole are celebrating with us.
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  Speaker 2: If there are any businesses or anybody listening today who
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  Speaker 2: are maybe keen in helping to get involved on nate
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  Speaker 2: K Week, can they get in contact with you.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely can. We've got our sponsors, we've got our supporters,
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  Speaker 1: and it's really about sharing with everyone, bringing everyone together
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  Speaker 1: to have a really good week of celebrations.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, such an important message, Nicole Brown. It is always
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  Speaker 2: great to have you in the studio. We appreciate your time.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Nicole Brown.
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  Speaker 2: There as we know she is a very proud Larakie
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  Speaker 2: woman and always enjoy catching up with hers