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Reconciliation Action Plan
Foodbank SA & NT’s committed to Reconciliation
Reconciliation Australia’s RAP framework provides organisations with a structured approach to further the reconciliation movement in Australia. Foodbank SA & NT are committed to Reconciliation. Reconciliation Australia has approved and endorsed the Foodbank SA & NT’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) – Innovate Stage.
Acknowledgement of Country
Foodbank SA & NT acknowledges the traditional owners of the lands on which we operate, the Kaurna, Arrernte, Erawirunga, Wirangu, Bungandidj, Ngarrindjeri, Barngarla, Nawu, Ngadjuri, Nukunu, Larrakia & Narungga peoples, and their elders, past and present. We acknowledge and respect the ongoing connection that aboriginal people have to these lands as the original custodians.
Our Vision for Reconciliation
Foodbank South Australia and Northern Territories vision for reconciliation is a nation that truly acknowledges our shared histories with First Nations peoples’, the inequalities that they still face today, and strives to provide all First Nations peoples’ with truly equal opportunities, including being able to access healthy food in a dignified manner, appropriate to their specific needs.
Foodbank SA & NT Reconciliation Action Plan (Innovate)
Read our action planFoodbank SA & NT understands the importance of building strong and respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’, within our local and wider communities. Such understanding is critical to ensure that these communities have input into how Foodbank can best provide service to meet the demand for food.
About the Artist & Artwork
“This painting is about the way women hunt Wardapi – that sand goanna. He digs holes in the dunes, makes his nest deep inside. Many of the holes all join up. Women hunt Wardapi in the dunes by digging out the holes. Sometimes cover one, and Wardapi runs out other one. Need to hunt him together. Find all the holes. Dig them at the same time. Someone going to get him that way.” Grace Spencer – Artist
The Wardapi Jukurrpa [Varanus Gouldii Goanna] belongs to the Spencer Sisters. It comes from Yarripilangku [aka Yinyiripalangu], south-west of Yuendumu. A group of Warlpiri Karnta [women] are sittng down in a circle when a Japangardi Wati [man] from Puturlu [Mt Theo], called Wamaru came upon them. He wants to take one of them, named Yurlkurinyi, of Nungarrayi skin, which is the wrong skin for him.
He takes the Nungarrayi woman up a hill, where they make love. In response, the earth on top of the hill turns to Ngunjungunju [white ochre], and yellow and red ochre. The yellow is for Karnta and the red for Wa. The ochre is used by Warlpiri people for love magic and ceremonial decoration. The Wati turns all the Karnta and himself into Wardapi, aka Varanus Gouldii goannas. This Jukurrpa belongs to the Napaljarri/Japaljarri and Nungarrayi /Jungarrayi subsections, and the Japanangka/Napanangka, Japangardi/Napangardi subsections of Puturlu. The women are often represented by ‘U’ shapes. Concentric circles may illustrate Wardapi holes, or their droppings left behind them, and Wardapi tracks are usually represented by ‘W’ shapes and wavy lines.
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