by Liz Inglis | Oct 28, 2023 | Community News
Urgent preventative measures should be undertaken now to reduce the risk of bushfires in Aurukun. All residents and service providers need to clear yards of materials that can burn. Fire embers can spread many kilometres from a large bushfire causing small bushfires...
by Liz Inglis | Sep 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
A referendum on the proposed Voice to Parliament will be held on 14 October. Aurukun Mayor Keri Tamwoy said a Voice to Parliament would give the Wik people and First Nations people around Australia a say in decisions affecting their health, education and living...
by Liz Inglis | Aug 29, 2023 | Community News
Aurukun artist Keith Wikmunea is the recipient of the 2023 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award for his sculpture ‘Ku’, Theewith & Kalampang: The White Cockatoo, Galah and the Wandering Dog’. Keith’s carving was part of Aurukun’s Wik...
by Liz Inglis | Jul 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Aurukun artist Janet Koongotema has won the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair’s top art award for 2023, the Premier’s Award for Excellence. The Winchanam Elder’s work is presented by ReDot Fine Art Gallery and Dreamcoat Paint Studio in association with the Wik and Kugu Arts...
by Liz Inglis | May 9, 2023 | Community News
Two senior artists from Aurukun Shire Council’s Wik and Kugu Arts Centre have been recognised nationally after being chosen as finalists in prestigious art awards. Keith Wikmunea and Janet Koongotema were selected as finalists in the 2023 Telstra National Aboriginal...
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