About this season
Elders are the holders of knowledge, storylines, and songlines - bringing understanding of country and culture. Dan Bourchier travels across Australia to share the wisdom of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders.
Episodes (8)
1. June Oscar
Aired 1 June 2023 • 29 min
June Oscar is a highly regarded Social Justice Commissioner advocating for First Nations people here and abroad. She shares her family's stories of resistance, her fight to stamp out alcohol abuse and making social change.
2. Fred Hooper
Aired 8 June 2023 • 29 min
Beside the Culgoa River in NSW, Murrawarri man Fred Hooper tells the stories of his ancestors. The water rights advocate shares his fight for his Nation's independence and why he walked out of the Uluru summit in 2017.
3. Pat Turner
Aired 15 June 2023 • 30 min
Pat Turner works with politicians to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders but her life began in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). She shares stories of how activists before her shaped who she is today.
4. Ian Hamm
Aired 22 June 2023 • 30 min
From Yarrawonga in Victoria's Yorta Yorta Country, Ian Hamm shares with Dan how his own story of being a 'stolen child' sparked his life-long determination to reshape how Government policies affect First Nations people.
5. Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann
Aired 29 June 2023 • 30 min
Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann began teaching in her NT community of Nauiyu in the 1970s, but she tells Dan Bourchier now is when her work really begins. She explains the importance of deep listening and walking in two worlds.
6. Aunty Fay Clayton Moseley
Aired 6 July 2023 • 29 min
Aunty Fay Clayton Moseley was taken by authorities when she was 10 and told her parents didn't want her. It would be years until she learnt the truth. Fay shares her painful past, and how she's found healing through painting.
7. Rodney Gibbins
Aired 13 July 2023 • 29 min
Palawa man Rodney Gibbins shares what it was like to grow up being told a myth his people were dying out. From Lutruwita Rodney explains how the community fought to repatriate his peoples' remains, and the personal impact.
8. Gail Mabo
Aired 20 July 2023 • 30 min
From Palm Island, Queensland, artist Gail Mabo shares stories from her mother's Country. She opens up about how her father Eddie Koiki Mabo's High Court win has shaped her life, and what it has meant being appointed the family spokesperson.