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Red Dust Entry Four: Kicking Up Dust

“This is how we do it,” Aunty Nandy would tell me, teaching me to make island scones or cook enough rice and yam for a horde of hungry dancers.

19 March 2014
by Jess Saxton in Blogs, Indigenous, Journalism, Multicultural, Music, Blogs, Red Dust, Rural / 15 Comments

Red Dust Entry Three: Sticky Fingers

It’s amazing, the confidence of these children to physically communicate with absolute strangers.

04 March 2014
by Jess Saxton in Community, Indigenous, Journalism, Blogs, Red Dust, Rural / 7 Comments

Red Dust Entry Two- Bright Skin and Sky Eyes

In the communities, you will hear people refer to themselves as black or white skinned. It’s generally not meant in a derogatory way, but simply as a straight-to-the-point way of speaking, common to the region.

25 February 2014
by Jess Saxton in Bits and pieces, Blogs, Indigenous, Journalism, Blogs, Red Dust / No Comments

Red Dust Entry One: Wet Season

In Queensland, it seems the further north you go, the slower things become. The people run on what we call ‘island time’.

18 February 2014
by Jess Saxton in Blogs, Community, Home Featured, Indigenous, Blogs, Red Dust, Rural / No Comments

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oh, Urgh…

Australia Day is more than the ‘Aussie pride’ and ubiquitous flag merchandise that saturate our experience and antagonise Australia’s First Peoples.

17 January 2014
by Ursula Skjonnemand in Arts and Culture, Behind the Scenes, Blogs, Community, Events / No Comments

The Movement from Institutional Religion to Personal Spirituality in Contemporary Society: An Observation

Born into a strongly anti-religious family, the yearning of my soul as a child to belong as part of my spiritual/family was split.

28 October 2013
by Liz Miller in Blogs, Religion and faith, Blogs, Religion and faith, Religion and faith megastory / 2 Comments

Progressive Judaism: an explanation

When a ‘fundamentalist’ reads the Torah, it is meant to be taken literally. It’s this fundamentalism that creates the tension between religion and science.

04 October 2013
by RabbiDon in Blogs, Religion and faith, Blogs, Religion and faith, Religion and faith megastory / 1 Comment

Finding faith modern style: a Muslim’s perspective

In this technological era, the first step one can expect to take in the path of knowledge in Islam is to consult ‘Sheikh’ Google or ‘Imam’ You Tube.

23 August 2013
by Aziza Peime in Blogs, Religion and faith, Blogs, Religion and faith, Religion and faith megastory / 4 Comments

Ekka 2013: the family challenge

The challenge: Ekka 2013 for the family on a low budget.

19 August 2013
by Ursula Skjonnemand in Blogs, Community, Events, Family / 2 Comments

Echo

Since I was a young child I was always in tune with an awareness of a divine omnipresence.

13 August 2013
by Joanna Wharton in Blogs, Religion and faith, Religion and faith megastory / 2 Comments
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