In 2015, a small local campaign against a planned mosque in Bendigo, Victoria, expanded to involve far-right anti-Islamic groups. Letterbox campaigns, a protest that shut down the town centre and the storming of a Council meeting were some of the ways the anti-mosque campaign played out. Kelly Pham is a young Bendigo resident whose family …
Taungurung country is much of Central Victoria, Australia – from Kilmore in the West to Mt Beauty in the north and Mt Macedon in the south. When Taungurung country was settled and people were forced into missions, “we lost everything,” Aunty Lee says. “We lost the the kinship system, our ceremonies, and our language.” Aunty …
July 31st is World Ranger Day, which celebrates the work rangers do to protect the world’s natural and culture treasures. Trent Nelson is a Dja Dja Wurrung Ranger with Parks Victoria in Bendigo, Victoria. He’s a Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung man who works on his Grandfather’s Country every day. As an Indigenous ranger, Trent …
Heritage tram driver Leon Waddington got a shock when he came to work one morning and saw a tram covered in wool. He thought, “What the hell’s happened to this tram?” Overnight, the Bendigo Yarn Bombers had worked their colourful magic and decoated the tram, inside and out, with handmade blankets and bunting. Storyboard – …
Mental illness is the number one reason that people in Australian immigration detention present to hospital for treatment. From her kitchen table in Central Victoria, Janet Galbraith coordinates an online writing group called Writing Through Fences, where around 100 asylum seekers share their writing and poetry on Facebook. The group has become a community that …
In the back shed at their home in Bendigo, Victoria, Peter Williams and his 11 year old daughter Sophie built their very own dalek. This video was broadcast on ABC News 24 and on BTN, ABC’s TV news show for kids. Storyboard – Filming – Sound – Editing – Social video production: Jane Curtis Story …