EAST KIMBERLEY
OVERVIEW
The Kimberley region is located in far north Western Australia, comprised of the West Kimberley towards the coast and the East Kimberley towards the Northern Territory border. Jawun began working with the Indigenous communities of the East Kimberley in 2010, and in 2012 broadened its boundaries to include communities in the West Kimberley region.
The East Kimberley region includes the towns of Kununurra, Halls Creek, Warmun, Wyndham, and over 50 smaller communities – extending all the way from Balgo in the south, Kalumburu in the north, and Malangan near the Northern Territory border.
Indigenous people in the Kimberley region face the same enormous challenges they face across Australia. In the East Kimberley, the greater community is being supported through programs addressing education, health, welfare, housing, childcare development, and employment.
However, there has been considerable opportunity for improving the lives of Indigenous people as a result of agricultural developments in the Ord area in the last decade, which has brought with it jobs and investments in transitional housing. Additional opportunities exist in new business development, land and sea management (ranger programs) and tourism, hospitality and various other fields.
WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY
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![BINARRI-BINYJA YARRAWOO ABORIGINAL CORPORATION]()
BINARRI-BINYJA YARRAWOO ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
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EAST KIMBERLEY JOB PATHWAYS
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![GELNGANYEM LIMITED (GELGANYEM TRUST)]()
GELNGANYEM LIMITED (GELGANYEM TRUST)
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![KUNUNNURRA WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION]()
KUNUNNURRA WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
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![MG CORP]()
MG CORP
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![MIRIMA DAWANG WOORLAB GERRING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CENTRE]()
MIRIMA DAWANG WOORLAB GERRING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CENTRE
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![NGNOWAR AERWAH ABORIGINAL CORPORATION]()
NGNOWAR AERWAH ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
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ORD VALLEY ABORIGINAL HEALTH SERVICE
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WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL ARTS
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WARINGARRI MEDIA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION WARINGARRI RADIO
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![WUNAN FOUNDATION]()
WUNAN FOUNDATION
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WUNAN HEALTH
FIELD TEAM
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General Manager, Regional Investment
Danielle (Dani) comes to Jawun with over twenty years’ experience living and working with Aboriginal communities around Australia. Dani grew up on Wonnarua and Worimi country in regional NSW and spent much of her adult life living remotely across northern Australia.
Dani is an experienced project manager and facilitator primarily working in the NGO sector supporting Aboriginal empowerment initiatives. Dani has a particular skillset in collaborative leadership and collective impact, bringing people together to address complex problems.
From her early years starting out as a community development practitioner Dani has had a diverse and interesting career centred around creating conditions for positive change. Most recently Dani has worked with Empowered Communities facilitating ground up priority setting and providing policy and planning advice.
She is now living back in her home town of Newcastle with her seventeen-year old soccer-star son.
To contact Dani, please email dtucker@jawun.org.au
CASE STUDIES
Case studies show how Jawun secondees have achieved real results. If you are interested to learn more about Jawun's work in this region, click on the case studies below.
