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Victoria Daly Regional Council Newsletter for the Yarralin Community

NGARINGMAN NEWS

Issue 2 December 2018

VDRC YARRALIN 08 8975 0839

Council Services Manager Tanya Brown Parks & Garden TL Colin Campbell Aged Care Acting TL Noleen Campbell Child Care Acting TL Sasha Campbell RSAS Supervisor Wesley Campbell Night Patrol Supervisor Simon Campbell Centrelink Agent Frances Rosas Media & Broadcasting Malcolm Shaw Sport & Recreation Sharatine & Jeremiah Hector

Once again, Yarralin School would like to

express a huge debt of gratitude to the

Walangeri Corporation, staff of the RSAS

Team, the fine cooking of the team that

created breakfast and lunch for the children

of the school, the staff of the local shire,

Christy and Evan from the Yarralin Store,

workers from the CDP team, the amazing

Medical Clinic staff, the creative crew from

Hellimuster, Mick from Power and Water, the

local Police and Father Christmas, who I think

we would all agree was a highlight…..most of

all thanks to you, the Yarralin families who

support the school so beautifully.

On Wednesday the 12th of December,

Yarralin School hosted a Community

Celebration where students of Yarralin

School were presented with their class

awards, and later in the evening they all

performed a concert, which involved

singing, dancing and an impressive

presentation of Geography and Science.

One of the highlights of the day was Father

Christmas arriving in a RED HELICOPTER to

deliver gifts and sweets to the children of

Yarralin.

YARRALIN SCHOOL CELEBRATES

By Kerry Romanis, Yarralin School Principal

The community hosted a BBQ catering for 150

people, and the night ended with a spectacular

light show provided by Mother Nature,

thankfully, everyone was home by then.

Yarralin School would like to thank community

members for supporting the event, and to

especially thank those who stayed later to

pack things away.

Let’s hope we continue

the tradition of being

one of the best

attending schools in

the Northern

Territory…. Yarralin is

the BEST!!!! HO HO

HO…..Merry Christmas

to One and ALL.

RSAS SUPERVISOR GRADUATES –

CONGRATULATIONS WESLEY!

My name is Wesley Campbell, I’m from Yarralin Community, I am a traditional

owner and I have lived in Yarralin ever since I was a kid and moved to Daguragu

back and forward to spend a lot of time with my mum’s side of the family. I’m also a

husband and a father to five beautiful children.

My job is as a RSAS Supervisor (Remote School Attendance Strategy) which is

funded by the federal government and run by the Victoria Daly Regional Council – it

is a program designed to be driven by the community to suit local needs. I have

been doing this job as a supervisor for nearly a year and before that as a part time

staff member.

My job is to make sure kids go to school every possible day, early in the morning to

have breakfast, and to increase attendance rates in remote schools so all children

have the opportunity to get a good education. I also catch up with the families when

their kids are not at school and get involved with the families and kids to help them

reach their goals when they get older. My job is also to work with other

stakeholders such as the health clinic and the police.

I have recently graduated with my Certificate 3 in Community Night Patrol and after

18 months I have successfully completed the course. My recent graduate ceremony

was held at Katherine. I would like to continue using my skills to help the

community by making sure my number 1 priority is my duty of care to my clients,

workmates, bystanders, other stakeholders and myself.

Wesley Campbell

(pictured on the left

next to Mayor Brian

Pedwell) at his

graduation

ceremony in

Katherine.

Happy December!

As we get closer to Christmas and seasonal rains, Community need to be prepared for Yarralin

being cut off due to flooding.

Preparation……..

Make sure that you have plenty of staple foods, such as flour, water, sugar, tea, coffee, power

cards and whatever else you may need. (Especially those that live in Lingara or Pigeon Hole. It is

YOUR responsibility to ensure that you have enough food to last at least a week if the rivers and

creeks become flooded.

*If you are sick come into town and stay with family.

*Make sure that your car is registered and suitable to be driven on wet and muddy roads.

*Come and see Yarralin Police to register your car, before you get caught and get a fine!

Merry Christmas from Yarralin Police…Ray, Sharon and John

YARRALIN POLICE NEWS

By Malcolm Shaw

Out and about in his own country, Johnny Dan took me to Jugarloo

(Mosquito Flats) in search for Warlagarri trees (Ironwood) to make

boomerangs. We found and cut the branch off one tree which we then

cut into 3 pieces. Then we split the wood to make 6 boomerangs. The

boomerangs we made from the branch of the Warlagarri tree are used

for fighting, singing in ceremonies and other important cultural aspects

during ceremonial seasons.

One particularly important use of the Warlagarri wood is when we use

it for poison cousins to burn and give it to their son-in-laws to be.

During the ceremony the mother-in-law dances close to the son-in-law

and the burnt wood is handed to him by the mother-in-law. They both

grab the Warlagarri and throw the Warlagarri wood while the mother-

in-law keeps dancing until the next morning. After the ceremony is

over, the mother and father give their daughter’s hand in marriage –

this only happens through their skin name.

Skin names are a part of the kinship system that determines how our

people relate to each other.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE

WARLAGARRI TREE