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Friday appreciation goes out to all of our partners, supporters and sponsors. We could not have hosted the 2026 Strong W...
16/10/2026

Friday appreciation goes out to all of our partners, supporters and sponsors. We could not have hosted the 2026 Strong Women for Healthy Country forum without you!! Thank you so much your contribution:
Mimal Land Management
Karrkad Kanjdji Trust (KKT)
Bush Heritage
The University of Queensland
WWF-Australia
Northern Territory Government
Banatjarl Strongbala Wimun Grup
Judith Neilson Foundation
Digital Women Rangers
The Nature Conservancy AUS
Indigenous Land & Sea Corp
reecefoundation
Share the Dignity
Darwin Helicopter Tours / Heli Pub Crawl
DrinkWise Australia
Job Skills Network
Katherine West Health Board
Mardrulk Contracting and TM Collective Consulting

SWHC team are so thrilled to receive this beautiful gift from Maxine Coombe. Maxine painted this for the Network and sen...
12/10/2026

SWHC team are so thrilled to receive this beautiful gift from Maxine Coombe. Maxine painted this for the Network and sent a letter of appreciation “a big thank u to the organisers, first aider for who needed help. The cookies with their dedication on time meals, and the rangers that made everything run smoothly around the camp site. All the people that look after us thank u. As this was the first time I went…”

Story of painting and what each symbol represents:
• Blue circle represents the billabong out on Country at Bawurrbarnda
• The Yellow U shapes, facing outwards are the ancestors protecting the billabong and the people from the Country
• The outer U shapes, facing inwards are the women that came to the women summit from everywhere and sat down and spoke about women’s things and where they come from and where they work
• The little yellow circles represent the Country and the hills and trees, that the women passed to get to Bawurrbarnda
• The 10 purple circles with the U shapes around the outer part of the painting represent all the campsites
• The footprints represent women walking around and getting to know each other
• The wavy lines represent the women connecting together & sharing stories

This is so beautiful and something network will treasure. Thank you so much Maxine 🙏💕🫶🏾

And a huge thank you to Katherine West Health Board Katherine West Health Board! At Strong Women forum 2026, staff membe...
12/10/2026

And a huge thank you to Katherine West Health Board Katherine West Health Board! At Strong Women forum 2026, staff members Donny and Gemma shared their “Big Rivers Healing For Our Mob” program that provides support and services to women and families.

They helped create a toolkit of information and resources to help keep ourselves and our families safe.

Katherine West Health Board offer services all across the Big Rivers region including Victoria Daly Region, Roper Golf Region, and Katherine Municipality.

If you need support please reach out to them.

📷 credit Milly Hooper

It’s lovely to introduce Margaret Saunders to our audience. Margaret attended Strong Woman forum 2026, to present her pr...
09/10/2026

It’s lovely to introduce Margaret Saunders to our audience. Margaret attended Strong Woman forum 2026, to present her program “Deadly Thinking” to our attendees.

Deadly Thinking is a social, emotional well-being and su***de prevention program specifically designed by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Thanks so much Margaret, you travelled along way to join us and we are very grateful!


Friday appreciation goes out to Tracy Minniecon from TM Creative Consulting who ran “Keeping Our Ways Strong” workshops ...
09/10/2026

Friday appreciation goes out to Tracy Minniecon from TM Creative Consulting who ran “Keeping Our Ways Strong” workshops exploring what matters to participants and why they work as rangers. This was an interactive workshop where participants were invited to paint kites as they shared, learned and discussed matters that were important to them revealing Country, Community and Family are at the centre of everything they do.

Tracy also presented on “Growing First Nations Exchange Program” an initiative connecting First Nations Australia’s and First Nations communities in Northern Thailand to share knowledge, culture, and community led-solutions.

Thank you Tracy for involvement and participation in Strong Women Forum 2026. We look forward to seeing where the exchange program leads.

📷 credit Milly Hooper and Tracy Minniecon.

An absolute massive thank you to Traditional Owners of Bawurrbarnda Jalkie Rickson and Anne Kelly, who hosted over 200 w...
06/10/2026

An absolute massive thank you to Traditional Owners of Bawurrbarnda Jalkie Rickson and Anne Kelly, who hosted over 200 women at Strong Women Forum 2026.

Anne, Jalkie and family members welcomed to country and blessed all attendees through traditional smoking and water ceremony.

Both ladies shared traditional knowledge throughout the event, with stories by the fireside and during the billabong walk.

The utmost gratitude to you both and all of your family and community for making this such a special and wholesome event. Thank you 🙏 💕

SWHC Program Manager Margie O’Brien explains the water blessing and smoking ceremony: “So just near where we camped, there was a spring, and those water sources carry significant stories, and having a water blessing, that keeps us safe while we’re there. We’re on other people’s Country.

As Aboriginal people, when we travel and we go to someone else’s Country, it’s still important for us to show respect.

And because we were camping out and we were staying out bush, we want to make sure that we have that protection for us, that we’re there on Country.”

📷 credit Milly Hooper and Emily Seif إميلي سيف

Our timeline showcasing the history of the network and the growth of the forums. Yeawwww!
05/10/2026

Our timeline showcasing the history of the network and the growth of the forums. Yeawwww!

“It’s a privilege to introduce Marlaina Braun-Hayes to our wider audience. Marlaina is a young Mayilli woman and ranger ...
04/10/2026

“It’s a privilege to introduce Marlaina Braun-Hayes to our wider audience. Marlaina is a young Mayilli woman and ranger with Mimal Land Management and was the artist for this year’s forum logo.

With the guidance of traditional owner Anne Kelly, Marlaina brought the essence of Bawurrbunda to life:

This logo represents the importance of the billabong, a place of life, connection and culture. The turtle symbolises the totem group, the pandanus represents Rembarrnga county, and the fish reflects the billabong, highlighting its importance as a source of life and the strong connection between Country, people and culture.

It is with great pleasure that we introduce to our wider audience MYRA | AWARD WINNING LEADERSHIP EXPERTMyra is a proud ...
29/09/2026

It is with great pleasure that we introduce to our wider audience MYRA | AWARD WINNING LEADERSHIP EXPERT

Myra is a proud Malngnin Gurindji and Wokka Wokka woman who ran a leadership session at our recent event on country.

Myra shared that leadership is “how you show up, how you treat others, how you connect, and what you do behind closed doors”.

She had us all up and dancing, amplifying the collective energy. Women of the network are strong and passionate leaders, younger women learning from the wisdom of their elders. These sessions build confidence and encourage women to speak up.

Thank you Myra.

📷 credit Milly Hooper

Happy Monday! We wanted to share with you a fun initiative driven by Digital Women Rangers at this year’s forum. Digitia...
28/09/2026

Happy Monday! We wanted to share with you a fun initiative driven by Digital Women Rangers at this year’s forum. Digitial Women Rangers ran a photo competition celebrating women rangers undertaking important work on country. Submitted images celebrated how rangers are using digital technology to monitor and manage country, including the use of drones and camera traps.

Some of the images were fantastic and prizes were given out accordingly.

We hope DWR will make this an annual competition.

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