Gurehlgam

Gurehlgam Gurehlgam is a not-for-profit, community services organisation, based in Grafton, Kempsey and Corindi Beach NSW

Happy Father's Day to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and mentors guiding our c...
05/09/2026

Happy Father's Day to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and mentors guiding our communities with strength and love.

'Vale Uncle Tony OAM - Our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Uncle Tony' Rest in Peace....
03/09/2026

'Vale Uncle Tony OAM - Our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Uncle Tony'

Rest in Peace....

In 2025, I was so grateful to attend the APRECON Asia Pacific Conference in Katmandu - Nepal with Unions ( ASU and other...
31/08/2026

In 2025, I was so grateful to attend the APRECON Asia Pacific Conference in Katmandu - Nepal with Unions ( ASU and other)

to fight for essential public services and for fair and humane work conditions - people over profit. Whilst there, Gen Z Revolution occurred - a deep seated anger and revolt driven by a weak economy, unemployment and in their words ' rampant corruption' ... many lives were lost and eventually under military curfew and assistance of DFAT we were allowed to be escorted back to Australia.



The Nepali people are humble and beautiful; they are kind and generous and such hard working little by way of remuneration.



Gurehlgam stands in Solidarity with the communities of Nepal and Tibet.

Our condolences, our prayers and thoughts - for the communities and we think especially of the Australians still missing. đź’”

Vale Dolly Parton - an amazingly talented woman from humble beginnings.In Children’s Book Week (22 - 28 August 2026) we ...
26/08/2026

Vale Dolly Parton - an amazingly talented woman from humble beginnings.

In Children’s Book Week (22 - 28 August 2026) we honour her commitment to her Imagine Library- established to honour her beginnings and father who didn’t have the opportunity to read and write..

https://imaginationlibrary.com/au

Children's Book Week 22 - 28 August 2026 - ' A Symphony of Stories' - Gurehlgam supports the love of books; reading wit...
22/08/2026

Children's Book Week 22 - 28 August 2026 -

' A Symphony of Stories' - Gurehlgam supports the love of books; reading with and to our children.

There are great books at our local bookstore, the library and we also found a range of books at our amazing
2nd hand charity stores around the town...

"Reading became a safe and valued place for us as children, where we discovered possibilites' - Rita Williams-Garcia

23rd August 1966 - Commemorating 60 years since the historic Wave Hill Walk Off.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander re...
20/08/2026

23rd August 1966 - Commemorating 60 years since the historic Wave Hill Walk Off.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following post may contain images of deceased persons.

On the 23rd August 1966, 200 Gurindji stockmen, domestic workers and their families bravely walked off the British owned Wave Hill pastoral station.

These workers and their families were protesting the ongoing appalling treatment they were subjected to from Vestey, the company that owned the station.

It was a reflection of the racism and subjugation that tarnished wider Australian society at the time (and, in many ways, continues to do so).

Gurindji workers on the station were paid one-third of their white contemporaries, had no rights to their own sacred Country, were forced to live in squalid accommodation, and treated with open contempt and disrespect by station management.

The protest marked a turning point in the fight against racism towards Aboriginal workers. Vincent Lingiari, the legendary Aboriginal rights activist, led the walk off.

A handful of months prior to the August 1966 walk off, Lingiari approached the station management directly to demand equal pay. He was refused, and so one of the most pivotal moments in Aboriginal workers' rights in Australia thus began.

Lingiari and the Gurindji workers found support in other prominent Aboriginal activists such as the Indigenous organiser of the former North Australian Workers Union, Dexter Daniels.

Daniels, alongside fellow activist Lupna Giari, conducted a speaking tour sponsored by the Building Workers Industrial Union and Actors Equity, held sixty meetings in just over a month explaining their cause and garnering support.

Leadership at the North Australian Workers Union didn't support the expansion of the Gurindji strikes, leading Daniels to leave his post at the union and continue his activism.

Although NAWU's leadership were against it, many comrades in the union movement lent their time and efforts to the strike action; one such example was Brian Manning of NAWU's Waterside Workers' Federation NT branch.

Manning volunteered 15 times to drive provisions the 750km trek from Darwin to Wattie Creek, the site where protesters had set up camp.

Through campaigning, holding mass meetings, raising collections to support the strikers, applying pressure to politicians, and holding strong despite the numerous factors working against them, the Gurindji strikers were presented a leasehold over part of their land.

Readers may remember the symbolic moment when former PM Gough Whitlam poured sand into Vincent Lingiari's hand.

More than that though, it is one of the most important moments in Australia's history. We celebrate and uphold the memory of those courageous and staunch workers going against a system designed to oppress them.

The family of Djuarn is encouraging everyone to light a candle in remembrance of an amazing Women.We need to come togeth...
20/08/2026

The family of Djuarn is encouraging everyone to light a candle in remembrance of an amazing Women.

We need to come together as a community and call
out all forms of violence and abuse - we need ACTION from all of us to END VIOLENCE NOW.... đź’ś

Notice shared with permission from the family.

ACHIA NSW Aboriginal-led & managed Women's & Children's Refuges Summit 2026.Gurehlgam staff are currently participating ...
19/08/2026

ACHIA NSW Aboriginal-led & managed Women's & Children's Refuges Summit 2026.

Gurehlgam staff are currently participating in the ACHIA conference in Sydney.

Amazing opportunities to network and build strong working relationships and partnerships with a range of Core and Cluster refuges across NSW.

Informative presentations being delivered over 2 days and amazing dedicated and committed work being undertaken across the state in the DFSV space for our Aboriginal Women, children and families.

Bulgarr Ngaru and NRL visit.Many thanks to Bulgarr Ngaru and the NRL for bringing NRL representatives to Gurehlgam; it...
18/08/2026

Bulgarr Ngaru and NRL visit.

Many thanks to Bulgarr Ngaru and the NRL for bringing NRL representatives to Gurehlgam; it was a great opportunity
to meet with the seniors group, the Bulgarr exercise group, some children at our centre and Gurehlgam staff to showcase our work.

NRL visits are about motivation, giving back to mob via positive conversation and role modelling, so we may grow as a peoples of strength and culture.

17/08/2026

Congratulations Deborah Mailman.

You are the First Aboriginal
Actress inducted to the Logies Hall of Fame.

You are the First Aboriginal Person inducted to the Logies Hall of Fame.

You are the First Aboriginal Women inducted to the Logies Hall of Fame.

Take a look at this video, 'deborah mailman hall of fame'

Address

18-26 Victoria Street
Grafton, NSW
2460

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+61266428677

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