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    Welcome to the ARDS website.
    Working with Indigenous people any where in the world is a massive challenge. They face so many barriers at the cross-cultural and cross language interface. Since 1973, ARDS has worked at the 'cutting edge' of Aboriginal community development work, mainly in the north-east Arnhem Land region of Australia.
    Today our work includes:
  • Community Development Initiatives, work and training
  • Community education in the areas of Aboriginal health, economics, law and other subjects. Delivered through patient educators based in hospitals and educators in the field.
  • Language research and Resource Development
  • Community services, research and advocacy

 


ARDS Media Release for Youth Week
4 April 2008
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ARDS Media Release on World Kidney Day
13 March 2008
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Why Warriors Lie Down and Die
by Richard Trudgen
$29.95 AUD



This book provides some answers as to why the Aboriginal people of Arnhem Land face the greatest crisis in health and education since European contact
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Yolngu Traditional Law
Click above to read 38 statutes of Yolngu Law


 

ARDS Media Release on Bilingual Teaching
12 March 2008
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ARDS Media Release on E-Learning
2 Feb 2008
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2005 / 2006 Annual Report now available here Download PDF (1.2 MB)

2008 Dates for Bridging the Cultural Divide Seminars now available.
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Animated Presentation on how Yolngu Radio Works
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Yolngu Radio on the air inDarwin, Nhulunbuy and north-east Arnhem Land
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Online video of ARDS Patient Educators at RDH
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DVD on Iron Deficiency now available
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DVD on Childhood Discipline now available
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Media Release on Yolngu Radio Launch in Darwin 1 November 2006
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Media Release on how Traditional Aboriginal Law does not condone sexual abuse
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Overview of Yolngu law now Available
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Cross Cultural and Cross Language Indigenous Education DVD presentation by Richard Trudgen now available
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Rombuy Legal Website for translating English legal terms into Yolngu Matha now online
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