Australian Visions

Connecting Country Yearbook 2005

Yorro Yorro

Every-one standing Up ... Alive !

..... David Mowaljarlai, Ngarinyin elder of the Kimberley (Deceased)

"The elders must have a Vision ... so the children can dream"

Dedicated to Australia’s Aborgines & elders of the Kimberley for sustaining the dreaming for Australia

Australia will become a model for other global communities ... I see Australians coming together from all walks

of life, especially indigenous and non-indigenous Australia, for a better tomorrow "We need to lock into one-another's point of view" (one-another's vision)

…Mr Mandawuy Yunupingu, lead singer, Yothu Yindi & chair of Yothu Yindi Foundation

www.yothuyindi.com/foundation/

By 2050 Australia will be a civil society. Social capital – voluntary association, trust and social equity - will be seen as more important to our future than economic capital. Australia will also be a more inclusive society than it is at present. There will be a high level of community engagement in decision-making processes, particularly at

the local level, with all inputs being given due consideration. This will invariably lead to better outcomes. As a consequence, Australians will have a higher level of trust

amongst themselves and with their decision-making institutions than at any time in the past.

Australian Conservation Foundation see - http://www.acfonline.org.au/blueprint/index.htm

The Ngarinyin, Wandjina people of the Kimberley, have a particular vision for themselves and Australia.

Reflecting their philosophy, they see their future as a co-cultural one; a relationship between white Australia culture and Ngarinyin culture where the two Laws walk side by side in a relationship of cooperation, sharing and

mutual benefit. A synergy of interactivity between the two cultures. Ngarinyin, Wandjina people of the Kimberley KimberleyCommunity

A fun and sacred place, where people and all beings recognize and respect integrity - and our nature - and freely express their unique identity and creativity with passion, power and love, while honouring the sovereignty of

others. Richard T. O'Neill www.excelink.com.au

A united Australia which respects this land of ours; values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander heritage; and provides justice and equality for all.

Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation www.reconciliation.org.au/index.htm

A place where innovation is an artform, ecological sustainability a way of life, where we set visions recognising you can only hit a target you can see and adventure and endeavour are the fabric of living. A place where we

nurture global icons and tall poppies are only flowers. Vic Cherikoff www.cherikoff.com.au Bush Foods & Spices

Equality for all people, animals, plants – the whole environment respected and in balance, no exploitation.

For those in power to think more responsibly about this beautiful land – don’t burn our timber to get charcoal – We love and need our trees - Mogo

For people to accept everyone else

"Where there is no Vision the people will perish" ....

Old testament & Joan Holmes, Chair of The Hunger Project

Share Your Vision .. Live Your Dream

Imagine…Enriching Our Nature

Edited & Published by Richard T O’Neill, Excelink Pacific, North Sydney

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