Yula-Punaal Education & Healing Aboriginal Corporation

18/03/2026

On Country. 🌱

employees participating our Cultural Connectedness Program. This program immerse participants in an experiential learning journey. 👣

Our Cultural Connectedness Program aims to modal cultural safety, empower learning through doing. And strengthen understanding of Aboriginal histories, cultures and protocols. 🤎

History

17/03/2026

Supporting Blak business, Aboriginal owned and operated. 🤎

KJC Aboriginal Artwork have made these beautiful weaved pieces for our dance group. 🌱

Each piece woven together, telling a story. Now connecting Yula-Punaal our place to their place. 👣

21/02/2026

Caring for Country 🙌🏽🌱🖤

Teaching our children 🧒🏽 👧🏼 🙌🏽 about Country 🌏 and its physical and spiritual significance is a vital rite of passage. Country encompasses the land meeting the 🌈sky, waterways, hills, mountains, rivers🏔️ and all living things 🦇🕷️🐍🦋🐌🦆🐸🦉🐜🦎🐞in between.

We must ensure Gunimaa, Mother Earth, can continue to sustain 🍃🫶🏿 our way of life.

At Yula-Punaal, we strive to do just that, sharing our beautiful and sacred land with all its 👣🐍🦎🦋🌱🦉🦇inhabitants.

Recently our young ones 🧑🏻👧🏼👩🏾🧒🏽 demonstrated valuable cultural practises and the importance of caring for our waterways by cleaning the debris and unclogging the creek 🌊They realised their contribution and actions served a greater purpose. Watching, feeling and hearing the creek flow allowed the children to truly feel the spirit of Gunimaa…to connect to Country.
We all have a responsibility to ensure we Care for Country. 🙌🏽🍃🫶🏿🌱🖤

16/01/2026

Welcome to 2026!!!🙌🏽🖤🥰❤️🙌🏽

This week, in partnership with Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Services, we conducted our inaugural Wiliguwa On-Country Vacation Care program for our children. 🧒🏽🧑🏻👧🏼👩🏾

The children were fully immersed and eagerly anticipated returning to country. The week was filled with engaging bush walks 👣, regeneration of the creek, the preparation of Johnny cakes, arts and crafts, the creation of Grenville and lemon myrtle 🌱 tea and body scrub, and the participation in traditional games and of cause the so call Yowie sighting 😳🫣.

A notable highlight was the Web of Knowledge activity, “Lets Have a Yarn with Yarn,” 🧶 which centred on the children’s experiences and enjoyment of the vacation care program. What they learnt and were the can do and be better.

Surprisingly, the children’s responses were both humorous and profound, reflecting their honest assessments of areas for improvement.

The most significant incentive was the contributions of our three junior leaders, Kira, Cooper, and Kyla, who donned yellow fluorescent vests and demonstrated exceptional leadership this week under the mentor of young Davey Scholes.

We would also like to acknowledge and say thank you all the EDAS staff who assisted with supervision, especially Ryan Montgomery. This week couldn’t work without you all. 🙌🏽👏🏽👍🏽

Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Services
Barang Regional Alliance
Alanah Catherine Rose
Belinda Field



🙌🏽🌱👣👏🏽

05/12/2025

A Dedication to Aunty Louise Campbell 🙏🏾🙌🏽🙏🏾

In a world where greatness is often measured by humanitarian impact, power, and wealth, some individuals redefine success.👣🙌🏽

Aunty Louise Campbell, an extraordinary woman, exemplifies selflessness, dedication, and service to others. She stood for so many things.⚖️👩🏽‍⚖️

A remarkable woman, Aunty Louise hs left an indelible mark on all who knew her. From an early age, she displayed compassion and a desire to make a difference. This empathy shaped her path and led her to become a beacon of hope for many. 👣

As a young woman, a member of the stolen generation, she embarked on a journey of self-discovery, seeking knowledge and wisdom to better serve her community. Education was her key to unlocking doors of opportunity for herself and others. She became a teacher, mentor, and leader, shaping the minds of future generations, regardless of race, gender, or her Catholic faith.

With compassion and resilience, she ventured into law, politics, the United Nations, native title, land rights, and social justice. 🙌🏽⚖️🙌🏽

Louise is one of the founding members of Yula-Punaal Education and Healing Aboriginal Corporation. Along with Tammy and Victor Wright, they secured a 50-acre property in 2003 at the foot of the Wattagan Mountains.

Louise and Tammy achieved much together, from speaking at state, national, and international forums to their love of travel and their efforts to make a difference in a controlling western world.
Louise’s voice and recognition will live on through Tammy as her voice in Yula-Punaal, the Catholic, Awabakal, and Darkinjung communities. 🖤🥰❤️

Louise’s dedication to community-led initiatives and advocacy has brought lasting change, empowering many. Her unwavering commitment inspires all who have worked with her.
Let’s honour Louise’s remarkable life by emulating her compassion, resilience, and service. 🙏🏾❤️

Let’s strive to make a difference in others’ lives, just as she did. Her legacy will forever be etched in communitiwa far and wide, especially in Aboriginal communities, and her impact will continue for generations.

We will miss her physical presence, but we know she will be with us in spirit. May we have comfort knowing she is with her family in the Dreaming and may she rest in peace. 🙏🏾🖤🥰❤️🙏🏾

Barang Regional Alliance
Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Services
Awabakal Land Council
Awabakal Ltd
Catholic Schools of Maitland-Newcastle

31/10/2025

We are very grateful to have hosted our local women's group on Country. 🫶🏾🌱🤎

21/10/2025

📢See you in 3 days! 🤎🌱🫶🏾

Thank you to all our Deadly community for registering to attend our Yula-Punaal Education & Healing Aboriginal Corporation NAIDOC on Country.

We are looking forward to sharing culture with you all, please bring along a chair or picni matt🪑👌🏾

21/10/2025

Hosting our deadly Guyung Minig on Country! 🫶🏾🌱🤎

18/10/2025

18/10/2025

As we come into Spring, new life is beginning 🪾🪴🌾
And add a rainbow 🌈 or two.

Our fingerlimes are in abundant and are looking great!

Yula-Punaal has a new garden with a range of native plants, flowers and fruits. We also have an influx of our native bee, helping with the pollination.

18/10/2025

Yula-Punaal implemented the third round of our On-Country Vacation Care program during the second week of the school holidays. 👧🏾🧒🏽👦🏻👩🏻 👦🏼👩🏾👧🏼

The children participated in their first First Aid workshop, which focused on the protocol for 🐍snake bites. While the kids found it entertaining, they also grasped the seriousness of the workshop, its purpose, and intent.

Cultural activities included Songlines, working with clay and ochre, making damper, fried scones, and lemon 🌱myrtle cake. Our children collaborated on a project using stringy bark to create a bark canoe and added coconut palm leaves to the Gunyah using stringy bark rope.

True to the spirit of our ancestors, we were blessed with the presence of kangaroos 🦘 wallabies, their joeys, and an echidna 🦔 . The children were fully immersed in the program.

On the final day, our newly appointed Junior Leader, Kira, developed and delivered an impressive trivia game with dance 🕺 breaka in between. We are extremely proud of the leadership Kira demonstrated throughout the week. The kids showed great respect towards her. 🖤🥰❤️

Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Services
Barang Regional Alliance

10/10/2025

3 weeks until our Yula-Punaal NAIDOC on Country is back! 🖤💛❤️

Come join us, connect, yarn and immerse yourself in culture. 🤎🌱🫶🏾

Register today! 🎟
https://events.humanitix.com/yula-punaal-naidoc-on-country