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Featuring 30 large-scale works by artists from the APY Lands, Ngura Pulka: Epic Country has opened at the National Gallery of Australia.

This week, language worker Daisy Allen shares the palawa kani word for Cape Portland, located near the north-eastern tip of Tasmania.

Real life father-daughter performers, Derek and Shaquita Nannup discuss what it was like to play a dad and daughter road tripping to Country in Which Way Home. For tickets and more information about Which Way Home click here.

At the Adelaide Biennial of Art exhibition curator Ellie Buttrose has invited 24 artists to explore materiality and selfhood for Yield Strength. Julie Nangala Robertson, Archie Moore, Robert Andrew, and Josina Pumani join Ellie to reflect on how their latest works each push the boundaries of their medium. For more information about the 'Yield Strength' exhibition, check out the Art Gallery of South Australia's website here.

Daisy Allen from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre shares the palawa kani name for Tasmania.

What role have trade unions played in advancing Aboriginal civil rights? Unionist and author Thomas Mayo, cultural leader Richard Frankland and co-founder of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Ghillar Michael Anderson, all share their perspectives on collectivism in cultural leadership. 

For Word Up this month, language worker Daisy Allen from lutruwita/Tasmania shares a little bit of her language, palawa kani. This week, Daisy shares the name for a river reed used in weaving.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are warned that this segment of Awaye includes the name and voice of someone who has died. This week Awaye takes a look back on the powerful legacy of Widjabul Wieybal woman of the Bundjalung Nation: Aunty Rhoda Roberts. Her colleagues and close friends reflect on how she shaped their lives and her immense contributions to Indigenous contemporary art.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College. Heather explains how the idea of yothu meaning ‘child’ and yindi meaning ‘mother’ are intertwined.

Angelica Lockyer reflects on their starring role in Yokai, a digital series about a young woman navigating queer love and self-acceptance. Watch the first episode of Yokai here

Glenda Nicholls and Lorraine Connelly-Northey share how they repurposed found materials to mirror landscapes and cultural knowledge. Their creations are part of Bundanon Art Museum's exhibition Sky, Earth, Water which displays the works of four distinct female artists. For more information about the exhibition, click here.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College. This week she shares how to ask a person's name in Yolngu Matha.

Singer-songwriter and playwright, Toni Janke reflects on her new play, Inheritance. Her latest work explores the experiences that shaped Toni as a Wuthathi, Meriam and Yadighana woman and reflects on the importance of legacy. Inheritance is on at the QPAC in Brisbane April 2, before heading to Kingston Butter Factory on 28 and 30 May.

After winning the prestigious Golden Lion Award at the international dance festival Venice Danza, Bangarra Dance Theatre has shown no signs of slowing down.  This month they are preparing to perform their first ever full length collaboration with the Australian Ballet, called Flora.  You can find more information about Flora's tour dates here.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College. This week she shares how to introduce yourself in Yolgnu Matha.