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OCHRE a continuing conversation

The Approach and Plans

Maradhal Waybarra

The NSW Coalition of Aboriginal Regional Alliances have come to refer to the co-design process as “weaving knowledges”, likening it to the weaving undertaken by First Nations in NSW over thousands of years. Peta-Joy Williams, a Wiradjuri woman born in Sydney, represents this weaving knowledges in a woven object, Maradhal Waybarra (Past Woven). The weaving of Maradhal Waybarra, shown at the top of this page, has become the symbol of this three year evaluation cycle. In weaving Maradhal Waybarra Peta-Joy reflected:

“I started weaving with Raffia slowly weaving in a small bit of Gymea Lily leaf. This stage is representative of non-Aboriginal people telling Aboriginal people what they want or how they have to be to get it. It’s about control. As the basket grows bigger across the base I started to use more and more of the Gymea Lily so it’s sort of us taking precedence, the Voice of Aboriginal people is starting to get louder. As the sides start to build up I introduced Lomandra - our voices are starting to be heard and the basket is starting to grow upwards, at this stage it is Lomandra that holds the object together. I added the Dinawan (Emu) feathers on top to represent our ancestors and knowledge keepers, who would dance in feathers and share of the knowledge. Our knowledge is held within these feathers which will protect what we put inside the object.”

Maradhal Waybarra and its meaning can be found here.

The evaluation process

The evaluation process for the next three years is shown below with each stage co-designed and co-produced.



The Blueprint

The evaluation has commenced with a blueprint that spells out the overall purpose of the evaluation, what it will focus on and how it will proceed. The blueprint provides the starting point for Aboriginal community members, public servants and others interested in continuing the conversation about LDM to come together to negotiate, exchange, co-design and co-produce local processes and plans. The independent evaluation team at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University works to ensure that the evaluation delivers what is needed.

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