← Palm Island Community Company
Palm Island Community Connection
program
Community engagement and outreach program connecting Palm Island residents with PICC's services and supports.
The voices behind this service
29 storytellers carrying the work
Men's Group
participant
Elders Group
participant
Ferdys staff
participant
Henry Doyle
participant
Irene Nleallajar
participant
Iris
participant
Roy Prior
participant
Ruby Sibley
participant
Uncle Frank Daniel Anderson
participant
Rachel Atkinson
participant
Allan Palm Island
participant
Goonyun Anderson
participant
Haley Wetzel
participant
Ida Richardson
participant
Clay Alfred
participant
Patricia Doyle
participant
Playgroup Staff
participant
Agnes Watton
participant
Jeanie Sam
participant
Aunty Ethel Taylor Robertson
participant
Aunty Iris May Whitey
participant
Marjoyie Burns
participant
Cyndel Louise Pryor
participant
Elsa Watson
participant
Gurtrude Grace Richardson
participant
Winifred Obah
participant
Rangers and Elders Conversation
participant
Jess Smit
participant
Jenni Calcraft
participant
Themes the storytellers carry
Pooled from their interviews, only from analyses that passed anti-fabrication grading
- Community Resilience ×32
- Cultural Identity ×18
- Traditional Knowledge ×13
- Kinship Systems ×12
- Education Access ×7
- Community Governance ×6
- Connection To Country ×6
- Youth Empowerment ×6
- Healing And Trauma ×6
- Cultural Protocols ×5
In their own words
Verbatim, sourced, no fabrications
“"Bwgcolman" means "many tribes, one people."”
Explaining the meaning of Bwgcolman as foundational to understanding the collective vision
“This change has been decades in the making.”
Acknowledging the long history of advocacy for community control
“Bwgcolman Healing Service”
The new name for the Primary Health Centre after extensive community consultation
“extensive consultation with the Palm Island community and the Elders' Advisory Group”
Process undertaken before the name change was implemented
“We grew up to listen and taught how to be respected”
Discussing core values instilled through upbringing
“I pay my respect to the Durr people here in the country for having us here”
Acknowledging traditional owners and showing cultural protocol
“I love Palm”
Ruby's expression of deep affection for Palm Island as her home compared to Townsville
“We go see the parents, ask why the kid's not at school”
Ruby describes her work with the local school engaging parents about child attendance