In support of DFAT's Indigenous Diplomacy Agenda, the Australian High Commission Singapore presents Australian Aboriginal Elders Wisdom Webinar session with Aunty Bilawara Lee, Senior Elder of the Larrakia Nation, Northern Territory. A recipient of the Female Elder of the Year 2021 NAIDOC Awards in Darwin and the first and only Larrakia Academic in Residence at Charles Darwin University, Aunty Bilawara will share her wisdom on Aboriginal Culture and Protocols.
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Aunty Bilawara Lee is a highly respected Elder of the Larrakia Nation. For the past three years, she has been steadfastly committed to reviving the Larrakia language. This has included teaching Australiaโs Governor General and the Northern Territoryโs Administrator an Acknowledgement to Country in Larrakia Language. A recipient of the Female Elder of the Year Award in the 2021 NAIDOC Awards in Darwin, Aunty Bilawara is an internationally published author of two books (Star Dreaming and Healing from the Dilly Bag), and the first and only Larrakia Academic in Residence at Charles Darwin University. She also chairs the Menzies Child Health Divisionโs Indigenous Reference Group. Aunty Bilawara is the Australian Aboriginal representative on the International Indigenous Grandmothers Council, who are recognised as the wisdom keepers of the world of ancient sacred knowledge.
Aunty Bilawara is acknowledged and respected internationally as a Healer and Teacher of the ancient wisdoms of Aboriginal Spirituality and Healing, cross-cultural communication and Larrakia cultural protocols. She represents Australia on the International Indigenous Grandmothers Council. A much-loved community communicator, Aunty Bilawara also conducts many Welcome to Country and smoking ceremonies.
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Australian Embassy representative Daniel Woods talks with Indonesian Foreign Affairs and Indonesian Customs officials, during the handover of 1,095,000 doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine to Indonesia. Photo taken in Jakarta, Indonesia, 14 December 2021.
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Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Sen the Hon Marise Payne, joins UNICEF Representative to Vietnam Rana Flowers to handover critical vaccine support (fridges, syringes and safety boxes) to Vietnam's Minister for Health Professor Nguyen Thanh Long at a ceremony at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Sen the Hon Marise Payne, hands over critical vaccine support (fridges, syringes and safety boxes) from Australia to Vietnam to Vietnam's Minister for Health Professor Nguyen Thanh Long, at a ceremony at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Sen the Hon Marise Payne, joins UNICEF Representative to Vietnam Rana Flowers (right) and Australia's Ambassador to Vietnam (left) to handover critical vaccine support (fridges, syringes and safety boxes) to Vietnam's Minister of Health Professor Nguyen Thanh Long (2nd from right) at a ceremony at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Sen the Hon Marise Payne, joins UNICEF Representative to Vietnam Rana Flowers (right) and Australia's Ambassador to Vietnam (left) to handover critical vaccine support (fridges, syringes and safety boxes) to Vietnam's Minister of Health Professor Nguyen Thanh Long (2nd from right) at a ceremony at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women Senator the Hon Marise Payne meets with HE Mr Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam during a visit to Hanoi, Vietnam on 9 November 2021. They are joined by Vietnam's Minister for Foreign Affairs HE Bui Thanh Son, the Australian delegation and representatives from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Health, Office of Government.
Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women Senator the Hon Marise Payne meets with HE Mr Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam during a visit to Hanoi, Vietnam on 9 November 2021. They are joined by Vietnam's Minister for Foreign Affairs HE Bui Thanh Son, the Australian delegation and representatives from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Health, Office of Government.
Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Sen the Hon Marise Payne (left), Vietnam's Minister of Health Professor Nguyen Thanh Long (2nd from left), UNICEF Representative to Vietnam Rana Flowers (centre), NIHE Director Dr Dang Duc Anh (2nd from right) and Australia's Ambassador to Vietnam HE Robyn Mudie (right) stand next to two of the 1,910 fridges donated Australia's assistance under the Australia-UNICEF partnership.
Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Sen the Hon Marise Payne, looks at one of the 1,910 fridges donated by Australia to Vietnam during a handover ceremony to Vietnam's Minister of Health Professor Nguyen Thanh Long with UNICEF at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Sen the Hon Marise Payne, stands with Vietnam's Minister for Health Professor Nguyen Thanh Long, next to one of the 1,910 fridges donated by Australia to Vietnam following a handover ceremony at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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