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Yuŋgirriŋa Dorothy Bukulatjpi

Yuŋgirriŋa Dorothy BukulatjpiYuŋgirriŋa Dorothy Bukulatjpi is from the Waramirri clan. She grew up in Galiwin’ku community. When she finished working at ALPA, she started working with Yalu’. For 9 years Yuŋgirriŋa was working at Yalu’. While she was there, Yuŋgirriŋa did research with MariaYuŋgirriŋa Scarlett and Julie Brimblecombe. This was about building healthy communities. Yuŋgirriŋa finished up around 2009 and then in 2010 she started working at the Ngalkanbuy Centre, where she started a hub for children. Yuŋgirriŋa worked there for nearly another 9 years.

Yuŋgirriŋa is involved in research work with CDU researchers and Yalu’. This research is to do with intercultural communication. Yuŋgirriŋa has made presentations of their work at the Lowitja Conference in Darwin, June 2019 and the COMET conference in Adelaide, June 2019.

Yuŋgirriŋa is one of the first students to enrol in the Diploma of Indigenous Research at CDU, and through this study she is continuing to learn and support research in her community. Yuŋgirriŋa has worked on a personal research project which is about hoping and planning to see new young people rise-up, have good work and have a good qualification to build their capacity. That way they can grow their Yolngu community. They can look around and acknowledge their old people that have been working here. Now it’s the time for young people to stand up and do the work that has been passed through them, so Balanda can see what they are doing for their children and for the new generation to come.

Yuŋgirriŋa worked as researcher on the many projects including Intercultural Communication (with Emily Armstrong, CDU)(2018), CDP Participant Project (personal research project)(2019), Caring for Mum on Country (With CDU and Molly Wardaguga Research Centre)(2020), Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development: A Comparative Study between Indigenous Communities of Pakistan and the Northern Territory Australia (with University of Canberra & CDU)(2019), Autism Project (with Autism Queensland) and Nutrition Project (with Julie Brimblecombe, Menzies).