Rhianna Patrick

1 month ago | nirs.org.au | Rhianna Patrick

It was the culmination of almost a decade of work by the Council of Aboriginal Reconciliation (CAR), but even those behind the scenes couldn't have imagined how significant it would be more than two decades later.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rhianna Patrick |Rudi Bremer

On 28th May 2000, an estimated 250,000 people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge to support reconciliation. It was the largest demonstration in Australia’s history in an age before social media, before it was possible to put a call out to thousands of people with the click of a button. But how did it come together?

Mar 26, 2025 | nirs.org.au | Rhianna Patrick

Indigenous broadcaster, author and photographer. Mununjali (Beaudesert) and Wangerriburra (Mount Tamborine) man, Wayne Coolwell isn't sure how he ended up working in media, but there is no doubt he has firmly left his mark on the Australia media landscape. Born in Brisbane, Wayne lived in a tin shack out in the bush at Victoria Point where he would go crabbing with his grandfather regularly who was a big influence on this life. He then moved to Aspley where he lived with his non-biological parents.

Aug 27, 2024 | nirs.org.au | Rhianna Patrick

I was just eavesdropping on a conversation between him and my mother and he said, ‘Dear, guess what?’ We broke the world record.” And as a child, who was only about 12 or 13, it just went over my head, but that for some reason that stuck in my ear. Ruth GheeThe premiere of a groundbreaking Torres Strait Islander musical which tells the story of a world record breaking day in Western Australia will make its debut in Brisbane tonight.

Aug 6, 2024 | nirs.org.au | Rhianna Patrick

Acclaimed multidisciplinary Saibai Island artist John Harvey is heading to the United States as part of an international residency program. Mr Harvey is the inaugural winner of a First Nations writer-in-residence scholarship from the American Australian Association (AAA) and the First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN). The $US40,000 ($61,000) scholarship is a six-month artistic research residency in Boston and New York City, in partnership with Boston University.