The Rev’d Aunty Lenore Parker: NAIDOC Week 2023

“Bishop Arthur Malcolm [the first Aboriginal Bishop] took us out to Nungalinya College for praise and worship one Saturday evening; he took us out there and we had this great time, singing and dancing. The didgeridoo was playing, the clapsticks; that was when I saw the Scriptures were danced into the church being played by the didgeridoo and the clapsticks, and I saw that for the first time. I felt good, we all felt good and proud,” says The Rev’d Aunty Lenore Parker in this special “For our Elders” NAIDOC Week interview

First Nations Engagement and Development Advisor Howie Vandyke speaking at Harmony Day at St John's Cathedral in 2023

Q&A with Anglicare First Nations Engagement and Development Advisor, keen surfer and beach angler, and father, Yaegl, Gumbaynngirr and Bundjalung man, Howie Vandyke

Meet Howie Vandyke and find out about his work goals, faith and spirituality, totems, secret skill, thoughts on National Reconciliation Week and the Uluru Statement, and what film makes him nostalgic

We'd love to have more First Nations Peoples join us!

Proud Bundjalung, Yaegl and Gumbaynggirr man and Anglicare Cultural Capability Facilitator, Howie Vandyke, encourages more First Nations Peoples to join the Anglicare Southern Queensland team: “It’s a really responsible role to have and it’s quite significant, actually. If you are looking after elders, you basically have access to hundreds of years of information…it’s a very humbling position to be in”

Yaegl people

The Rev’d Aunty Lenore Parker: NAIDOC Week 2023

Q&A with Anglicare First Nations Engagement and Development Advisor, keen surfer and beach angler, and father, Yaegl, Gumbaynngirr and Bundjalung man, Howie Vandyke

We'd love to have more First Nations Peoples join us!