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Creating positive social change and growing new leaders.

DKA con­nects peo­ple and knowl­edges. We under­stand the impor­tance of the knowl­edge that exists in remote and region­al Aus­tralia and that we have a role in col­lect­ing, curat­ing and shar­ing that knowl­edge. We live and work across lan­guages and cul­tures and use that expe­ri­ence as the foun­da­tion of our work. The desert knowl­edge net­work is made up of ancient and endur­ing Abo­rig­i­nal knowl­edges along­side con­tem­po­rary and emerg­ing research, sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy. Through inter­twin­ing old and new knowl­edges, both are enriched and strengthened. 

Magnify Bradshaw Primary students making solar-powered grasshoppers

Build­ing and test­ing solar-pow­ered grasshoppers

Magnify Students took a tour of the DKA Solar Centre

Stu­dents toured the DKA Solar Cen­tre with an expert in renew­able energy

Magnify Students learned to use Aborginal symbols to tell their stories through painting.

Stu­dents learned to use Abo­rig­i­nal sym­bols to tell their sto­ries through painting

Magnify Lachlan from Ekistica with a budding engineer

Lach­lan from Ekisti­ca with a bud­ding engineer

Magnify Taking notes at the DKA Solar Centre

Learn­ing about renew­able ener­gy from experts in the field

Magnify Using Aboriginal symbols to tell the story of a young lifetime.

Using Abo­rig­i­nal sym­bols to tell the sto­ry of a young lifetime

Through DKA’s work in desert lead­er­ship, we

  • Con­nect peo­ple and opportunities
  • Empow­er exist­ing, emerg­ing and poten­tial Abo­rig­i­nal leaders
  • Sup­port Abo­rig­i­nal enter­prise and employment
  • Devel­op strong gov­er­nance and organ­i­sa­tion­al practices 
  • Help imple­ment strate­gies and solutions
  • Devel­op and strength­en pro­to­cols around work­ing with Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple and businesses
  • Con­nect with the peo­ple and busi­ness­es of Cen­tral Australia

Magnify Learning about bush medicine

Learn­ing about bush med­i­cine on country

Magnify The textiles room at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education

The tex­tiles room at Batch­e­lor Insti­tute of Indige­nous Ter­tiary Education

Magnify Tyson welcomes Lendlease executives to Blacktank Outstation

Tyson wel­comes Lendlease exec­u­tives to Black Tank Outstation.

Magnify Enjoying a bush food lunch from Kungkas Can Cook

Enjoy­ing a bush food lunch from Kungkas Can Cook

Magnify Networking: Precinct Elder-in-residence Harold Fuber with Lendlease's Melissa Haigh and Alice Springs Mayor Damien Ryan

Net­work­ing: Precinct Elder-in-res­i­dence Harold Fuber with Lendlease’s Melis­sa Haigh and Alice Springs May­or Damien Ryan

Magnify Lendlease executives tour the CfAT workshop

Tour­ing the CfAT workshop

Magnify Lendlease executives tour the DKA Solar Centre

Tour­ing the DKA Solar Centre

Magnify Anne teaching Melissa and Amanda about bush foods

Anne teach­es Melis­sa and Aman­da about bush food

Magnify Michael Liddle presents to Lendlease about his Codes 4 Life workshop

Michael Lid­dle presents to Lendlease about his Codes 4 Life workshop.

Magnify Suzanne, Liz and Cath from Lendlease with Jimmy Cocking (ALEC) and Dr Stephen Hagan (Batchelor)

Net­work­ing: Suzanne, Liz and Cath from Lendlease with Jim­my Cock­ing (ALEC) and Dr Stephen Hagan (Batch­e­lor)

Magnify Tyson Carmody at Blacktank Outstation

Tyson Car­mody at Black Tank Outstation

Magnify Lendlease learning on country at Blacktank Outstation

Lendlease learn­ing on coun­try at Black Tank

Stories

Codes 4 Life, Desert Leadership

Codes 4 Life: 3 focus areas in 2021

Feb 17, 2021

Building on their work from the previous year, the Codes 4 Life team outlines three key areas they will focus on in 2021.

Codes 4 Life: WOMEN, Desert Leadership, Desert Knowledge Precinct

Codes 4 Life: Women Hosts First Workshop

Nov 25, 2020

25 women gathered at the Precinct to develop prevention practices against domestic, family and sexual violence.

Codes 4 Life, Desert Leadership

Straight Talk: “I was born to do this”

Aug 21, 2020

Codes 4 Life Project Officer Wayne Scrutton shares his journey with the program.