Article August 18, 2003 ISSUE

AN ABORIGINAL PERSPECTIVE

Raymond Walters

I am a traditional Anmatjere man of central Australia, and I work as a sport and recreation officer in a small Aboriginal community called Titjikala, 110km south of Alice Springs. The languages spoken here are Eastern Aranda and Yuntjutijara. I've lived in Titjikala for 18 months and have found there are wonderful dreamtime stories tied to this land. Dream-time stories are Aboriginal stories about our creation.

Mr. Johnny Briscoe is the community minister and an elder at Titjikala. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and leads Bible studies one week every three months. He also travels to other communities and to Alice Springs to participate in Bible studies. I spoke with him about his traditional beliefs and Christianity. We also talked about the film Rabbit-Proof Fence.

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