Sense of direction for young at Yallambee
IN a small part of Mount Isa, close to city centre is a small street that is only 100m long with a long indigenous history.
Yallambee reserve is made up of 50 people from a number of families and community leaders are trying to reconnect the young people to culture.
Assistant Priest at the Good Shepherd Parish in Mount Isa, Fr Emene Kelemete has spent the past year working with the Yallambee community and the elders to re-engage the younger generation with culture and language.
One of the projects was to
get the kids planting native trees that will not only help beautify the street but provide them with some bush tucker that can be eaten.
This was done with the assistance of the Mount Isa City Council who not only provided the plants but helped research plants that were culturally appropriate for the community.
He said the kids have been involved with planting trees as a slow change, but a positive change. Fr Emene hoped that the native tree planting was a small step for elders to get culture back.