Meet the Mob

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Powerful profiles of Aboriginal people from the Hunter region of New South Wales.

ABC Newcastle NSW


    • Feb 4, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 14m AVG DURATION
    • 50 EPISODES


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    Meet the Mob: Owen Craigie

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2016 12:14


    Footy genius in his teens, millionaire in his twenties, Owen Craigie had a dream footy career then gambled it all away.

    Meet the Mob: Bev Manton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2016 14:59


    Tired but not resting, Bev Manton was the first female chair of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council.

    Meet the Mob: Nathan Towney

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2016 15:12


    Nathan Towney left professional rugby league to tackle teaching, now he's got the top job at a historic public High School.

    Meet the Mob: Matty Morgan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2016 13:31


    Indigenous language, gay rights, and social media - at 26 Gamilaroi man Matty Morgan is packing a lot into life.

    Meet the Mob: Pat Hansson

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2015 15:17


    For an award-winning vineyard in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, the expertise of an Aboriginal viticulturalist underpins its success in organic food production.

    Meet the Mob: Fiona Manton

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2015 10:18


    "This is my traditional land and I'm a traditional owner. I've worked with national parks before and I was here when the Worimi Conservation Lands were first started up. I just love the land."

    Meet the Mob: Victor Wright

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2015 13:02


    "I'm not waking up in the morning afraid of where I'm going. I'm happy. I can see something at the end of the rainbow."

    Meet the Mob: Mark Lock

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2015 15:20


    "I got a cheque for three dollars when I was a little boy. I don't know who did that but I really value that three dollars. It came through good committee processes about giving financial independence to Aboriginal people."

    Meet the Mob: Leonie Whyman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2015 14:35


    Meet the Mob: Toby Whaleboat

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2015 15:46


    "I come from a community that sings a lot, they sing everywhere in the Torres Strait Islands. Once I came down here to Newcastle I needed to be involved in the singing community."

    Meet the Mob: Tat Whaleboat

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2015 16:59


    "I was 24, I hadn't ever been out of Queensland and my boss said 'We want 10 Torres Strait Islander boys to do all the concrete sleepers from Maitland to Sydney. I'd never heard of Maitland before."

    Meet the Mob: Tammy Gordon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2015 14:19


    "I just love the way when I teach dance the kids connect with culture and they feel proud. At first they're a little bit scared, but I explain to them that their ochre is like their armour, like a body shield."

    Meet the Mob: Rod Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2015 14:36


    "Over the last, let's say 30 years or 50 years, how many Aboriginal people's dreams and goals have been killed with that word 'shame'? The word 'shame' should be crossed out altogether."

    Meet the Mob: John 'Choc' Anderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2015 16:45


    "I got the nickname Choc from the boys I used to hang around with at Darby Street in Newcastle. As a matter of fact, I once said to Anthony Mundine 'Hey listen, I'm the original Choc, not you'."

    Meet the Mob: Ben McLelland

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2015 15:53


    "I was meant to be in Japan for two years and earn a lot of money. I was only there three months but I had to come back when my dad committed suicide."

    Meet the Mob: Trevor Jaye Simpson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2015 13:03


    Meet the Mob: Paul Callaghan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2015 16:08


    "I made a decision one day - either do I end my life, or do I actually rebuild my life based on my values and my beliefs? And that is what I chose to do."

    Meet the Mob: Kandelka Knox

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2015 15:13


    Meet the Mob: Donna Fernando

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2015 12:29


    "It's time that we take those stories out of the books and put them into a space that people can engage in."

    Meet the Mob: Tazmyne Luschwitz, Jacqui Edwards, Aaron McGrady and Heath Gibbs.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2015 16:00


    Meet the Mob: Celebrating NAIDOC week with Professor Peter Radoll and Jill Emberson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2015 44:52


    Meet the Mob: Scott Franks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2015 0:16


    "It's a pretty significant native title claim that's been registered and nothing like that has ever been done in the Hunter Valley basin."

    Meet the Mob: Jeanine Pascoe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2015 14:59


    "I think alot of them feel they are looked down on. It takes a while for them to come out, gain confidence and succeed"

    Meet the Mob: Professor Peter Radoll

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2015 15:40


    "My story is not uncommon for Aboriginal leaders in the higher education space. There are plenty of us who have been tradespeople that have come through to be full professors."

    Meet the Mob: Raylene Gordon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2015 13:36


    Meet the Mob: Clarinda Masters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2015 14:12


    "Our youth has a lot of potential. There's a lot of young people that just need that one person to believe in them."

    Meet the Mob: Ron Robinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2015 9:26


    "Being a fair skinned, mum from day dot put it in me: 'you're an Aboriginal boy, don't let anyone take it away from you'."

    Meet the Mob: Mitchell Clegg

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2015 11:12


    Meet the Mob: Michelle Knight

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2015 11:45


    "I have a very happy, well adjusted teenager who up until six years ago had only ever seen his mother drunk."

    Meet the Mob: Damian Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2015 13:59


    "It was as though I woke up that day, it was like the first day of my life."

    Meet the Mob: Petra Franks

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2015 12:11


    "I could see what was wrong and I feel like the most rewarding thing would be to contribute to a better future."

    Meet the Mob: Zelma Moran

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2015 13:09


    "One day I thought, is this going to be my life? Just sitting in four walls and not getting out there."

    Meet the Mob: Deborah Swan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2015 12:13


    Meet the Mob: Tammy Wright

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2014 12:36


    "I lost all memory, lost speech, couldn't walk. I was paralysed. I delved deep within and got some advice from Elders about alternative healing practices."

    Meet the Mob: John Schultz

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2014 12:39


    "By the time I'm finished I should have my own house, two cars and probably about three kids. I haven't told the girlfriend about that yet."

    Meet the Mob: John Schultz

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2014 12:39


    "By the time I'm finished I should have my own house, two cars and probably about three kids. I haven't told the girlfriend about that yet."

    Meet the Mob: Lyn Slockee

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2014 15:29


    "When I make my doctor's appointment they say 'Lyn, do you want to come in at 11 o'clock?' I say 'Forget it, bingo starts at 11'."

    Meet the Mob: Darren Slockee

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2014 11:56


    "I didn't think I had a problem. I was playing footy and I'd go and train and then after training I'd be drinking. The night before games. After the game. It was taking over my life."

    Meet the Mob: Stanley Moylan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2014 14:52


    Meet the Mob: Anita Barker

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2014 14:11


    "When Ernie Dingo found out I was Aboriginal, he was really supportive. There weren't many of us Kooris around ABC TV at the time."

    Meet the Mob: Annissa Hooper

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2014 14:34


    "I was broken, I was hurt, I was angry and the only thing that helped me out was alcohol and drugs."

    Meet the Mob: Wade Mahoney

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2014 15:10


    "It's a birthright to remain connected to communities, culture and to their histories."

    Meet the Mob: Brooke Roach

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2014 15:25


    "I was born with perforated eardrums. I had five perforations in my left side and seven in my right side. I couldn't hear at all, I just thought everyone couldn't."

    Meet the Mob: Lynelda Tippo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2014 13:37


    Meet the Mob: Delece Manton

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2014 13:56


    "I'm a fisher girl, the most relaxing time is when I've got that line in the water and you're just sitting there thinking."

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