Pieces of Wisdom

Capturing Our Histories is a collection of podcasts featuring local, Dubbo Aboriginal Elders telling their stories, lessons and histories. We hope to share the connectedness of yarning and appreciation for our local First Nations' culture to gain a sense of understanding, empathy and connectedness to local Elders lives and experiences. Our guests in the episode are Aunty Margaret Walker, Aunty Joanne Carr & Aunty Janet Toomey.

Capturing Our Histories is a collection of podcasts featuring local, Dubbo Aboriginal Elders telling their stories, lessons and histories. We hope to share the connectedness of yarning and appreciation for our local First Nations' culture to gain a sense of understanding, empathy and connectedness to local Elders lives and experiences. Our guest in this episode is Ronnie 'Rambo' Gibbs - NSWRL Premiership-winning rugby league player and passionate educational advocate.

Capturing Our Histories is a collection of podcasts featuring local, Dubbo Aboriginal Elders telling their stories, lessons and histories. We hope to share the connectedness of yarning and appreciation for our local First Nations' culture to gain a sense of understanding, empathy and connectedness to local Elders lives and experiences. Our guest in this episode is Riverbank Frank Doolan - local Dubbo Elder and Aboriginal advocate.

In this episode of Pieces of Wisdom I interview Matthew Dickerson, candidate in the upcoming Dubbo Regional Council election. Mr Dickerson shares his motivations for running for council and his plans for Dubbo.

Ben Shields, Mayor of the Dubbo Region, shares his thoughts on campaigning and change with Finn and how young people can make an impact in their communities. Mayor Shields shares his struggles and joys throughout his campaigning period, paves the way for a more collaborative future as the first Mayor of the Dubbo Region, and talks about his views on cooperation between all levels of government now and into the future.

As a bonus episode of Pieces of Wisdom, Councillor and Deputy Mayor Stephen Lawrence discusses the journey he undertook in making a drug rehabilitation centre in Dubbo a reality. As another interesting Piece of Wisdom is shared, Councillor Lawrence imparts the difficulties that the community is facing and why such an essential piece of infrastructure is needed for Dubbo and the surrounding regions.

In Episode 10 of Pieces of Wisdom, Finn Randell undertakes an amazing journey with Parkes Federal MP Mark Coulton. His wisdom from years of having a massive stake in the affairs of the country means his imparted Piece of Wisdom is fuelled by in-depth knowledge of the citizens of his electorate and the problems that young people particularly are facing in this modern day and age.

The 9th episode of Pieces of Wisdom has an amazing interviewee, former Minister for Regional Development, Fiona Nash. Fiona reveals insightful information on her backstory and gives some useful advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. A strong leader, Fiona Nash delivers an inspiring Piece of Wisdom on how to be successful.

The first episode of Season Two of Pieces of Wisdom brings us to talk to Mervyn Bishop, the first ever and highly influential Aboriginal press photographer. He and his photos, among which famously reside Gough Whitlam handing the deeds of the land over to Vincent Lingiari, played a massive role in the shift of perspective of how the European people saw Aboriginal people. This inspiring interview, along with his sound piece of wisdom is sure to keep you intrigued right to the very last minute.

Our second episode of 2019! We interviewed Dugald Saunders, Nationals candidate for Dubbo for the 2019 state election. We chatted about politics and his experiences with regional and local radio. His Piece of Wisdom was incredibly inspiring and we hope you find it that way as well.

Today in this episode with Mathew Dickerson, we talk to him about his leadership journey, what Dubbo needs and what leadership means to him. His Piece Of Wisdom was inspiring! So thank you to Mathew Dickerson for coming and joining us.

Hello everyone and a happy new year! In this interview, we talk to DCFM morning show presenter and former Dubbo councillor, Richard Mutton. He gave us some very insightful pieces of information that we found interesting and we think that you will too.

In episode 4 of our podcast, Pieces of Wisdom, we are honoured to interview a nationally renowned and famous artist whose heritage lies in Dubbo… Mojo Juju!!! This was a very interesting interview with not only one interviewee, but two, as we were joined by Mojo's bass player and collaborator, Yeo! Mojo had a very interesting piece of wisdom we hope you all will enjoy. Her heart-warming stories surprised and pleased us. It only goes to show how far Dubbo can go in diversity and difference.

In episode three of our podcast, Pieces of Wisdom, we interview Troy Grant, Member for Dubbo, Minister for Police, and Minister for Emergency Services. We talk to him about everything from his childhood in Maitland, to his two Commissioner's Commendation for Courage awards and his views on justice. We were moved by his stories and appreciated his words of wisdom.

Carrigan and Finn here! In this episode, we interview Dubbo Regional Councillor Jane Diffey about Clare's Angels, Rett Syndrome and her call to leadership. We were really inspired by the Piece of Wisdom she gave us and hope that it will inspire you too. It was a great to meet such an inspirational local leader and hope you find her journey as engaging as we did.

Stephen Lawrence is Country Labor's candidate for Dubbo in the 2018 state election. He is also part of the Dubbo Council. We discuss everything from his childhood in Griffith, to his experience as a barrister, to traveling to Afghanistan and getting a medal from the Australian Government. Tune in to hear this episode, packed with Stephen Lawrence’s pieces of wisdom.