Podcasts by Meet the Mob
In Meet the Mob we head into the suburbs and towns of the Hunter region of New South Wales to get to know the local Aboriginal community.
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Meet the Mob: Owen Craigie from 2016-02-05T12:07
Footy genius in his teens, millionaire in his twenties, Owen Craigie had a dream footy career then gambled it all away.
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Meet the Mob: Bev Manton from 2016-02-01T13:46
Tired but not resting, Bev Manton was the first female chair of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council.
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Meet the Mob: Nathan Towney from 2016-01-25T12:00
Nathan Towney left professional rugby league to tackle teaching, now he's got the top job at a historic public High School.
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Meet the Mob: Matty Morgan from 2016-01-18T13:10
Indigenous language, gay rights, and social media - at 26 Gamilaroi man Matty Morgan is packing a lot into life.
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Meet the Mob: Pat Hansson from 2015-12-09T12:48
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.
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Meet the Mob: Fiona Manton from 2015-11-30T13:10
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Victor Wright from 2015-11-13T12:37
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Mark Lock from 2015-11-02T13:39
"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 independe...
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Meet the Mob: Leonie Whyman from 2015-10-26T11:52
"I don't think I'm a stereotype. I've made something for myself. I'm proud of where I am right now."
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Meet the Mob: Toby Whaleboat from 2015-10-21T12:42
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Tat Whaleboat from 2015-10-12T12:51
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Tammy Gordon from 2015-10-01T13:23
"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 ...
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Meet the Mob: Rod Smith from 2015-09-24T13:22
"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."
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Meet the Mob: John 'Choc' Anderson from 2015-09-16T13:40
"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'."
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Meet the Mob: Ben McLelland from 2015-09-11T12:32
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Trevor Jaye Simpson from 2015-08-31T13:51
"At Koori-oke here, I'm probably bound to run into someone who's related to me, so that's great."
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Meet the Mob: Paul Callaghan from 2015-08-21T13:17
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Kandelka Knox from 2015-07-23T12:02
"I feel like I just need to be stable instead of travelling everywhere now"
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Meet the Mob: Donna Fernando from 2015-07-20T12:43
"It's time that we take those stories out of the books and put them into a space that people can engage in."
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Meet the Mob: Tazmyne Luschwitz, Jacqui Edwards, Aaron McGrady and Heath Gibbs. from 2015-07-13T13:30
"I definitely want to be known as an Aboriginal Australian"
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Meet the Mob: Celebrating NAIDOC week with Professor Peter Radoll and Jill Emberson from 2015-07-06T13:11
"This is our week, this is the awesome week."
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Meet the Mob: Dorothy Wotherspoon from 2015-06-19T13:29
"We'd made history, we were simple young Aboriginal kids."
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Meet the Mob: Scott Franks from 2015-06-12T13:22
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Jeanine Pascoe from 2015-05-22T13:56
"I think alot of them feel they are looked down on. It takes a while for them to come out, gain confidence and succeed"
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Meet the Mob: Professor Peter Radoll from 2015-05-15T12:53
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Tyrell Roadley from 2015-05-08T12:41
"I told my parents I was leaving and packed my bag."
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Meet the Mob: Brian Dowd from 2015-04-17T12:48
"Newcastle nearly took my life. But it gave me my life back too."
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Meet the Mob: Raylene Gordon from 2015-04-13T13:14
"Someone told me you can't make change from the back seat, so I thought I'd better get in the front seat."
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Meet the Mob: Clarinda Masters from 2015-03-30T12:40
"Our youth has a lot of potential. There's a lot of young people that just need that one person to believe in them."
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Meet the Mob: Ron Robinson from 2015-03-16T12:48
"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'."
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Meet the Mob: Mitchell Clegg from 2015-03-09T12:37
"I started playing darts when I was 9. My dad, a Dunghutti man, played too. So did my grandfather."
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Meet the Mob: Michelle Knight from 2015-02-27T13:25
"I have a very happy, well adjusted teenager who up until six years ago had only ever seen his mother drunk."
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Meet the Mob: Damian Smith from 2015-02-10T13:34
"It was as though I woke up that day, it was like the first day of my life."
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Meet the Mob: Petra Franks from 2015-02-02T10:14
"I could see what was wrong and I feel like the most rewarding thing would be to contribute to a better future."
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Meet the Mob: Zelma Moran from 2015-01-19T11:42
"One day I thought, is this going to be my life? Just sitting in four walls and not getting out there."
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Meet the Mob: Deborah Swan from 2015-01-05T09:24
"It's being connected to your country and not just floating over it"
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Meet the Mob: Tammy Wright from 2014-11-28T13:03
"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."
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Meet the Mob: John Schultz from 2014-11-26T13:25
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Lyn Slockee from 2014-11-17T13:12
"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'."
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Meet the Mob: Darren Slockee from 2014-11-07T13:50
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Stanley Moylan from 2014-10-27T08:20
"I'm pretty done with the sad stories; I'd like to hear all good ones now."
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Meet the Mob: Anita Barker from 2014-10-20T13:24
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Annissa Hooper from 2014-09-29T13:17
"I was broken, I was hurt, I was angry and the only thing that helped me out was alcohol and drugs."
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Meet the Mob: Wade Mahoney from 2014-09-22T13:22
"It's a birthright to remain connected to communities, culture and to their histories."
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Meet the Mob: Brooke Roach from 2014-09-15T12:40
"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."
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Meet the Mob: Lynelda Tippo from 2014-08-29T13:23
"If no-one says anything or stands up to a wrong then it'll just continue"
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Meet the Mob: Delece Manton from 2014-08-26T13:50
"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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