The Yothu Yindi Foundation’s vision of delivering world-class education on country in northeast Arnhem Land has received a major boost thanks to the support of the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments.
A landmark Tripartite Agreement signed at the 2024 Garma Festival commits significant investment towards the construction of the Garma Institute, our flagship project.
Read the media release here.
The Garma Institute will be a Yolngu-owned and run tertiary and vocational education facility based at Gunyangara.
It will offer bridging programs for those aged 16 and over, and Yolngu-designed tertiary study options for Yolngu students.
The Garma Institute will be centred around a co-designed university curriculum that demonstrates the breadth and depth of Yolngu knowledge and philosophy, and will include a Keeping Place/Museum/Library for Yolngu cultural heritage, archives and resources.
It will also be home to the Dilthan Yolngu’nha (Women’s Healing) programs and facilities.
A Yolngu faculty comprising senior knowledge holders will guide curriculum development. The curriculum will be formally accredited.
The Garma Institute sits at the top of an education pipeline that provides a Yolngu-centred curriculum across the education lifecycle: Early Childhood to Primary, Secondary, VET, Bridging and Tertiary.
You can read more about our involvement in local schools here.
