
Wongutha Stories Podcast
Welcome to the Wongutha Stories podcast series. This podcast series is hosted by current Wongutha students who yarn with former students of Wongutha about their stories, experiences, and education journeys. We hear about their experiences of Wongutha, their transition to work after school, and what strengths they draw from in achieving their goals. The design featured in the podcast image was part of exploring stories and young people's journeys from their communities to Wongutha. Led by Gaye Graham (teacher at Wongutha), a group of young people developed designs to represent their stories and journeys. These were then brought together by Elaine Chambers from Cultural Edge Designs to represent the stories of young people from Wongutha. This design is now used on the Wongutha school shirt as well as the representation of the podcast series. This podcast series is part of an ARC Linkage project 'Preparing Aboriginal students in remote communities for life beyond school' (administered at Curtin University). The team members of this project are Prof Rhonda Oliver (Curtin University), Dr Marnee Shay (the University of Queensland), Dr Tatiana Bogachenko (Curtin University), Dr Helen McCarthy (Curtin University), and an award winning writer and film maker Boori Monty Pryor (some of his famous books are Shake a Leg, Maybe Tomorrow, My Girragundji; films Wrong Kind of Black, Brown Paper Bag). This project aims to better prepare young Aboriginal adults as they transition from the VET (Vocational Education and Training) school to life beyond school, including into the workplace. We are grateful for the ongoing support from Shane Meyer and Brendan Franzone, Wongutha Principals in 2019-2021, and for the valuable contribution of Elizabeth Jackson, an English teacher of the young people doing the interviews. With series 1 out, we keep working on producing more series for you in the near future, so stay tuned!
Episodes
26 episodes
Season Three, Episode One: Wadjareckon crew
Welcome to the third and final season of the Wongutha Stories podcast series. In this final season, every podcast starts with an Acknowledgement of Country by current Wongutha student at the time of recording, Micheesha. The intro and outro mus...
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11:58

Season Three, Episode Two: Gary
Shyeri hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Gary.We hear Gary's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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9:44

Season Three, Episode Three: Carmen
Jonelle hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Carmen.We hear Carmen's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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11:19

Season Three, Episode Four: Keith
Cameron hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Keith.We hear Keith's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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13:37

Season Three, Episode Five: Paul
Cameron hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Paul Cox.We hear Paul's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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10:11

Season Three, Episode Six: Brendan and Rhonda
In this episode, Rhonda and Brendan yarn about the development of this project - how it all started and how it went.
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15:20

Season Three, Episode Seven: Helen and Lissy
In this episode, Helen and Lissy yarn about working with the young people at Wongutha during the project.
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15:43

Season Three, Episode Eight: Auntie Gaye
In this episode, Auntie Gaye yarns about her storying art project with the young people at Wongutha that resulted in the design of a school t-shirt, while having coffee with Tatiana.
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4:29

Season Two, Episode One: Connie, Leon and Pedro
Welcome to the second season of the Wongutha Stories podcast series. This podcast series is hosted by current Wongutha students who yarn with former students of Wongutha about their stories, experiences, and education journeys. We hear about th...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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3:43

Season Two, Episode Two: Letisha
Lindsia hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, LetishaWe hear Letisha's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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8:14

Season Two, Episode Three: Ricky
Javon hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Ricky.We hear Ricky's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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5:43

Season Two, Episode Four: Mim
Lindsia hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Mim.We hear Mim's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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4:32

Season Two, Episode Five: Leon
Micheesha hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Leon. We hear Leon's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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5:42

Season Two, Episode Six: Jennell (Nannapa)
Shyeri hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Nannapa. We hear Nannapa's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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11:18

Season Two, Episode Seven: Malcolm
Danny hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Malcolm. We hear Malcolm's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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10:57

Season Two, Episode Eight: BB
Shinelle hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, BB. We hear BB's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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5:46

Season Two, Episode Nine: TJ
Tavinia hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, TJ. We hear TJ's stories from Wongutha and journey after school.
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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5:19

Episode one: introduction
Welcome to the Wongutha Stories podcast series. This podcast series is hosted by current Wongutha students who yarn with former students of Wongutha about their stories, experiences, and education journeys. We hear about their experiences of Wo...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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13:27

Episode two - Honey and Summer
Tarlisha hosts a yarn with former Wongutha students and sisters, Honey and Summer. We hear their stories from Wongutha and about their journey after school.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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14:35

Episode three - Jesslyn
Zarelda hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Jesslyn. We hear Jesslyn's stories from Wongutha and about her journey after school.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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20:01

Episode four - Camille
Sye hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Camille. We hear Camille's stories from Wongutha and about her journey after school.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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4:04

Episode five - Ashton
Cameron hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Ashton. We hear Ashton's stories from Wongutha and about his journey after school.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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15:40

Episode six - Corey
Pedro hosts a yarn with former Wongutha student, Corey.We hear Cory's stories from Wongutha and about his journey after school.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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8:35
