Contributors
Ella Noah Bancroft is a descendent of the peoples of the Bundjalung nation and has bloodlines to England, Poland and Scotland. Indigenous change-maker, artist, storyteller, mentor and founder of The Returning and Yhi Collective, Ella Noah Bancroft is an active advocate for The Decolonisation movement. Through her writing and work Ella has been promoting re-wilding, the rise of the female energy, as a way back to deep relationship nature and decolonizing personal, social and ecological well-being for 10 years. She is widely respected amongst her community and believes in local communities with local economies as a way to find hope for the health of our planet and people.
Johanna Bowedes
Johanna is a dream manifester and igniter of soul fires. She is a permaculture gardener, pickler, homeschool mum and Rewilder of Women. She runs Seven Sisters Journeys which is a conscious travel and adventure business incorporating First Nations wisdom and believes our relationship and reciprocity to land is paramount. She also runs Rewilding Women Retreats and feels that feminism is the only way forward.
Jane Bennett is a semi-retired independent consultant with experience in Aboriginal health, biodiversity conservation, public policy, community development and life. She has been an anthropological ecologist (working with various primates including people) and has had a longstanding interest in female dominance hierarchy. Working in the Australian public service for many years has been a great environment to observe the pathways and barriers for women in power. She is currently developing women's circles and trips through Seven Sisters Journeys.
Lyndsay Urquhart is a Koori Munkata Yuin woman growing up in the Dharawal community of western Sydney. Passionate about remembering and sharing her cultures with her family and as a teacher of Indigenous arts, Lyndsay is a public education guide. As a practising Indigenous oral historian, Lyndsay works as a documentary filmmaker as a way of preserving and sharing important information and perspectives. Lyndsay works as a curator and as a multidisciplinary artist in the area of communications, so as to share and help educate communities about the world’s oldest continuing cultures.
Ruby will be running a self defence workshop to help teach you how to defend yourselves against the most common attacks you may face. Topics will include fundamental close quarters self defence techniques, de-escalation methods, using situational awareness as a preventative measure and how to manage the fight or flight response + emotions that accompany high stress confrontations.
Merindah Funnell is a Tubba-Ga woman from the Wiradjuri Nation. Merindah is an Aboriginal Artist practicing culture within her art, ranging from large-scale murals to illustrations such Dharawal Counting and Colouring, of which she is a published author. Her clients include the Museum of Contemporary Arts, Sydney Festival, Redfern Community Centre, VIVID Festival, and Subsonic Music Festival.