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Visited sobering & tragic #Wybalenna (Flinders Isl): site of most deaths of #Aboriginal Tasmanians in custody (> 100 in ~ 2 yrs)

This is chief #Manakalina of the #truwulway of #lumaranatana, the only #Aboriginal person with a monument

Everyone else just dumped & graves pilfered for 'curiosities'
July 11, 2026 at 2:14 AM
ansto.bsky.social
We will contribute to a new NHMRC grant to Dr Alana Gall, a Truwulway woman of Southern Cross University who will lead a research program focused on First Peoples' Cultural Medicines in Australian healthcare. The project supports an Australian research priority. www.ansto.gov.au/news/ansto-c...
Dr Alana Gall will lead a research project on traditional Indigenous bush medicines, such as sandalwood tree seeds.
February 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
medicalxpress.com.web.brid.gy
Could bush medicine in Medicare spell better health for First Peoples?
Health outcomes for Indigenous people could be drastically improved by increasing access to cultural medicines through Medicare and the PBS, says Southern Cross University researcher and proud Truwulway woman, Dr. Alana Gall.
medicalxpress.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
craigling.bsky.social
Southern Cross University senior researcher Alana Gall, a Truwulway and Litamirimina woman, says bush medicine — also known as cultural medicine — has been used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people “since the beginning of time”.
www.abc.net.au/news/health/...
'Oldest continually practised medicine' being passed on to students
Aboriginal Australians have used native plants as bush medicine for tens of thousands of years. On Larrakia land, medical students are learning how nature can heal.
www.abc.net.au
July 6, 2026 at 2:52 AM