In 2014, bi-cultural education on Country was a dream for the Nawarddeken people. Rangers often had to move away from their homelands to secure consistent education for their children, which threatened the intergenerational transfer of traditional ecological knowledge and practices.Today, the Nawarddeken Academy provides consistent bi-cultural education across all three permanent ranger communities in the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area. This is setting the standard for what education could look like for remote Indigenous communities, and is equipping the next generation to walk with confidence in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous worlds.

This has been a long journey, with the second and third campuses only recently approved. To celebrate this huge achievement, hundreds of people converged on the outstation community of Kabulwarnamyo in June - including dignitaries such as the Northern Territory and Federal Education Ministers. There were speeches from Elders, leaders and wurdwurd (children) alike, dancing and singing and many happy tears.