Campfire Healing Indigenous Corporation

04/11/2026

💧🏠 THREE YEARS ON — URANDANGI FAMILIES ARE STILL WAITING TO RETURN HOME TO COUNTRY!🖤💛❤️

Thank you to North West Queensland for continuing to shine a light on the heartbreaking situation facing Urandangi residents, almost three years after the devastating floods.

For many Warluwarra families, Urandangi is not just a township — it is HOME. It is Country, culture, family, identity and belonging.

Yet families remain displaced, homes and essential infrastructure still need attention, and serious concerns continue about access to safe drinking water and the future of the community.

The Urandangi and Marmanya Indigenous Reference Groups, alongside Traditional Owners and community members, have been advocating for answers, accountability and a coordinated plan to rebuild.

Three years is far too long for families to be waiting to return home.

We are calling for:
💧 Safe and reliable drinking water
🏠 Restoration of homes and essential community infrastructure
🔥 Adequate water and infrastructure for emergency services
🤝 Genuine consultation with Warluwarra Traditional Owners and affected families
❤️ A clear, funded plan to support families to return home to Country

Campfire Healing Indigenous Corporation remains committed to supporting the IRGs through secretariat and administrative assistance as they lead their own community advocacy.

Urandangi has a history. Urandangi has people. Urandangi deserves a future.

We encourage everyone to read and share this important ABC story. Help keep the voices of Urandangi families heard.

📰 READ THE ABC NORTH WEST QUEENSLAND ARTICLE:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-05/urandangi-residents-cannot-return-three-years-after-floods/107342290

Our people should not have to fight for the basic essentials needed to live safely on their own Country.

More than three years after floods destroyed the remote outback town of Urandangi, residents still cannot return home, with the local council unable to fund essential rebuilds.

03/11/2026

🔥 REMINDER – DIGITAL DREAMING SKILLS WORKSHOP THIS THURSDAY! 💻📱

❤️💛🖤 DON’T BE SHAME – COME AND LEARN WITH US!

Following a great start to our first workshop, Campfire Healing Indigenous Corporation, in partnership with Mount Isa City Library and Mount Isa City Council, invites you to our next FREE Digital Dreaming Skills Workshop!

📅 Thursday 5 November 2026
⏰ 10:30am – 11:30am
📍 Mount Isa City Library

📱 Need help using your mobile phone?
📧 Struggling with emails or attachments?
💻 Want to learn how to use myGov?
🔐 Worried about online scams?

We’re here to help you use your technology more easily, quickly and confidently!

✨ No experience needed! Learn at your own pace in a friendly, relaxed and supportive environment.

🙌 FREE – Everyone welcome!

📞 Call 0488 734 459 to register.

🤝 Service providers, please share with your clients, Elders, families and community networks.

🔥 Don’t be shame to ask for help – that’s what we’re here for!

🔥 OUR NEXT DIGITAL DREAMING SKILLS WORKSHOP IS COMING UP! 💻📱

Following our first successful workshop, Campfire Healing Indigenous Corporation is excited to welcome more community members to our next FREE Digital Dreaming Skills Workshop, in partnership with Mount Isa City Council!

🖤💛❤️ Everyone is welcome!

Whether you’re learning to use your mobile phone, managing emails or wanting to feel safer online, we’re here to help!

📅 Thursday 5 November 2026
⏰ 10:30am – 11:30am
📍 Mount Isa City Library

💻 What can you learn?

📱 Basic mobile phone skills
📧 Managing emails and attachments
🔐 Staying safe online
⚠️ Recognising scams and suspicious messages
💻 Using myGov and online services

✨ No experience needed! Our sessions are relaxed, friendly and hands-on, with support at your own pace.

📞 To register, call 0488 734 459.

🤝 Service providers, please help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity with your clients, Elders, families and community networks.

Every little step builds digital confidence, and we’d love to see more of our community getting involved!

🔥 Campfire Healing Indigenous Corporation

03/11/2026

🔥❤️💛🖤 OUR DATA. OUR STORIES. OUR CULTURE. OUR RIGHT TO DECIDE.

Campfire Healing Indigenous Corporation welcomes the news that Laureate Professor Marcia Langton AO will convene the First Nations Data Governance & Sovereignty Forum this November.

This is an important conversation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia.

For too long, information about our people, our communities, our cultures and our Country has been collected, researched and used without our people having meaningful control over how that information is managed or shared.

First Nations Data Sovereignty is about ensuring our people have a voice, authority and ownership in decisions concerning our information.

At Campfire Healing, we strongly believe that community-led decision-making, cultural governance and self-determination must remain at the heart of everything we do.

Whether it’s community consultations, healing programs, research or measuring outcomes, our communities must have a say in how their stories are collected, protected, interpreted and shared.

👏 We acknowledge Professor Marcia Langton AO and everyone contributing to this important national conversation.

🔥 Nothing about our communities without our communities.

Laureate Professor Marcia Langton AO is set to convene the First Nations Data Governance & Sovereignty Forum this month, bringing together Indigenous leaders, policymakers, researchers and technol...

02/11/2026

🔥 CALLING ALL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PROFESSIONAL MENTORS ACROSS FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND! ❤️💛🖤

🌿 OCHRE Professional Mentors – Expression of Interest

Campfire Healing Indigenous Corporation, in partnership with the
TAFE Centre of Excellence Health Care and Support, is seeking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are passionate about sharing their cultural knowledge, professional experience and leadership skills to mentor the next generation of First Nations community leaders.

We are looking for mentors from Cairns, Yarrabah and surrounding Far North Queensland communities to support students undertaking the Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management, fully funded by the Centre to provide existing workers with leadership and management skills.

🤝 WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We would love to hear from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with leadership and management experience in:

✅ Cultural knowledge, community leadership and mentoring
✅ Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services
✅ Health and mental health services
✅ NDIS and disability support
✅ Community services and management
✅ Leadership, workforce development and career pathways

🔥 WHAT WILL MENTORS DO?

Mentors will provide cultural guidance, encouragement, professional knowledge and practical support to help students build their confidence, leadership skills and career pathways.

📍 Location: Cairns, Yarrabah and Far North Queensland

📅 Commitment: Fortnightly mentoring throughout the pilot program

🪪 Requirements: Current Queensland Blue Card or eligibility to obtain one

❤️ Your knowledge, experience and cultural leadership could make a real difference in someone's journey.

📧 EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST TODAY!

Email [email protected] and tell us a little about yourself, your cultural or professional experience and your interest in mentoring.

📣 FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND NETWORKS – PLEASE SHARE!
We encourage Aboriginal organisations, health services, community-controlled organisations, Elders, community leaders and professional networks to share this opportunity with suitable people.

Mentor. Lead. Empower. 🔥

The TAFE Centre of Excellence Health Care and Support, led by TAFE Queensland, is a joint initiative between the Australian and Queensland Governments.

On Country. For Community. Led by Culture. Strengthening Community. Building Capacity. Walking Together. Delivering cultural healing, workforce and community-led solutions across North West & Far North QLD.

29/10/2026

🔥 SAFE CIRCLES – GATHERING AROUND THE FIRE: OUR FIRST CIRCLE ❤️💛🖤

Connection Without Pressure

Campfire Healing Indigenous Corporation invites eligible young people aged 12–25 to join us for our very first Safe Circles gathering!

Safe Circles is a culturally grounded, trauma-informed program supporting young people who are using or experiencing domestic, family or sexual violence.

🌿 You don’t have to tell your story to belong.

Our first gathering is all about getting to know one another, building friendships and creating a welcoming space where everyone can feel comfortable and connected.

🔥 WHAT’S HAPPENING?

❤️ Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country
🤝 Cultural introductions and getting to know one another
🍲 Shared meal and informal connection
🌿 Creating respectful group agreements together
🎨 Introduction to our upcoming cultural workshops, activities and Healing on Country camps

📅 EVENT DETAILS

Tuesday 17 November 2026
🕙 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
📍 Campfire Healing Indigenous Corporation
53 Barkly Highway, Miles End, Mount Isa

❤️ REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

Participation is voluntary and free for eligible young people. A confidential intake will be arranged before attending.

Young people can enquire directly, and referrals from schools, youth services and community organisations are welcome.

📞 0488 734 459
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.campfirehealing.org

Safe • Choice-Led • Culturally Grounded • Connection-Focused

Proudly funded by the Queensland Government.


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29/10/2026

🔥 OUR NEXT DIGITAL DREAMING SKILLS WORKSHOP IS COMING UP! 💻📱

Following our first successful workshop, Campfire Healing Indigenous Corporation is excited to welcome more community members to our next FREE Digital Dreaming Skills Workshop, in partnership with Mount Isa City Council!

🖤💛❤️ Everyone is welcome!

Whether you’re learning to use your mobile phone, managing emails or wanting to feel safer online, we’re here to help!

📅 Thursday 5 November 2026
⏰ 10:30am – 11:30am
📍 Mount Isa City Library

💻 What can you learn?

📱 Basic mobile phone skills
📧 Managing emails and attachments
🔐 Staying safe online
⚠️ Recognising scams and suspicious messages
💻 Using myGov and online services

✨ No experience needed! Our sessions are relaxed, friendly and hands-on, with support at your own pace.

📞 To register, call 0488 734 459.

🤝 Service providers, please help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity with your clients, Elders, families and community networks.

Every little step builds digital confidence, and we’d love to see more of our community getting involved!

🔥 Campfire Healing Indigenous Corporation

29/10/2026

📖❤️💛🖤 OUR STORIES MATTER – THE STORIES THAT SHAPE US

On 14 September 2026, our CEO had the opportunity to drop into The Stories That Shape Us workshop with Natalie Stockdale, held at the Mount Isa City Council Library.

It was wonderful to have a yarn with the Library team about the possibility of bringing something similar to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community across Mount Isa.

We know that “memoirs” might not be the word we commonly use in our communities, but storytelling has always been part of who we are. 🌿

It got us thinking about how valuable it would be to help our people learn to write and preserve their own stories, particularly the stories of our Elders.

❤️ Imagine being able to sit with our Elders, listen to their journeys and help put their stories into words while they are still here to share them.

And when the time comes to farewell our loved ones, having the knowledge and confidence to write a meaningful eulogy that truly honours their life, their journey, their family and their legacy.

Sometimes we don’t realise how much of our family history is lost when our Elders pass on.

We’re hoping to explore this opportunity further through our Ngurru Mirrka Women’s Group, working alongside the Mount Isa City Council Library.

🙏🏾 Thank you to Natalie Stockdale and the Library team for the conversation and inspiration.

📢 STAY POSTED! We’re excited about what we might be able to bring to our community.

Our stories deserve to be told, written down and passed on to the next generation. ❤️💛🖤


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