Remote Aboriginal Youth Go online with New Webpages (fwd)

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Media Release

3rd Feb 2004

Remote Aboriginal Youth Go online with New Webpages

A series of web-pages, created by young Aboriginal people in Central
Australia was launched this week. The unique 'Outbush' pages 9on the
Deadly mob website) feature the music, stories, interviews, video and
photography of young Aboriginal people from communities surrounding
Alice Springs.

The aim of the Youth Out Bush Tour was to raise awareness of new media
technologies, particularly the internet, in these communities.
Workshops were conducted o­n using email, web browsing, using digital
cameras, web cams and image manipulation software.

The tour was just o­ne of many projects that make up the Deadly Mob
organisation (auspiced by the Gap Youth Centre Aboriginal Corporation)
in Alice Springs. Deadly Mob also run an Internet Café for indigenous
youth in Alice Springs and have developed a Deadly Mob website which
features free web-mail, a workplace search engine and now remote
community pages.

Communities visited included: Utju, Ntaria, Yuendumu, Titjikala, Docker
River, Finke, Kintore, Papunya, Ikuntji, Nyirrpi, Alekarenge and
Ampilwatwatja.

The Youth Out Bush pages are a place for young people in remote
communities to upload and browse songs, stories, videos (to be
uploaded) and photography relevant to their lives. Given the serious
lack of engaging indigenous youth content o­n the web, the site has
already become extremely popular with the kids.

Visit the community pages at http://www.deadlymob.org/outbush
View the Language datashow at:
http://www.deadlymob.org/col2_ob.cfm?randid=413061

Media contact: Jason Gibson 0427774469, 08 89524955, jay at deadlymob.org