Welcome to Making It Our Business
This site supports the NSW Government’s commitment to increase employment and strengthen professional and career development opportunities for Aboriginal people in the public sector by:
- Improving the recruitment experience for Aboriginal people
- Valuing and retaining Aboriginal employees
- Helping Aboriginal employees build careers in the public sector
Art Credit
Cover artwork:
“Sacred meeting medicine leaf”
This story is about a sacred meeting for the betterment of humans, plants, animals and nature.
The “U” shapes are people sitting; the different colours mean they are different people of different cultures from all over the world. They have no weapons or money or ulterior motives.
Each individual brings only knowledge and inspiration to share. From this meeting the knowledge flows back to where they come from, represented by the four rivers. It flows back to the next generation, symbolised by my children’s hand prints. The black, red and yellow colours are for the Aboriginal people of Australia and the green and gold are showing that all Australians will benefit from this kind of meeting.
Coming from the centre are gum leaves, which are good medicine, like this story.
Artist: Jeremy Mudjai Devitt
Nations: Nganyaywana, Gumbainga, Daingutti, Irish, Scottish and English
Country: Northern Tablelands North East Coast NSW
Skin: Bangadi
Skin name: Djapana
Acknowledgements: Uncle Joseph Baird Wallace and Uncle Peter Manabaru
All header photographs by Murray Vanderveer.