Surrounded by the stringybark forest of Northeast Arnhem Land, a group of Yolngu cultural educators are passing on knowledge of bush medicine to a new wave of First Nations doctors.
"It is the stories of the waterways. The fresh water and the salt water. And the songlines that are connected to each and every tree. Everything blends."
Larrakia traditional owner Richard Fejo is the senior elder on campus at Flinders University. As a member of Stolen Generations, he is passionate about improving the health outcomes of Indigenous Australians.
He says he has taken immense joy out of seeing the students graduate with bush medicine knowledge saying, "everything we're doing here in the cultural space is about improving the doctor-patient relationship. This is how we contribute to making better health outcomes. A complete different and new class of doctor".
