LOWER RIVER MURRAY

 

OVERVIEW

The Lower River Murray, Lakes and Coorong region is home to the Ngarrindjeri Nation, who joined the Jawun network in July 2015. The Ngarrindjeri’s traditional areas extend one hour south-east of Adelaide from Mannum, and downstream through Murray Bridge and Victor Harbor and along the coast through Goolwa to Cape Jervis, including Lake Alexandrina and Yarli (Lake Albert).

In this region, there is a growing desire among Ngarrindjeri people to create a future centred on caring for country, which incorporates respect for traditions, cultural responsibility and self-determination. Current initiatives are focused on policy development and research, land management and developing a sustainable Ngarrindjeri regional economy.

WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY

FIELD TEAM

  • Regional Director

    Dave joins Jawun after eighteen years working for the Westpac Group in a variety of leadership roles across multiple divisions including Retail Banking, Margin Lending, Residential Mortgages, and Collections.

    He was heavily involved in supporting Indigenous communities over the last ten years, including as National Co-Chair of Westpac's Indigenous Employee Action Group, Brothers & Sisters, a member of Westpac's Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group, and as a Jawun secondee in Goulburn Murray in 2013 with Ganbina. Dave is a strong believer in shaping a nation in which Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians share financial equity, and led Westpac's remote Indigenous call centre, Yuri Ingkarninthi (which means Deep Listening in Kaurna language) for the past two and a half years.

    Dave holds a Bachelor of Commerce, an MBA (Finance), and a Lean Silver Belt.

    To contact David, please email dmcleod@jawun.org.au

  • General Manager, Regional Investment

    Sarah joined Jawun as Regional Director for the Lower River Murray, Lakes and Coorong, and Far West Coast Regions in South Australia in May 2019 before moving into General Manager Regional Investment role in November 2022. 

    Sarah comes to Jawun from a career in project management across the community based and higher education sectors, delivering diverse projects to support the housing, health and wellbeing needs of people sleeping rough in Adelaide. This included service delivery model review, establishment of a social enterprise to provide training and employment opportunities, and coordination of a peer-to-peer disaster resilience project, delivering safety messaging and assistance during extreme weather events to people sleeping rough. Sarah played a key role in a sector-wide collaboration to address, and end, rough sleeping in Adelaide through the delivery of SA’s first two annual Connections Week projects to better understand and support people sleeping rough. 

    Personally, Sarah is committed to supporting young people to make positive choices in their lives. Sarah mentors high school students through The Smith Family’s Learning for Life program and is guardianship carer for a young person through Time for Kids.

    To contact Sarah, please email scollyer-braham@jawun.org.au

CASE STUDIES

Case studies show how Jawun secondees have achieved real results. If you are interested to learn more about Jawun's work in this region, click on the case studies below.

NGOPAMULDI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION

WILD EATS

NGARRINDJERI REGIONAL AUTHORITY

NGARRINDJERI REGIONAL AUTHORITY

NGARRINDJERI REGIONAL AUTHORITY