Mundanara Bayles - Host
Storyteller, educator, business woman, change maker.
Welcome to this space where I yarn with interesting people about things that matter to me and to First Nations people in Australia and around the world.
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Thanks for coming along on the journey!
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About Mundanara
Mundanara grew up in Redfern NSW with her 8 sisters and moved to Queensland in the early 90’s at age 9. Mundanara’s cultural heritage is connected to the Wonnarua and Bundjalung people on her mother’s side (Hunter Valley, Northern NSW) and the Birri-Gubba and Gungalu (Central Queensland) on her father’s side.
As a proud advocate for her people, Mundanara follows in her father’s footsteps and aims to make a positive contribution to society and is active in the Aboriginal movement.
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Mundanara is the Managing Director and co-founder of the Australian BlackCard Pty Ltd (BlackCard), a growing business which is 100% Aboriginal owned and certified with Supply Nation. BlackCard was co-founded with Dr Lilla Watson, who is a respected Aboriginal elder, artist, educator and long-time course developer. BlackCard provides cultural capability training and consultancy services to enable people and organisations to work effectively with members of the Aboriginal community.
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Mundanara is married to Peace a Kiwi by birth with family connections to Fiji and together they are raising five children who live on Gubbi Gubbi country on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Mundanara is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK and a visiting Fellow to the Qld University of Technology (QUT) Learning and Teaching Unit. She is on several committees and boards including the Qld State Development, Tourism and Innovation Business and Innovation Reference Group; The Aboriginal & Islander Independent Community School also known as The Murri School; Queensland Tourism Industry Council Indigenous Employment Champions Network; Adina Vibe Waterfront
Aboriginal Terms of Reference
Host Mundanara Bayles is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference which is the accumulated knowledge that Aboriginal people developed over the tens of thousands of years of living in this land, now known as Australia.
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Relationships are at the core of Aboriginal Culture and Society and in our whole history of living in this country we never invaded our neighbours.
An Aboriginal Terms of Reference introduction is based on “Who you are and not what you do”, this way of introduction has been practiced by Aboriginal people since the first sunrise.
From an Aboriginal perspective this way of introduction reinforces our humaness, we are much more than our job titles.
