Episode Three

In the third and final episode of our NAIDOC Week podcast series, Safina Stewart, Wuthathi and Mabuiag Island woman and Common Grace’s Storyteller and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lead, speaks with Aunty Professor Doseena Fergie.  

This special conversation between Safina and her mother explores Aunty Doseena's childhood, her prayers for the future generations and the role we have as Christians in walking together towards healing, friendship and the flourishing of all.

 

 

You can also download the episode via this Google Drive link.

A transcript of this conversation can be downloaded here. 

 

Aunty Professor Doseena Fergie is a proud Wuthathi and Mabuiag Islander woman and Aboriginal Christian Leader. As a midwife, missionary, activist, manager, and university lecturer, Aunty Doseena has been a change-agent, catalyst and inspiration for many people, Indigenous and non-indigenous alike. This has only been enhanced in recent years through the completion of Ph.D. studies (ACU); an inductee into the Victorian Women’s Roll of Honour; and as a recipient of a prestigious Churchill Fellowship in 2017.

 

Safina Stewart is Common Grace's Storyteller and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lead and is a proud Wuthathi and Mabuiag Island woman who grew up cross culturally in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Safina is passionate about culture, education, the arts, justice and faith. Safina lives with her husband and three children in the Victorian coastal town of Wonthaggi on Bunurong Country


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We would love to hear how you have engaged with this podcast series! Please share your reflections and stories with us at [email protected]. 

We would also love you to share these NAIDOC Week podcast conversations with your community, inviting them into this space of deep listening to consider how we can continue on the journey of healing, friendship and reconciliation together.

 

Photos from recording with Aunty Doseena and Safina on Bunurong Country. 

Image credit: Richard Leigh

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This podcast episode is shared with deep thanks to Aunty Professor Doseena Fergie, Safina Stewart, as well as Richard Leigh and Oka Music for their contribution to our special NAIDOC Week Podcast series. 

🎵Valley of the Kings, from the Sunset Sessions album