Extra Deadly Resources
Want to learn more about the places, names and organisations mentioned in the Deadly Physios podcast?
Check out the Extra Deadly Resources below.
Here are some words our Deadly physios have spoken throughout the podcast series.
| Balla | Brother |
| Bundi | Stick used as a weapon (also the name of Curtley Nelson’s dog!) |
| Bunji | Mate |
| Corroboree | Gathering, celebrating |
| Deadly | Something that is awesome or fantastic |
| Dhagaan | Brother |
| Didgeridoo | A wind instrument, played with continuously vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone while using a special breathing technique called circular breathing. Also called a didge. |
| Irrnim | Together |
| Kadal | Salt water crocodile totem |
| Kinya Lerrk | A Wemba Wemba word for women coming together |
| Mob | A colloquial term identifying a group of Aboriginal people associated with a particular place or country. It is used to connect and identify who an Aboriginal person is and where they are from. Mob can represent a family group, clan group or wider Aboriginal community group. |
| Mudich | Really good. Fabulous |
| Nurragingy | The park |
| Poxy | Silly, stupid, not very good. (I don't think it's an Aboriginal word per se, but it just makes me smile every time I hear it – Aaron Percival) |
| Tal-kalk | Clapsticks (as used by Rudi Louis Taylor-Bragge in The Deadly Physios theme music) |
| Tidda | Sister |
| Totem | A natural object, plant or animal that is inherited by members of a clan or family as their spiritual emblem. Totems define peoples' roles and responsibilities, and their relationships with each other and creation. |
| Worimi | Hello in Dharug language |
| Yaama | Hello in Kamilaroi language |
| Yaluu | Again. See you again |
| Yindyamarra | Respect. A deep respect for yourself, your identity, your story, the land, everything that encompasses your family, your heritage, your culture. It’s a way of living with gentleness, kindness, and learning to do things slowly. |
To learn more Deadly language check out First Languages Australia.
We asked each of our Deadly physios, ‘What's one word that sums up what Reconciliation or Closing the Gap looks like to you?’
| Journey | Scott Willis |
| Listening | Michael Reynolds |
| Empowerment | Sarah Large |
| Equality | Curtley Nelson |
| Understanding | Jessie West |
| Advocacy | Aaron Percival |
| Equity | Carl Francia |
| Happiness | Marilyn Morgan |
| Unity | Cameron Edwards |
| Peaceful | Kathryn Potter |
| Unity | Adam Doyle |
| Irrnim – together | Ellie White |
| Acknowledgement | Matthew Hoffman |
| Consideration | Mia Beattie |
| Acknowledgement | Travis Touma |
Here are some links to places and stories our Deadly physios mentioned in the series.
- Burra Bee Dee Mission
- Clontarf football academy
- Cootamundra girls home
- Death in custody of Miss Dhu
- Flinders Island Aboriginal Association
- Makarrata
- Making Two Worlds Work toolkit
- Miss Dhu
- Muttonbirding
- Ngangkari traditional healers of central desert
- Ngarangun
- Reconciliation Action Plans (RAP)
- Southerners Football Club
- The Guardian: Deaths Inside
- Uluru Statement from the heart
- Walhallow Mission
- Weemala Home for the Incurables
- Wirrpanda Foundation
- Yooroang Garang at Sydney University
- Wybalenna, Flinders Island
- Day of Mourning 26 January
- National Close the Gap Day 17 March
- National Reconciliation Week 27 May – 3 June
- NAIDOC Week 3-10 July
- Emma Bamblett Koorie Art
- Joshua Sly (Sarah Large’s cousin)
- Kinya Lerrk is an 100% Aboriginal owned and operated business that creates design and art to make homes and offices come alive with products which celebrate Aboriginal culture and respectfully acknowledge traditional owners of land.
- CROSSING THE LINE documentary
- Listen to The Deadly Physios playlist on Spotify.
- Listen to Triple J Blak Out Sundays from 5-6pm
- Koori Radio
- ABC's You Can't Ask That (Series 1, Indigenous episode)
- National Indigenous Television Network (NITV)
- WW11 - Remembering Indigenous Service (release date 25 April 2022)
- ABC Indigenous
- ANTaR
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
- Closing the Gap
- Common Ground
- Deadly Story
- Derrimut Weelam Gathering Place
- First Nations Telegraph
- IndigenousX
- Indigenous Allied Health Australia
- Institute of Urban Indigenous Health
- Koori Mail
- Lowitja Institute
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
- National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners
- National Indigenous Australian Agency
- National Voice for our Children
- The Healing Foundation
- Reconciliation Australia
- Torres Strait Islander Media Association
- Torres Strait Regional Authority
- Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency