Name: Centring Indigenous worldviews: Warlpiri and the Itaukei Trust Affairs Board case learning
Start: 2026-09-16T14:30:00+0930
End: 2026-09-16T15:30:00+0930

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Centring Indigenous worldviews: Warlpiri and the Itaukei Trust Affairs Board case learning

Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST

Rooms 1+2

Authors: Allan Mua Illingworth (Itaukei Trust Fund Board (TTFB), Marilyn Vilisoni (Itaukei Trust Fund Board (TTFB) , Unaisi Manulevu (Itaukei Trust Fund Board (TTFB), Glenda Wayne (Warlpiri - Yuendumu), Geoffrey Barnes (Warlpiri - Lajamanu), Natalie Morton (Warlpiri - Willowra), Leon Penhall (Warlpiri), Aysia Rodgers (non-Indigenous), Julia Burke (non-Indigenous), Shane D’Angelo (Kokatha), Alex Gyles (non-Indigenous).

“How might we most appropriately track and describe change about impact and wellbeing in Indigenous Australian and Fijian communities?”

Led by Indigenous community researchers and MEL practitioners, the session draws on two grounded case examples: the YWPP (Warlpiri Education and Training Trust, Tanami NT) approach to tracking learning and wellbeing, and community-centred MEL work supported by the Itaukei Trust Fund Board (TTFB).

The session will be highly interactive: participants will break into small, facilitated groups with community and TTFB representatives to interrogate practice, and the table will close with a plenary synthesis that surfaces cross-case lessons, tensions, and practical next steps for culturally respectful MEL.

Chair

Belinda Hendrickson

Founder and Principal Consultant, Connected Impact Advisory

I am the founder of Connected Impact Advisory, an independent MEL and strategy consultancy working with Australian NGOs, government, and social sector organisations. Before establishing Connected Impact Advisory, I spent over six years in MEL roles at The Salvation Army Australia... Read More →

Speakers

Geoffrey Barnes

Central Land Council

Geoffrey Barnes

Shane D’Angelo

Alexander Gyles

Research Fellow - Monitoring and Evaluation, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University

Alex Gyles is a Research Fellow working in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) at the Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University. He works closely with Marlkirdi Rose Napaljarri on the YWPP project and finds fieldwork with the YWPP team an exciting learning... Read More →

Allan Mua Illingworth

Director, Mua'akia Consulting

Unaisi Manulevu

Itaukei Trust Fund Board (TTFB)

Natalie Morton

Leon Penhall

Central Land Council

Aysia Rodgers

YWPP Community Researcher

Natalie Morton Napurrurla is a community researcher on the YWPP project from Willowra. She is a member of the Granites Affected Area Aboriginal Corporation Committee (GMAAAC) and is a director for the Willowra GMAAAC committee. She is passionate about working on projects that benefit both young and old community members in Willowra. She is able to work effectively across settings of conflict in Warlpiri communities. She is an energetic person that brings drive and entertainment to fieldwork... Read More →

Marilyn Vilisoni

Managing Director, Solve Pacific Consultancy

Glenda Napaljarri Wayne

Glenda Wayne Napaljarri is a community researcher on the YWPP
project from Yuendumu. She has developed her practice working
as an adult literacy tutor in Yuendumu’s Community Learning
Centre. In addition to conducting research in her home community
of Yuendumu, Glenda has travelled... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia

Traditional and new ways

Format Round table
Audience Level Foundational, Intermediate
Industry Community and social services, Economic development tourism and infrastructure, Education and training, International development
ID 232

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aes26 International Evaluation Conference

Belinda Hendrickson

Geoffrey Barnes

Geoffrey Barnes

Shane D’Angelo

Alexander Gyles

Allan Mua Illingworth

Unaisi Manulevu

Natalie Morton

Leon Penhall

Aysia Rodgers

Marilyn Vilisoni

Glenda Napaljarri Wayne

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