MUDGIN-GAL YARNS

What happens when Aboriginal women seek help with domestic and family violence?

What ideas do they have to make things better?

Over four yarning circles held at Mudgin-Gal in 2023 and 2024, inner city Aboriginal women shared stories for social impact research.

Recordings from these yarning circles were made into a podcast called Mudgin-Gal Yarns, and informed a research report by Mudgin-Gal CEO Ashlee Donohue and UTS family violence researcher Jane Wangmann.

MUDGIN-GAL YARNS THE PODCAST

Podcast episodes release weekly.
- Episode 1, 2 & 3: Inside the four yarning circles
- Episode 4: A tour of Mudgin-Gal, including the weaving group and playgroup
- Episode 5: Larissa Behrendt interviews Ashlee Donohue and Jane Wangmann about their research.

Credits
Mudgin-Gal Yarns is hosted by Ashlee Donohue and produced by Jane Curtis, UTS Impact Studios. Artwork is by Vicki Golding. Theme music is Intertwined, written by Nardi Simpson and performed by The Stiff Gins.

MUDGIN-GAL YARNS REPORT

Aboriginal Women's Voices There’s Power in That: Findings from the Mudgin-Gal Yarns report presents the findings from four yarning circles conducted with Aboriginal women at Mudgin-Gal Aboriginal Women’s Centre in Redfern, Sydney, NSW in 2023-2024.

The focus of the yarning circles was to explore urban Aboriginal women’s experiences of domestic and family violence1 and the service delivery system.

Suggested citation: Ashlee Donohue and Jane Wangmann, “Aboriginal Women’s Voices” There’s Power in That: Findings from the Mudgin-Gal Yarns (Report, April 2025).

View the PDF report