News and Stories

Unwanted insects and other small pests are a challenge to all veggie gardeners, but our fearless Project Managers working in remote regions face some bigger marauders in the EON gardens- with occasional visits from kangaroos, emus, buffalo and cattle to contend with! Developing skills to manage these visitors are generally gained ‘on-the-job’, but sometimes we’re […]

We’re thrilled to share that Marble Bar Primary School has been nominated as one of six Western Australian primary school finalists for the 2021 Governor’s School STEM Awards- what an amazing achievement! The awards recognise and celebrate Western Australian primary and secondary schools that demonstrate excellence in leadership, advocacy, engagement and achievements in science, technology,

EON Foundation has appointed Ms Rokiyah Bin Swani to its Board of Directors. Named a ‘2021 Rising Star’ by the Australian magazine ‘The Educator’, Ms Bin Swani is currently the Indigenous Scholarship Programme Coordinator at Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC) Perth. Ms Bin Swani is a Bard woman, from the Lombadina community. With her experience as

EON Foundation is pleased to welcome Mr Jonathan Taylor and Mr Roger Martin to its Board of Directors. Mr Taylor, currently a Director in KPMG’s advisory practice in the Northern Territory, is a development economist with 20 years’ management consulting experience. His work spans the health, ageing and human services sectors, with an emphasis on

“Bush Medicine” refers to the ancient and traditional Aboriginal use of native Australian botanicals for physical and spiritual healing, a practice that’s thousands of years old. Local bush medicine was the focus of EON lessons at Ngukurr school last term – from boiling up leaves from the local Kuliba tree to help with pain and

EON’s Chair and co-founder, Caroline de Mori, has been awarded as a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2021 Honours List. The Governor-General and Chancellor of the Order of Australia, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) announced the special awards which recognise outstanding

Last month, EON’s Ambassador Dr Rishelle Hume AM, took time out from her busy schedule to visit the communities of Yakanarra and Yiyili in the Central Kimberley, where the EON Thriving Communities Program has been in operation since 2015 and 2016 respectively. As well as viewing the EON gardens at the schools in these two

Each year EON brings our geographically dispersed team together for several days of ‘Operations Planning’.  These get-togethers provide an opportunity for professional development sessions, future planning and team building – all vitally important with our amazing staff working independently in very remote and challenging conditions. This year the restrictions on interstate travel due to COVID-19

Where are you and your family from? I was born and bred in Katherine. Most of my family are from Katherine although my  grandmother, who was a member of the Stolen Generation, is from Elliot and is a Larrakia woman (Larrakia being the traditional owners of the Darwin region). What do you think are the

EON is proud to employ Stephen Mason (known as Mason) as a Community Assistant at Marble Bar. Last month, EON’s Project Managers Share Greenwood and Tim Richards had the privilege of being invited by Mason and his mother Pat to their bush camp on the family’s spiritual and ancestral land, Tharra and Karnparnmana country. This