Bourke Shire gains new Regional Indigenous Cultural Development Officer

When you first meet Angie-lee Stahl what strikes you the most is a sense of great enthusiasm and her keen intelligence that seems to absorb everything around her.

Already an active member in the local Bourke Aboriginal community as a linguist for the local languages and community presenter for Indigenous Broadcast Radio Station 2CUZ, Angie-lee says she is ready to tackle the challenges that come from living in regional communities and helping build and promote the range of creativity that can be found in Aboriginal communities.

“There is such a great amount of artistic talent out here (Bourke Shire) and there are artists of different skills and mediums who, in their own time, create and make amazing artworks and I really feel that they need to be promoted and encouraged.”

An active member in the local community Angie-lee currently works as a language worker which has meant her involvement in documenting and researching the varying indigenous languages that can be found within the local Bourke shire.

“There is a great amount of diversity within my current job and I touch base with so many intelligent, smart people who simply want to promote and develop their (local indigenous) culture and I feel that, now as a RICDO (Regional Indigenous Cultural Development Officer) for Outback Arts I can help do exactly that.”

Welcoming her to the fold is Regional Arts Development Officer Jamie-Lea Hodges who says that the Bourke aborginal community will benefit from Angie-lee’s enthusiasm and passion for local culture.