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2 Min Read Published on: 12-14-2020 Adventists have been traveling to remote outback towns in the Northern Territory of Australia and sharing the gospel with Indigenous people and small, regional communities across the country. Bible workers Martin and Michelle Tanner, from Tennant Creek, were joined by literature evangelist Marian Jones, heading out on a mission trip to the community of Willowra in late September 2020, traveling 300 kilometers (185 miles) south on the Stuart Highway, and then 150 kilometers (93 miles) west along a dirt track. “We’ve been in Tennant Creek five years now,” Michelle explained. “Generally, we’ve just been working there and in Mungkarta, which is 80 kilometers (50 miles) away. But we recently purchased a caravan (motorhome) that we can use to visit those more remote communities like Willowra.” ....
Reporting on Indigenous Australia The more difficult the access to a story, the more often it is worth doing. Children cooling off in Wadeye, a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory.Credit.Matthew Abbott for The New York Times to get it by email. When I first heard about Australia’s “bush courts,” I knew they were something I wanted to report on. Makeshift courtrooms, fly-in legal services, and Australians processed through that system who neither understood English nor how the courts worked. The details shocked me. But as any journalist working in this country knows, stories about Indigenous Australia can be difficult: Communities can be extremely remote, may not speak English and can be distrustful of outsiders with good reason. Gatekeepers can also be paternalistic, and especially skeptical of the media, in whom Australia’s trust has eroded. ....