Benarrawa Community Development Association acknowledges the Traditional Owners of this land. Benarrawa is an Yuggera word, which means the country-land surrounding the Oxley Creek. Benarrawa CDA adopted this name with permission from some Jagera Elders and the Brisbane Council of Elders in the mid 1990s. Benarrawa is a small and beautiful incorporated not-for-profit community organisation that predominantly uses community development methodology in working with local people across southwest Brisbane to together create, develop and sustain positive initiatives which address issues of poverty, social and economic isolation and exclusion, loneliness, and general neighbourhood concerns. We auspice the Graceville Community Garden (since 2009), Naturebabes at Benarrawa playgroup (since 2012), East Timor Community Centre (since early 2000s) and resource the Benarrawa Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Solidarity Group. Benarrawa's solidarity group began in the mid 1990s with local interested people connected with Christ the King school and parish, wanting to further develop their social justice arm and learn more about First Nation's culture and develop authentic relationships with members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. Over the years a calendar of events have been created that happen in the local area. These include Annual Survival Day Ceremony on 26th January, Annual Sorry Day on 26th May, Annual Elders lunch and other events that bubble up through the year. There is also an Educators learning circle once a term with various Educators local and beyond. We are subsidised by the QLD State Government to do this work and often apply for grants to supplement the work that we do alongside community members. We look forward to meeting with you soon! "Benarrawa is flowing. We dream that the people will listen to the land and to each other." - Benarrawa Dreaming Statement