Richard Trudgen – Co-Founder, Managing Director
Richard Trudgen has been a pioneering figure in community education and development for over 40 years; of which the last 35 have been spent working alongside the Yolngu people of North East Arnhem Land. Richard speaks Djambarrpuyŋu and was CEO of Aboriginal Resource Development Services (ARDS) for more than 10 years, where he established Yolngu Radio in 2003. Richard spent 15 years presenting the Bridging The Gap seminars to audiences across Australia and is the author of the seminal book on Indigenous culture “Why Warriors Lie Down and Die“.
His latest big projects include; writing a number of books producing podcasts for Yolŋu Radio and for our new Yolŋu learning centre on https://www.djambatjmarram.com/, producing health videos so Yolngu can understand different heath conditions that are impacting them and producing a range of cultural competency videos and courses so English first language people can better understand Yolŋu culture while wanting to develop a complete e-learning school in Yolŋu Matha, the Indigenous language of North-east Arnhem Land.
