mowanjum has a population of three hundred and fifty people. and is about eight kilometers away from the town of. it situated in the kimberley. the week before we arrived there had been another five suicides in the region. it's taboo to talk about the aboriginal culture to even say the name of someone who has passed away but we speak with people in the community. there's been more suicides there than anywhere else in the region just about every single family has been touched by suicide. is a suicide response worker for the. area he's been working here for more than seventeen news hundred or more has become in this community. very year old kids. want to hang actually mark out the tree where i didn't want to hang. out in the kimberley region. in the human race you know it's probably thirty completed in the last twelve months. and that's an epidemic. mark the spot where people have committed suicide. serving as an eerie reminder of the on time the deaths. families guard down. just like you don't want to see it brings back. bad memories. best frien

mowanjum has a population of three hundred and fifty people. and is about eight kilometers away from the town of. it situated in the kimberley. the week before we arrived there had been five suicides in the region. it's taboo to talk about the aboriginal culture to even say the name of someone who's passed away . in the community. anywhere else in the queue. just about every single family has been touched by suicide. is a suicide response worker for the. area he's been working here for more than seventeen news. become in this community. very own i've had i year old kids point out that this is true that they want to hang themselves often actually mark out their tree yeah identified trees that they want to hang social and what's right side in the kimberley region. in the kimberley region that's probably up to thirty completed suicides in the last twelve months. and that's an epidemic. mark the spot where people have committed suicide. serving as an easy reminder of the untimely deaths. families kind of down because they were like that i want to s

mowanjum has a population of three hundred and fifty people. and is about eight kilometers away from the town of. it situated in the kimberley. the week before we arrived there had been another five suicides in the region. it's taboo to talk about the aboriginal culture to even say the name of someone who has passed away but we speak with people in the community. there's been more suicides there than anywhere else in the region just about every single family has been touched by suicide. is a suicide response worker for the derby and area he's been working here for more than seventeen news hundred or more has become in this community. very year old kids. want to hang actually mark out their tree their identified trees that they want to hang. out in the kimberley region. in the kimberley region it's probably thirty completed in the last twelve months. and that's a. marked the spot where people have committed suicide. serving as an eerie reminder of the on time the deaths. families guard down. just like you don't want to see it brings back. bad me

back in mowanjum terence told me he wants to cut down the tree where he attempted suicide. or live kind of. you know. to me that's a staple of someone going forward. but then remove something of a symbol that. they want to end their life. in its own way the community too is giving itself the space to heal trees were families but people commit suicide it's up and down but we don't actually care as. the time it takes to grow back gives us the time to get over forget about it. while suicide remains a scourge in aboriginal communities across a stray it appears that family and culture is indigenous australia is best hope to saving the young. australia of last generations so that was back in twenty twelve which leads us to ask how successful have those schemes been in reducing the suicide rate where we're joined now by psychologist professor pat dudgeon who you recognize from the film a former commissioner of the astray and national mental health commission she teaches at the university of western australia and actually runs a number of suicide prevention projects focusing on abo

back in mowanjum terence told me he wants to cut down the tree where he attempted suicide. or look. you know man. to me that's a staple of someone going forward with a positive move. but then remove something of a symbol that. they want to end their life me. in its own way the community too is giving itself the space to heal the trees were families but people commit suicide it's up and down but we don't actually care because the time it takes to grow back gives us the time to get over forget about it. while suicide remains a scourge in aboriginal communities across astray it appears that family and culture is indigenous australia as best hope to saving their young. australia of last generations so that was back in twenty twelve which leads us to ask how successful have those schemes been in reducing the suicide rate where we're joined now by psychologist professor pat dudgeon who you recognize from the film a former commissioner of the astray and national mental health commission she teaches at the university of western australia and actually runs a number of suicide prevention proj