Vibe Australia

Vibe Australia is an Aboriginal media, communications and events management agency founded by Gavin Jones in 1993. Located in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, they work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people throughout Australia.

Vibe Australia
Subsidiary
IndustryMedia, communications and events management agency
Founded1993
Defunct2014
Key people
Gavin Jones
Georgia Cordukes
ProductsRadio, Television and Magazine

History

Vibe Australia was founded in 1993 by Gavin Jones.

In June 2014, Vibe Australia funding was cut under coalition budget measures designed to reallocate funding to indigenous education programs including Deadly Awards funding phased back to $1 million and no funding provided for future years. On 12 July 2014, Gavin Jones died at age 47,[1] however it was not clear whether his death could be attributed in any way to the budget cuts.[2]

On 14 July 2014, Vibe Australia announced that all Vibe projects including the Deadly Awards concluded on 30 June 2014.[3]

Productions

Deadly Sounds

A weekly radio program syndicated to over 250 Aboriginal community stations.

Deadly Vibe

A national magazine focusing on health, sport, music and lifestyle.

In Vibe

A magazine for Indigenous people in secure rehabilitation care and at risk. Hosted by Indigenous broadcaster, artistic director and author, Rhoda Roberts.

Move it Mob Style
Move it Mob Style
GenreChildren's health, dance and lifestyle
Presented bySeries 1-3: Naomi Wenitong and Shannon Williams
Series 4: Ghenoa Gela and Wakara Gondarra
Theme music composerJoel Wenitong
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
No. of series4
No. of episodes80
Production
Executive producer(s)Gavin Jones
Georgia Cordukes
Producer(s)Poppy Stockell (Series 2-4)
Production location(s)Brisbane (Series 1-3)
Sydney (Series 4)
Running time30 minutes
Production company(s)Deadly TV
Vibe Australia
Release
Original networkNITV
ABC3 (repeats)
Picture format576i (SDTV)
Audio formatStereo
Original release2011 –
2014

A children's television show focusing on health, dance and lifestyle. Broadcast by NITV.

The show was filmed in Brisbane with hosts Naomi Wenitong and Shannon Williams.

With the studios in Brisbane getting ready to shut down, Series 4 is now filmed in Sydney with new hosts Ghenoa Gela and Wakara Gondarra replacing Naomi Wenitong and Shannon Williams. With the move from Brisbane also comes a move from Post Op as the broadcast provider. Series 4 premiered on March 2014.

The Deadlys

Since 1995, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music, Sport, Entertainment and Community awards held at the Sydney Opera House and broadcast by SBS.

The Vibe 3on3

A national music and sporting event to promote health, well being, identity and sportsmanship. Hosted by former Harlem Globetrotter 'Smiling' Dwayne Cross and former Sydney Kings coach Claude 'Starsky' Williams.

gollark: I figure people are mostly prompted by *something* instead of just bringing it up entirely at random, and a ControversialEsolangs server would lack many of those prompts if it's purely for that.
gollark: And controversial stuff has never arisen from discussing something else?
gollark: The idea of a "ControversialEsolangs" for that probably wouldn't work well for various reasons, including the difficulty of moving active conversations, cognitive overhead of switching and lots of overhead deciding when to switch, a smaller set of people there even if they could otherwise participate interestingly, and somewhat more difficult-to-express issues like, er, selection effects.
gollark: I think it's a nice-to-have property but not worth sacrificing much else for.
gollark: You can see when it is *happening*, if you happen to be active, and ignore it for a bit.

References
  1. Gavin Jones obituary: Respected Indigenous identity and Deadly Awards founder dies aged 47 at ABC
  2. Feneley, Rick. "Deadly Awards founder Gavin Jones dies after funding cut". Sydney Morning Herald. SMH. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. "Fund a new Deadly awards!". Vibe Australia. Vibe Australia. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
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