We're revisiting Newcastle's First Storytellers for NAIDOC week.

This podcast series explores how Newcastle’s Aboriginal communities share and tell stories. Australia has the world’s oldest oral story telling culture and Newcastle has a rich collection of storytellers. 

Ray Kelly Jnr comes from a local indigenous family. The Kelly family is synonymous with the Aboriginal community of Newcastle. His father, Ray Kelly Snr a respected Dhungutti culture  and language Elder. 

Ray Kelly Jnr grew up in Newcastle and is a member of the Gattang language belt of east coast New South Wales. He's is a father of two, an artist and active member of Newcastle’s Aboriginal arts community.  

This is a Newcastle Libraries REAL Production.