WEST ARNHEM NT: Rev. Lindsay Parkhill
Based at Jabiru, in the heart of the Kakadu National Park, bush chaplain Lindsay ministers to the First Peoples of Arnhem Land providing advocacy to Government agencies on their behalf. Lindsay has a love of languages and has taught himself nine of the local indigenous languages allowing him to walk alongside First Nation people helping them to translate documents and navigate the complex applications for support services. With 2019 declared the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages, Lindsay and his wife, Louise, are involved in a project to translate the Bible into 12 local languages. Lindsay also serves in the Army Cadet chaplaincy group, attends the Gunbang (Alcohol) Action group meetings and visits the Darwin Hospital psychiatric ward. Maningrida is an Aboriginal community 500kms east of Darwin and 300km north of Jabiru but as a roaming bush chaplain, Lindsay assisted with organising the Maningrida Jubilee and the ongoing wellbeing program.
