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Warumungu Country, NT

Tennant Creek

Build from the existing Shed proposal, bed-building activity and local relationships.

Reconfirm togetherEvidence: Confirm togetherMedia: Confirm together
  1. 1Listen
  2. 2Map what exists
  3. 3Choose modules
  4. 4Community approval
  5. 5Price and fund
  6. 6Deliver
  7. 7Move capability and control
  8. 8Review and adapt
A Stretch Bed being assembled in Tennant Creek

A Stretch Bed being assembled in Tennant Creek

An emerging pathway

Build from a shed, a youth centre and relationships already in place.

Tennant Creek is where Goods has some of its deepest product history. The next chapter is not a predetermined factory: it is a conversation about whether the existing Shed, Youth Centre and local operators want to test a small production or repair pathway together.

“We're setting this up for our kids and grandkids... independence, being in charge of your own destiny.”
Linda TurnerTennant Creek

160

Stretch Beds

Current canonical community count

9

Pakkimjalki Kari

Washing machines currently in community

2

Existing base

Community Shed + Youth Centre

What happened

1

The work has history here

Beds and washing machines have been used, tested and discussed with Tennant Creek families and Elders over several years.

2

A practical base already exists

Our Community Shed and the Barkly Youth Centre offer a possible place to begin with making, repair and youth participation.

3

The next move is deliberately small

Before pricing a full facility, Goods on Country will reconfirm the people, site, governance and one useful activity worth testing.

Selected media for the Tennant Creek pathway; provenance to confirm before publication
Selected media for the Tennant Creek pathway; provenance to confirm before publication
Selected media for the Tennant Creek pathway; provenance to confirm before publication

Media basis: Media shown here is limited to the verified Tennant Creek community image and named portraits from the externally cleared voice register. Manually selected replacements must have their place, people and public-use status confirmed before publication.

The fundable next step

Support one reconnection phase, designed with community, then cost only the small operational test the Shed and Youth Centre choose.

Existing bed-building media is held, but public reuse remains subject to reconfirming the Youth Centre and asset-level permissions.

Choose support

A menu, not a fixed program

These are working options. A module only becomes part of the delivery plan after the community confirms it.

Community bed build

Explore together

A facilitated build or repair activity with local young people.

Repair and maintenance

Explore together

Local repair skills, parts and maintenance guidance.

Plastic collection and shredding

Explore together

Collection, shredder, operator training and safe storage.

Complete production facility

Possible later

Staged shredding, pressing, CNC and local production.

Evidence boundary

Existing proposal and quote are documented; current site, operators and partner roles need reconfirmation.

Stories and media

Bed-building video and images exist. Asset-level permission and Youth Centre approval must be reconfirmed.

Next actions

Move at the speed of agreement

Goods prepares each step with the people involved. The community lead confirms the record before the pathway advances.

  1. 1Meet the Shed and Youth Centre leads
  2. 2Reconfirm the site, operators and governance
  3. 3Review the existing quote and CBF requirements
  4. 4Select one small activity and document the decision

Conversation-first

Use this pathway in a phone call, Google Meet or on-Country conversation. Return the summary for correction before turning it into a proposal.

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