Links to information about Australia’s 120 Aboriginal Land and Sea Councils.  The councils represent Aboriginal affairs at state or territory level. They aim to protect the interests and further the aspirations of Aboriginal communities. The first Councils were established in the Northern Territory from 1976 and they are now found in every jurisdiction except the ACT.

Mission: To create inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences that promote awareness and understanding of our cultures. We are contemporary dancers, drawing on 65,000 years of culture. We create powerful works of theatre with dance, music, poetry and design. We tell the stories of our Elders, create works on Country and return the works we create to the place they were made.

Cape York Institute (CYI) is Australia’s leading Indigenous think tank. Since its establishment in 2004, we have worked with our communities to develop out-of-the-box reforms that build people’s capability so they can choose a life they have reason to value. We work from policy ideation right through to community implementation on initiatives that reinstate personal responsibility. We provide the opportunities and services necessary for First Nations people to gain the capability to change their lives for the better.  The Institute’s policy agenda – Pama Futures – is developed in collaboration with the Indigenous people of Cape York so our policies and innovations reflect the people’s intent and lived experience.

The Coalition of Peaks are made up of over 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled peak and member organisations across Australia. The Coalition of Peak members have their own unique histories, needs and priorities, and share a commitment to legitimate community-controlled representation of our communities on matters that are important to our people. We came together as an act of self-determination to work together with Australian governments on Closing the Gap.

The GO Foundation was founded by Sydney Swans Legends, Adam Goodes and Michael O’Loughlin, two widely renowned and revered Aboriginal sportsmen and leaders. GO provides education scholarships to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from primary school through to university in Sydney, Adelaide and Canberra (94% of scholarships are awarded to students in public schools). The GO Foundation is an Aboriginal led and governed organisation with a dedicated Scholarships Team made up of proud Aboriginal people who deliver the program.

We offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the discipline of Indigenous Knowledge.  Our aims are to support students in teaching and learning that is founded on the Gnibi Elders Principles, social justice, cultural integrity and inclusion through education. This is achieved by providing a learning environment that validates an Indigenous cultural framework, affirms Indigenous Knowledge systems and focusses upon theory building and practice innovation.