‘We’ll work really hard, but shove someone else up the front to get the glory.’ Vicki Thom of Mad Mob Aboriginal Corporation in the Hawkesbury, New South Wales might be uncomfortable with the spotlight, but she and her fellow directors deserve this pat on the back for their creation of a safe space for community members in the Hawkesbury.
It was a ruby anniversary celebration for South Coast Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation (SCMSAC) recently! The dedicated team celebrated 40 years of providing health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Shoalhaven area of the NSW south coast with an open day, gala evening and community fun day.
It’s all about community at Baabayn Aboriginal Corporation, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary. Started by 5 Aboriginal Elders, Baabayn has embraced culture and connections to grow its services for the Aboriginal community in Western Sydney.
Collaborating and partnering with other organisations is key to BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation’s success in supporting and uplifting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQA+ community.
Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre Aboriginal Corporation has published a dictionary that took 64 years to make.
Wanta Aboriginal Corporation is a thriving network of programs and activities for young people in 9 remote communities in the Northern Territory.
Alice Springs, Northern Territory: Wanta Aboriginal Corporation works in 9 remote Northern Territory communities to ‘engage, empower and develop young people to fulfill their fullest potential’. It’s grown into a thriving network of programs and activities for young people, to support them to excel at school and to be healthy, personally, socially and culturally.
In June 2022, Noongars of Wungening Aboriginal Corporation were commended by Reconciliation Australia, Australasian Housing Institute and the Queen.
Perth, Western Australia: June 2022 was a hugely affirming month for Wungening Aboriginal Corporation. It won gongs for its governance and for its excellence in social housing. Then its chair, Danny Ford, was appointed to the Order of Australia for his service to the Noongar community.
Meet the savvy corporation closing the gap on educational achievement in Australia and around the world.
Sydney, New South Wales: Forget Facebook. For young Indigenous people in Australia and young marginalised people around the world, there’s a far better way to engage with peers and the world beyond school.
Bunya Mountains, southern Queensland: 250 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, Bunya Mountains—or Booburrgan Ngmmunge as this Country has always been known to Aboriginal people—hosts the world’s largest stand of bunya pines (Araucaria bidwillii) as well as natural grasslands, wet and dry rainforests, and many rare and threatened plants and animals. For Aboriginal people from near and far, it’s a sacred, nourishing place.
Canberra, Ngunnawal Country: Leaders bring people together and catalyse positive change within families, communities, corporations and society. With that process in mind, in May 2020 Kerrie Tim and 2 others founded the Leadership Institute for Positive Futures Indigenous Corporation. The corporation aims to inspire leadership for social change, positive societies, improved professional performance, and strengthened identity. And they’ve been working to those ends—without any funding—for nearly 2 years.
