Indigenous Community Networks

Accommodation, Housing and Legal Services

Aboriginal Hostels Limited
www.ahl.gov.au
Aboriginal Hostels Limited provides temporary accommodation services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This website offers through an interactive map, detailed information about Aboriginal Hostels in each State/Territory in Australia.

The Department of Housing and Works (DHW)
www.dhw.wa.gov.au/402.asp
The Department of Housing and Works has a range of programs in place to assist Aboriginal people access rental housing and home ownership.

Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS)
www.als.org.au
ALS provides legal aid services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Western Australia in accordance with grant conditions imposed by the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department.

Nyaarla Projects Pty. Ltd
PO Box 944, Subiaco, WA, 6904 Ph: (08) 9256 4911, Fax: (08) 9256 4011
Nyaarla provides accommodation support for Indigenous students enrolled in post-school training or tertiary courses.

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Arts, Performance and Music

Barking Gecko
www.barkinggecko.com.au

Mary G
www.maryg.net
Mary G is the unofficial Queen of Australia and the Queen of the people of the Kimberley. He is a performer who uses comedy to promote respect, recognition and reconciliation by Australia for Indigenous people as well as the diverse peoples that make up Australia.

Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group
www.wadidge.com.au/wadumbah
The purpose of Wadumbah Dance Group is to keep the spirit of Aboriginal culture alive, to enhance the pride of Aboriginal people, to educate people from all walks of life and to bridge the gap between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal people.

Wandoo Didgeridoo
www.wadidge.com.au
WANDOO DIDGERIDOO is a small West Australian business born out of passion and respect for Didgeridoos, the Australian bush, and respect for the Australian Aboriginal community. They complement knowledge and experience to promote genuine Western Australian Didgeridoos and Aboriginal art.

Yirra Yaakin
www.yirrayaakin.asn.au
Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre is Australia's leading Aboriginal theatre experience. More than a theatre company, Yirra Yaakin is the response to the Aboriginal Community's need for positive self-enhancement through artistic expression.

Tobwabba Art
http://www.tobwabba.com.au
Tobwabba Art is a 100% owned Aboriginal artists collective and provides secure online shopping for authentic Aboriginal fine art and merchandise.

Skinnyfish Music
http://skinnyfishmusic.com.au
Traditional and contemporary Indigenous Australian music shop online. Many titles available here such as Seaman Dan, the Letterstick Band and Fitzroy Express.

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Educational, Research and Academic Resources

APAC
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/abled/apac/index.html
Aboriginal Perspective Across the Curriculum (APAC) aims to broaden and deepen students' and teachers' understanding of Aboriginal cultures and ways of being. Teaching APAC will assist all students to be able to look at the world from an Aboriginal viewpoint and understand the different Aboriginal points of view on a range of issues such as reconciliation, social justice and equality.

Dare to Lead
www.apapdc.edu.au/daretolead
Motivated by the desire for true reconciliation, the Dare to Lead program aims for Indigenous education be the highest priority within each education association, and for it to be the responsibility of all schools to work to improve the educational outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

Deaths in Custody Watch
www.deathsincustody.com
This is an independent community based organisation comprised of members from Aboriginal organisations, lawyers, academics, church groups, trade unions, politicians, Amnesty International, ex-prisoners and family members of those who have died in custody, to ensure the effective representation of the 339 recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody (RCIADIC).

Healthinfonet
www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet is an innovative web resource that makes knowledge and information on Indigenous health easily accessible to inform practice and policy.

Katherine Regional Language Centre, Northern Territory
www.kathlangcentre.org.au
The Language Centre facilitates research into dictionaries and grammars and the collection of cultural material such as bush tucker, skin and kinship terms. This material is used to produce learning materials such as video's, audio tapes, story books and CD-ROMs.

Magabala Books, Broome
www.magabala.com
Magabala Books is an Indigenous Australian publishing house that publishes works by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and editors. It also provides advice, publishing services and invites manuscripts to be submitted.

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Website (NATSIEW's)
www.natsiew.nexus.edu.au
NATSIEW's purpose is to catalogue as comprehensively as possible, Internet resources related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and has a special emphasis on education.

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
www.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education is a peer reviewed research journal publishing articles in the field of Indigenous education. It is the only journal for educators devoted specifically to issues of practice, pedagogy and policy in Indigenous education in Australia.

The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey (WAACHS)
www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/waachs
The WAACHS is the largest and most comprehensive study of Aboriginal child health and development ever undertaken in Australia.

Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
www.wangkamaya.org.au
Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre aims to be recognised as a leading Aboriginal language centre in Australia. There are over 30 Aboriginal Languages in the Pilbara Region. Wangka Maya works by recording, transcribing, promoting, publishing and maintaining these languages.

Whose Land
www.whoseland.com
Provides a map of Australia illustrating traditional tribal land/boundaries and raises awareness of international issues associated with land that Indigenous peoples have faced.

Lore of The Land
www.loreoftheland.com.au
Lore of the Land is designed to encourage us to live in harmony with each other and with the land we each call home. Through deepening our knowledge of who we are and where we are together, we can create a new story.

AIATSIS
www.aiatsis.gov.au
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is the world's premier institution for information and research about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Institute undertakes and encourages scholarly, ethical community-based research, holds a priceless collection of films, photographs, video and audio recordings and the world's largest collections of printed and other resource materials for Indigenous Studies, and has its own publishing house.

Indij Readers
www.indijreaders.com.au
Indij Readers is an innovative and unique, not-for-profit company that develops and publishes contemporary, Indigenous literacy materials for Indigenous and non Indigenous students learning to read and write. Indij Readers Ltd is listed on the Australian Register of Cultural Organisations and donations to Indij Readers are tax deductible. Indij Readers for big fullas and little fullas is a collection of literacy acquisition classroom stories, accompanying teachers' guides and other support materials (CD/audio, VHS/DVD film).

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Government Departments

Department of Indigenous Affairs
www.dia.wa.gov.au
The role of DIA is to ensure that the relevant parts of the broad public sector are working in concert to meet the needs of Indigenous people by acting as a catalyst to mobilise and integrate the resources of Commonwealth, State and Local government agencies.

Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST)
www.dest.gov.au/sectors/indigenous_education
Provides information about a number of government programs aimed at supporting Indigenous students, families, communities and schools while Indigenous students are attending primary, secondary and tertiary education providers.

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History and Family Resources

Aboriginal Family History Information Service
www.dia.wa.gov.au/Heritage/FamilyHistory

Battye Library
www.liswa.wa.gov.au/battye.html
The Battye Library of West Australian History identifies, collects, organises, preserves and provides access to Western Australia's published documentary heritage as well as collections of original Western Australian historical records.

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Indigenous Organisation Directories

Black Pages
www.blackpages.com.au
Black Pages is an on-line Indigenous Business and Community Enterprise Directory. The web site will provide you with a comprehensive national listing of Indigenous businesses, community enterprises and services; information and research tools by utilising the Smart Links listing.

The Black Book
www.blackbook.afc.gov.au
The Black Book has two main sections: the Black Book Directory and Black Book Library. The Directory includes more than 2,700 listings of Indigenous organisations and individuals working across 95 professions in the arts, media and cultural industries. Each listing provides contact information as well as a history of individual professional experience and organisational profiles. The Library is constantly evolving to include new artistic works by Indigenous people. It currently contains 2,000 works from the late 1890s until now. It is not comprehensive, but getting close! The works are divided into three sections - publications, music and screen productions - and then further divided into categories like documentaries, plays, features, albums etc. The listing for each work includes the artist, publisher, release date, distributor contacts and, for publications and screen productions, a synopsis.

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Indigenous Reference and Consultancy Groups

Indigenous Land Corporation
www.ilc.gov.au/site/page.cfm
The Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) is Commonwealth statutory authority. The ILC assists Indigenous people to acquire land and to manage Indigenous-held land throughout Australia.

Kooya Consultancy
www.kooya.com.au
Kooya Consultancy is an Indigenous organisation that offers Indigenous Education and Training services to the business and industry sector, community, education, private, government and non-government sectors.

National Native Title Tribunal
www.nntt.gov.au
The National Native Title Tribunal works with people to develop an understanding of native title and reach enduring native title and related outcomes that recognise everyone's rights and interests in land and waters.

South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council
www.noongar.org.au
As a representative organisation for traditional owners of the south-west of Australia, their primary role is to bring all Noongar people together to find resolution in their native title claims and represent all Noongars in native title issues.

The Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations
www.orac.gov.au
The Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations is an independent statutory office holder who administers the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976. This Act guides how Indigenous corporations are run. The Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations (ORAC) supports and regulates the corporations that are incorporated under the Act.

NAIDOC
www.naidoc.org.au
NAIDOC celebrates the survival of Indigenous culture and the Indigenous contribution to modern Australia. All Australians are encouraged to participate in NAIDOC Week activities.

Aboriginal History
www.aboriginalhistory.org
Since 1977 the journal Aboriginal History has pioneered studies of Indigenous oral history, language, ethnohistory and documentary evidence.

Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corporation
www.juluwarlu.pilbara.net
An institution that symbolizes hope and security for the Yindjibarndi history to remain alive and active.

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Indigenous Role Models

David Gulpilil
www.gulpilil.com

Cathy Freeman
www.cathyfreeman.com.au

Patrick Johnson
www.patrickjohnson.com.au

Christine Anu
www.christineanu.com.au

Casey Donovan
www.caseydonovan.org

ShaKaya
www.shakaya.com.au

Jimmy Little
www.jimmylittle.com.au

Troy Cassar-Daley
www.troycassardaley.com.au

Pigram Brothers
www.pigrambrothers.com.au

Seaman Dan
www.seamandan.com.au

Yothu Yindi
www.yothuyindi.com

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Media and Newspapers

Goolarri Media Enterprises
www.gme.com.au
Goolarri is a dynamic young media company, fully owned by Broome Aboriginal Media Association (BAMA). With the verve and enthusiasm of its dedicated staff, this remote Indigenous-run company is making a big impact across the nation.

Living Black
http://news.sbs.com.au/livingblack/index.php
Australia's premier Indigenous current affairs program that presents stories on issues pertinent to Indigenous affairs.

Message Stick
www.abc.net.au/message
Message Stick offers browsers the opportunity to access most of these Indigenous sites, as well as offer important reference information on Indigenous Australians.

National Indigenous Times
www.nit.com.au
National Indigenous Times is a leading Indigenous Affairs news provider. It provides information about land rights, native title and treaty to reconciliation, stolen wages and Aboriginal art, NIT gives an in-depth look at black and white Australia.

The Koori Mail
www.koorimail.com
Produced fortnightly, Koori Mail is distributed Australia-wide, providing news, views, advertisements and other material of vital interest to Indigenous Australians and Australians interested in Indigenous affairs.

The Vibe
www.vibe.com.au
The Vibe specialise in the implementation, production and dissemination of targeted, culturally sensitive communication products and services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Warlpiri Media, Northern Territory
www.warlpiri.com.au
Warlpiri Media (WMA) has been going for over 20 years, and is as strong now as it ever was. Video is still a major part of business, both production and local transmission, but have now added the popular PAW radio network launched in 2001, a music recording studio and the capacity to produce web based projects.

Waringarri Radio 6WR
waringarriradio.com.au
6WR is a highly successful locally owned indigenous media organisation committed to achieving excellence in radio broadcasting. Broadcasting to the major towns and remote grazing and outback communities of Australia's East Kimberley, the station's powerful coverage includes Kununurra, Wyndham, Warmun, Oombulgurri, El Questro, Home Valley, Diggers Rest, Argyle Mine and Timber Creek.

National Indigenous Radio Service
www.nirs.org.au
The National Indigenous Radio Service Limited (NIRS) is an organization that supplies high quality entertainment and important information to remote area broadcasters to provide relevant indigenous broadcasting 24 hours a day to their community.

Radio 3NKD
www.3knd.org.au
3NKD is Melbourne's first Indigenous owned and managed radio station. 3KND is about equality, recognition, sharing, obliterating stereotypes and expressing Indigenous Australia's diversity.

Gadigal Information Service
www.gadigal.org.au
Gadigal Information Service was established and became an incorporated Aboriginal association in 1993 to provide a community based media, arts and information service for the Indigenous community in Sydney.

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Tourism

Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators
www.waitoc.com
Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators Committee (WAITOC) is the peak not for profit Association representing Indigenous Tourism in Western Australia. WAITOC represents over 50 Aboriginal tourism operators listed on this website ranging from traditional dance and dreamtime stories to contemporary history, bush tours and art. These members operate at different levels depending on the season and the length of time they have been in business.

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