Useful Links
Below are a selection of resources and links. If you have a relevant addition please email the team.
State government settlement INFORMATION
Resources for educators
Department of Education WA:
Batchelor Press - Noongar Resources
Carrolup Centre at John Curtin Gallery
Excursions and virtual excursions for primary and secondary students.
Catholic Education WA - Aboriginal Education
Kaartdijin Noongar
The aim of the Kaartdijin website is to share the richness of our knowledge, culture and history in order to strengthen our community and promote wider understanding.
Kings Park and Botanic Garden Education
Provides hands-on, inquiry-based education programs for students from Kindergarten to Tertiary.
Japingka Aboriginal Art
General educational resources about Aboriginal art for primary and early high school students.
Madjitil Moorna Choir
'Koorlong', Noongar Songs in Schools project.
Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Schools and Early Learning
Supports schools and early learning services across Australia to develop environments that foster a higher level of knowledge and pride in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and contributions.
Noongar Boodjar Language Cultural Aboriginal Corporation
Free Noongar language educational resources and other language resources for purchase.
Our Knowledge, Our Land - Mandurah
Yaburgurt Memorial Educational Resources, pre-primary to lower secondary.
PALS funding
An initiative which encourages Western Australian schools to develop projects that promote reconciliation in their local community. Funding assistance of $1000 - $1500 is available.
South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council - Noongar language posters
Storylines - State Library of Western Australia
Engage with WA Indigenous people through historical documents, movies, oral histories and photographs.
Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project
Bilingual Wirlomin Noongar story books available for purchase and videos of stories being read aloud.
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
School incursion performances. Contact education@yirrayaakin.com.au.
Representative Bodies
Native Title Services Goldfields
The representative body responsible for the Goldfields and Kalgoorlie region.
Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation
The representative body for the Yamatji and Pilbara regions.
Kimberley Land Council
The representative body responsible for the Kimberley region.
Sea Alaska
The Sea Alaska organisation is an inspiring example of what can be achieved in resolving native title.
Larrakia Development Corporation
An inspiring Australian Aboriginal example of what can be achieved in resolving native title.
National Native Title Council
Provides information and developments of Australian native title issues.
Health and Support
Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet
Helping to close the gap by providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
Advocare
An independent advocacy agency which advocates and protects the rights and best interests of people living in aged care facilities, people receiving community care services; and people not currently receiving these services but who are eligible for them.
Jacaranda Community Centre
Set up due to the support within the Belmont and surrounding areas for an agency that offered more than financial counselling.
Aboriginal Hostel Limited
Has provided temporary accommodation services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since 1973.
ARBOR
An outreach service providing support especially for people bereaved by suicide. If you have lost a loved one by suicide ARBOR can walk alongside you through this difficult time and provide additional support if needed.
Yorgum
Aims to offer Aboriginal people an autonomous, Aboriginal specific community based, counselling and referral service that acknowledges the impact of colonisation on Aboriginal people.
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
Exists to empower Aboriginal people to reconnect with their mind, body, spirit and community. Formally the Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Service.
The Mental Health Commission
The government agency responsible for drug and alcohol strategies and services in Western Australia.
Luma
Specialises in women's health issues, providing medical, counselling, drug and alcohol support, domestic violence, mental health and other health services for women and their families.
Relationships Australia (Western Australia) Inc
A non profit community service association providing a diverse range of innovative counselling, mediation, community education and professional development services, and which influences social policy formation.
The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
Indigenous Health research at the Telethon Institute provides advice, technical and cultural support across the Institute to all programs of research.
MercyCare
Personalised home care in the areas of: aged care, child care, disability services, and community services.
Kuditj
An Indigenous owned and operated, not for profit organisation providing a range of services which offer easily accessible training, work experience and employment opportunities to our clients. Formally known as Peedac.
Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service
An Aboriginal Community Controlled health organisation, incorporated under State legislation in 1973.
Centrecare
With a not-for-profit status, Centrecare delivers quality professional counselling, support, family dispute resolution and training services.
Legal Yarn by Legal Aid Western Australia
The first legal, culturally safe telephone information service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, staffed by mob, for mob. You can talk about unpaid fines, Family Law issues, Child Protection matters, and any Criminal Law matters. Call 1800 319 803 weekdays between 9am and 4pm (except public holidays).
Education and Employment
The Department of Education - Aboriginal Pathways
Creating a culturally responsive workforce plays an important role in educating children, and strengthening the cultural identity and wellbeing of Aboriginal students in WA schools.
Centre for Aboriginal Studies - Curtin University of Technology
Promotes participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in tertiary studies, and aims to create new ways of learning and working that are culturally appropriate, for the benefit all people.
North Metropolitan TAFE
Aims to nurture participation, productivity and aspirations for learners, industry and community.
South Metropolitan TAFE
One of Western Australia’s most diverse training providers with major campuses in Bentley, Carlisle, Fremantle, Murdoch, Rockingham, Thornlie and Mandurah.
The Gould League
A not-for-profit organisation committed to nurturing a passion for nature through education, innovation and communication.
Marr Mooditj Training Aboriginal Corporation
Provides quality training and assessment services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across WA.
SMYL Community Services
An inclusive and supportive learning community that offers an alternative approach to education and training for young people aged 12 to 20 years of age who are at risk of missing out on opportunities due to their home life, health and other issues.
Finance
Indigenous Business Australia (IBA)
Providing the means for Indigenous Australians to create wealth and accumulate assets, take up mainstream investment opportunities, create business enterprises that provide additional employment opportunities, and purchase homes.
Indigenous Community Volunteers
Works in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and provides assistance in designing and implementing community development projects.
The Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
Aims to assist Indigenous people with land acquisition and land management to achieve economic, environmental, social and cultural benefits.
Councils and Government
National Native Title Tribunal
An Australian Commonwealth Government agency mediating native title claims under the direction of the Federal Court of Australia.
Federal Court of Australia
Makes determinations relating to native title.
The State Records Office of Western Australia
Holds a range of archival records relating to Noongar people.
The Western Australian Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (previously Department of Indigenous Affairs)
Responsible for planning Western Australia's communities and managing land and heritage assets.
The City of Joondalup
A region that covers an area of 99km square from beach to bushland.
National Indigenous Affairs Agency
The National Indigenous Australians Agency implements the Government’s policies and programs to improve the lives of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
City of Cockburn
Cockburn's original inhabitants were a Swan River tribe of Aborigines who made their campsites along the City's central chain of lakes to avoid the salty waters of the lakes nearer to the coast.
Miscellaneous
www.noongarculture.org.au
The aim of the Kaartdijin website is to share the richness of our knowledge, culture and history in order to strengthen our community and promote wider understanding.
FOREVER WARRIORS, by: Jan "Kabarli" James
A book honouring all Western Australian Aboriginal men and women who served their country in both war and peace.
Noongar Radio
100.9 FM Noongar Radio is Boorloo’s only Indigenous radio station. With diverse programming, Noongar Radio strive to cover all aspects and cater to those that matter, the community.
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
A successful and highly innovative theatre company dedicated to sharing Aboriginal stories in all their diversity.
Paul Keating Redfern speech
Video of the Paul Keating Redfern speech.
AIATSIS - Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Studies
The world's premier institution for information and research about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Outcare
Western Australia's only specialist non government provider of crime prevention services and programs.
Madjitil Moorna
With growing awareness of the gap in opportunity between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, members of Zig Zag Community Arts Inc in 2006 began a project which has become Madjitil Moorna – Magical Bush Sounds.
Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery
Forty minutes from the Perth CBD within Western Australia's oldest wine growing region.
Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators Committee (WAITOC)
WAITOC is the peak representative for Aboriginal tours and experiences in Western Australia.
Berndt Museum of Anthropology
Holds one of Australia's finest collections of Australian Aboriginal of contemporary and historical art and cultural materials, as well as Asian and Melanesian collections.
Gowrie Community Services
Nurturing the potential of the formative years for the benefit of children, families and community.