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Getting it right

Campbelltown, New South Wales: Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation (TAC) has been around for a long time. It incorporated in 1983 under the former Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1975 before transitioning to the CATSI Act in 2007. Over this time it has expanded into a thriving multifunctional community-controlled organisation, very much at the heart of the outer Sydney suburb of Airds.

Protecting the land, sea and animals

North Queensland: The Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation represents the Bindal, Juru and Ngaro traditional owner groups. Their country, spanning north Queensland from the Whitsunday Islands up to Townsville, is a biodiversity treasure trove. It also takes in one of the largest and richest river catchments in Australia—the Burdekin River.

Getting dry

Coober Pedy, South Australia: While it may have begun as a relatively small community health unit Umoona Tjutagku Health Service Aboriginal Corporation (UTHSAC) is today a large, growing concern looking after the social and medical needs of local Aboriginal people.

Bula'bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation

From fibre art to paintings depicting traditional stories—internationally renowned Bula’bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation (BAAC) paints a bright future for the local Indigenous Ramingining community and the Bula’bula arts centre.

The Bula’bula arts centre was erected in typical tropical elevation style of the Ramingining community in Central Arnhem Land, 400 kilometres east of Darwin. The rustic building sits comfortably on stilts, nestled among the native trees of the remote red kangaroo country.