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For more than 20 years, Kuku Yalanji elder Roy Gibson has had a dream for his land and his people. When the new $20 million Mossman Gorge Centre, an Indigenous eco-tourism business in the World Heritage listed Daintree National Park, opened with 90 per cent Indigenous staffing in June 2012, Roy’s dream became a reality.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) is working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities around Australia to share their traditional knowledge of weather through the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.

For proud Arrernte women, Darelle McCormack and Brianna Foster, working as Senior Youth Workers at Tangentyere Council is a family affair. Leading cultural bush trips as part of the Council’s Town Camps Youth Hub, they are helping kids in their community connect to their culture through nature-based activities that bring Elders, parents and children together to learn on Country, about Country.

For proud Aboriginal man Albert Bevan, Fee-Free TAFE has been the key to unlocking new opportunities and making a meaningful impact in his community.

Keeping families “on the outside” connected to Mum or Dad ”on the inside” through providing ‘Family Connection Packs’ during lockdown.