Aboriginal Ranger Program Round Six recipients announced

  • $11 million shared by 12 Aboriginal organisations as part of Innovation Fund
  • Aboriginal Ranger Program has created more than 650 ranger jobs on Country
  • Program empowers Aboriginal communities to care for their Country and culture

More than $11 million will be shared among a dozen Aboriginal organisations across Western Australia in the latest round of funding for the Aboriginal Ranger Program.

The Round Six grants have been awarded to 12 projects that explore innovative ways to maximise the benefits of the program.

The successful projects under the Innovation Fund include a native seed facility, cultural-contemporary burning, fauna sanctuary planning and wetland management.

The Aboriginal Ranger Program has created more than 650 ranger jobs on Country since 2017. It has also supported the management of nearly 500 significant cultural sites, 2,000 kilometres of tracks and weed management across 2,000 hectares of land.

Following an initial $20 million investment, a further $83 million has been allocated to support the development, expansion and innovation of Aboriginal ranger groups across the State with a focus on remote and regional locations.

For more information, visit dbca.wa.gov.au/aboriginalrangerprogram

Comments attributed to Environment Minister Reece Whitby:

"I congratulate the recipients of this latest round of funding and I look forward to hearing about the success of these exciting, innovative projects.

"The Aboriginal Ranger Program continues to make a real difference, providing valuable employment opportunities across our great State.

"We want to empower Aboriginal communities to care for their Country and culture. For every $1 invested, the program creates approximately $3 worth of social, economic, cultural and environmental value."

Comments attributed to Aboriginal Affairs Minister Dr Tony Buti:

"Our Government is committed to building the skills and knowledge of Aboriginal ranger teams across Western Australia and encourage shared learning.

"The Aboriginal Ranger Program creates meaningful opportunities while developing community resilience and leadership. We're continuing to invest and build on the program's success.

"This funding round ensures expert knowledge continues to be passed on to help communities care for their Country in a way that protects cultural and environmental values."

Organisation

Project Title

Funding Allocated

DBCA Region

Badgebup Aboriginal Corporation

BAC Skills and Innovation Hub

$1,840,068

Wheatbelt

Binalup Aboriginal Corporation

Planning for a Binalup-Tambellup Fauna Sanctuary

$415,105

Wheatbelt

Budadee Aboriginal Corporation

Budadee Native Seed Facility

$757,990

Pilbara

Indigenous

Desert Alliance

Southern Deserts Right

Way Fire Project

$1,643,625

Goldfields; Pilbara and South Coast

Maarli Services

Interactive gnammas mapping in Eastern Wheatbelt Rangers

$1,653,193

Wheatbelt

Noongar Land Enterprise Group

Noongar Land Enterprise Group Rangers

$827,557

Midwest, Wheatbelt and South Coast

Nowanup Noongar Boodjar Ltd

Integrating Cultural Fire and Contemporary Burning in the Great Southern

$291,419

South Coast

Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd

Baluyi Bilarra Bundurr Bundurr Plants of the Wetland & Pindan

$354,777

Kimberley

Tarlka Matuwa Piarku Aboriginal Corporation

Western Desert Youth Rangers Developing co-mapping and media skills

$337,226

Goldfields

Undalup Association Inc.

Ni Kidji Gnangkaa Boodja Listening to Mother Country

$1,172,485

South West

Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation

Marrirrin di Drone Program

$439,465

Kimberley

Winjan Aboriginal Corporation

Bindjareb Boodja Baldja Ranger Innovation Project

$1,275,504

Swan and South West

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