Please note that the information contained within the Aboriginal Community Profile was gathered in 2014. It is now out of date. A refresh of this data is currently being undertaken and the updated results will be available soon.

NGSC Arts & Culture website, link to Aboriginal Culture

NGSC Cultural spaces

The Northern Grampians Shire Council reported the following good practices in their response to the 2012 Victorian Local Government Aboriginal Engagement and Reconciliation Survey and subsequent updates

• Flies the Aboriginal flag on special occasions
• Engages with Traditional Owners
• Arranges Welcome to Country
• Engages with local Aboriginal organisations
• Engages with Local Indigenous Networks
• Engages with the Local Reconciliation Group
• Collects data on employee Aboriginal identity
• Employs Aboriginal staff
• Has a general Employment policy that encourages employment of Aboriginal people
• Provides Aboriginal specific funding
• Has a general Employment policy that encourages employment of Aboriginal people
• Has a documented Aboriginal history of the municipality
• Has facilitated use of Aboriginal language to name sites
• Supports or organises events that celebrate Aboriginal culture
• Organises Reconciliation Week activities
• Has worked with RAP to protect local significant sites.
• Has worked with RAP to build greater community awareness.
• Library has Aboriginal specific programs
• Has Aboriginal-specific HACC services
• Provides Aboriginal specific maternal and child health responses
• Works with local agencies to support Aboriginal young people
• Procures goods and services from Aboriginal businesses
• Is involved in local Aboriginal tourism
• Engages with Local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Networks

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Town Hall, Main Street, STAWELL 3380

PO Box 580, STAWELL 3380

Tel: 03 5358 8700; Fax: 03 5358 4151

E: ngshire@ngshire.vic.gov.au

www.ngshire.vic.gov.au

ABORIGINAL LIAISON CONTACT

Chantal Thomas

Coordinator, EngagING

E: chantal.thomas@ngshire.vic.gov.au