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Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations

Services, cooperatives, networks and gathering places for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

 

Services and Cooperatives

Aboriginal Housing Victoria
Phone: 03 9403 2100

Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative (BADAC)
Phone: 03 5331 5344

Bendigo & District Aboriginal Co-Operative (BDAC)
Phone: 03 5442 4947

Dardi Munwurro
Family violence, healing and behaviour change programs for men.
Free Call: 1800 435 799

Djirra
Culturally safe and specialist legal and non-legal support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who experience family violence.
Free Call: 1800 105 303

Gippsland and East Gippsland Aborigines Cooperative Ltd.
Phone: 03 5150 0700

Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative
Phone: 03 5559 1234 

Healing Foundation
Supports Stolen Generations survivors, families and communities.

Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place
Phone: 03 9725 2166

Rumbalara Aborigines Cooperative
Phone: 03 5820 0000

The Aboriginal Community Elders Services Inc 
(ACES)Phone: 03 9383 4244

Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency
Phone: 03 9287 8800

Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
Peak body for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal peoples living in Victoria.
Phone: 03 9411 9411

Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
Free Call: 1800 064 865

Networks and Gathering Places

Greater Melbourne North, South and East including Maribyrnong, Frankston, Mornington Peninsula and Healesville

Gippsland region, including Latrobe, Orbost, Lakes Entrance and Sale

Loddon Mallee region of Victoria, including Swan Hill, Mildura and Bendigo 

Grampians region of Victoria, including Ballarat, Wimmera (Horsham) and Halls Gap (Gariwerd)

Barwon South West Local Aboriginal Networks

 

Victorian Government Links

Aboriginal Victoria
Victorian Government/Heritage/Treaty/Policy/Engagement
Phone: 1800 762 003

Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (Victorian Government)
Oversees all Aboriginal funding and networks.

Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement
Phone: 03 8684 1755

 

 

Disclaimer: The list above provides links to services, cooperatives, networks and gathering places for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. While every effort is made to check the content and accuracy of the websites RAV links to, we take no responsibility for information contained on websites that are maintained by other organisations. RAV is not endorsing or associated with any of the services listed on this page.

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