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The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) has been providing holistic health services and caring for community for over 50 years.

VACCA is the lead Aboriginal child and family welfare organisation in Victoria.

Content Warning: This article contains potentially distressing material for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Children and young people should speak with a trusted adult before reading.

Uncle Archie’s voice bellows loud through the auditorium’s speakers as Breanna Lee’s voice takes over singing ‘Took the children away’.

The First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria has been active since 2019 after many years of discussions, consultations, and roadshows. Since the induction they have been busy working to further treaty efforts for Vic mob.

The Australian government has announced a referendum, likely to take place at the end of this year, amending the Australian constitution to include a First Nations Voice to Parliament.

On the 30th of March 2007, the Gunditjmara people were granted Native Title for approximately 140,000 hectares of land, rivers, reserves, national parks, creeks and sea.

The Yoorrook commission is Aboriginal-led and is the first truth-telling body to be established in Australia.

A collection of Cultural Centres to visit in Victoria.

Connect to country. Walk in the footsteps of our old people.

World's Indigenous Peoples Day is held each year on August 9. The day aims to draw attention to the cultures and struggles of Indigenous Peoples around the world and highlight the global movement for Indigenous rights.

Self-determination is about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people having control over our lives and Communities. A treaty is an agreement between two groups about sharing land and resources. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been fighting for treaty as an important way of achieving self-determination.

There has never been a treaty between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and colonial governments in Australia. In other British settler colonies (where the colonisers came to stay), such as Aotearoa/New Zealand and Turtle Island/North America, there have been treaties negotiated with Indigenous peoples.

Standing Strong - Aboriginal resistance and the strength of our culture

On the 26th of May this year, community gathered from across Melbourne for the launch of the Stolen Generation Marker in the Atherton Gardens in Fitzroy.

We acknowledge all our people who fought for their Country against invasion and colonisation and those who have fought overseas. We acknowledge those who lost their lives.

Children can become invisible, their voice unheard, when our work is crises driven and our focus is on carers and parents. Hearing a child's voice relies on listening, understanding and acting wisely on what they say. Only this allows us to respond to each child's needs, understand their views and encourage them to ask for help when they need it.

The 13th of February 2018 marks the 10th Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations given by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. This is a significant day for all people of Australia.

Hey you mob! My names Breanna Browning but most people call me Bree, I am a proud Gunditjmara and Ngarrindjeri woman and I am the new Statewide Coordinator for Cultural Planning.