Background Established in 1997, Wunan aims to drive long-term socioeconomic change, break welfare dependency and reinstate self-responsibility amongst Indigenous peoples in the East Kimberley. Strategic priorities of health, education, housing, employment and leadership are supported by over 15 programs and services. Crucially, Wunan drives change through a self-sustaining economic model. As CEO Ian Trust explains, “We’ve […] > Read case study

Background  A number of Aboriginal organisations that Jawun partners with use electronic practice management systems to deliver community health and wellbeing services. These organisations have identified that their systems could be better optimised for real-time presentation of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data and relationships in patient health and treatment outcomes. In 2020, Jawun’s corporate partners […] > Read case study

Background Since 2011, Jawun has partnered with the Australian Public Service (APS) to strengthen Indigenous-led empowerment and leadership across the country. To date, 619 APS secondees have been on secondments in 10 regions: Cape York, Goulburn Murray, Central Coast, Inner Sydney, North East Arnhem Land, East Kimberley, West Kimberley, Central Australia, Lower River Murray, and […] > Read case study

Background Corinne Hodson is a proud Ngunnawal / Wiradjuri woman with family links to the Riverina region of NSW. Her childhood was spent growing up in the Pilbara region of WA, whilst continuing to connect with her family in NSW. Corinne made the move to NSW on a permanent basis at 20 years old, pursuing […] > Read case study

Background The La Perouse Aboriginal community are the traditional people of coastal Sydney. In the early 2000s, a group of young likeminded members of the La Perouse Aboriginal community, now called the ‘La Pa Deadlies’, came together to address challenges facing their community. Over time, this group grew in influence to include key leaders from […] > Read case study

Background The Ngarrindjeri people have been harvesting pipis (or ‘kutis’ in Ngarrindjeri) in the region for over 10,000 years, evidenced by the numerous ‘middens’ found in and around the nearby sandhills in the Coorong and adjacent beaches. Based in the Lower River Murray, Lakes and Coorong Region of South Australia, Goolwa Pipi Co Pty Ltd […] > Read case study

Background In January 2020, after more than eight years of discussion with the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (SWALSC), Jawun welcomed its first secondees into its newest region. South West Australia (SWA), is home to the Noongar Nation, the largest single Aboriginal cultural bloc on the Australian continent, made up of 14 closely […] > Read case study

Background Stories of Female Leadership (SoFL) is a network that connects influential, inspiring and courageous Indigenous, corporate and government female leaders to drive change at multiple levels. It began in 2015 with the question, ‘How can Jawun foster Indigenous female leadership through collaboration with corporate, and government partners?’ In response, the Stories of Female Leadership […] > Read case study

Background The Kimberley Land Council (KLC) seeks to support its members and Aboriginal communities throughout the Kimberley with access to opportunities. KLC leads an ambitious empowerment agenda drive to create self-sustainability and enable self-determination, and pursues opportunities with vigour both nationally and internationally to overcome barriers and challenges in the region including lack of industry […] > Read case study

Background Since the beginning of their partnership with Jawun in 2016, the University of Melbourne has forged a creative and strategic partnership which draws on their strengths in order to maximise connections with Indigenous partner organisations, regions and initiatives. The success of the partnership so far has arisen from the broad range of skillsets offered […] > Read case study