Taribelang Aboriginal Corporation

About Taribelang Aboriginal Corporation

Taribelang Bunda are the Traditional Owners of the Bundaberg Region.
Taribelang Aboriginal Corporation (TAC) is the largest Aboriginal organisation
by membership (85) in the Port Curtis Coral Coast (PCCC) region.

Like to become a member of TAC? Simply download the the following
form and return the completed application to this email address.

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Leading Aboriginal engagement

Over its 6 years of operation, TAC has led the development of Aboriginal community engagement in the Bundaberg region and has established partnerships with education, conservation and land management agencies to support future skills, community capacity building and employment.

Key result areas for TAC are:

Are highly experienced with a track record of more than 20 years and a thousand training workshops.
Ensure our training workshops are engaging, enjoyable, relevant and practical.
Culturally inclusive leadership and governance.
Education engagement and excellence.
Social enterprise development.
Land, sea and cultural heritage rehabilitation and preservation.
Supporting and caring for our people and culture.

View TAC’s Strategic Plan

Delivering significant and positive change

Through its targeted work on community development, cultural and environmental initiatives,
and employment programs for Aboriginal people, TAC has the ability to deliver significant and
positive changes for the community – cultural, capacity, education and skills, justice and
Aboriginal community wellbeing.

TAC’s services and capabilities

Culturally inclusive leadership and governance – TAC is a leading Aboriginal corporation in the Bundaberg region with:
- Proven capacity to provide leadership and community development that has the support of the regional Aboriginal community.
- A strong board of 7 Traditional Owners who have an open and transparent approach to organisational and project governance.
- A focus on leadership initiatives that have the support of the community. The TAC board and management have an ongoing commitment to leadership and governance capability building.

Education engagement and excellence – through a partnership with the Stronger Smarter Institute, TAC is changing education and futures in the region. Current education and training initiatives include:
- Education for 50 trainees in regional schools – creating change within schools and the local Aboriginal community to empower Aboriginal students to achieve greater success in school and in life.
- Initiating education and training reforms that will have a lasting impact on future generations of Aboriginal people and the wider community in the region and create new pathways into employment.
- Extensive and diverse training and employment opportunities through the development, management and operations of the proposed Rachel Hill Nature Refuge project – an environmental, cultural and community development initiative to benefit the Taribelang and wider community in the region.
Social enterprise development – TAC is able to undertake a diverse range of programs and activities including:
- Developing effective partnerships with regional and expert groups on employment, conservation and community development.
- TAC has the ability to engage with these leading experts, work collaboratively and deliver high performance outcomes. TAC can leverage off high impact projects and outcomes in the Bundaberg region to ensure that the Aboriginal community improves in terms of community, employment, justice and health outcomes – closing the gap.
- TAC has an open and transparent approach delivering good outcomes that are well supported by the Aboriginal community.
Land, sea and cultural heritage, rehabilitation and preservation – successfully delivering a range of programs for the Aboriginal community including:
- Engaging with experts in threatened species conservation.
- Exploring opportunities for land and sea management services.
  Supporting and caring for our people and culture including these initiatives.

Supporting and caring for our people and culture including these initiatives:
- Collaboration with Gooreng Gooreng Aboriginal organisation on Aboriginal community initiatives – culture, country, skills, education, employment.
- Ongoing TAC programs, events and activities that engage the Aboriginal and wider communities.
- Preserving ancient Aboriginal rock engravings and sacred sites in the region.
- Developing community skills in cultural heritage works and services.
- Community cultural education activities, camps and events that keep the Taribelang and other regional Aboriginal cultures and languages alive and thriving for the current generation of Aboriginal people in the region

TAC works with WYLD Projects, Bundaberg Mary Regional Group (NRM), LandCare, Bundaberg Sugar, Greenfleet, Mon Repos, Gooreng Gooreng, Bundaberg Regional Council and landowners.

Over the last 6 years, TAC has delivered these projects:

Identifying Rachel Hill Nature Refuge as a catalyst project for community, cultural, capacity building, skills and highly significant environmental outcomes.
New TAC office established in Bundaberg. The recent launch in March 2019 attracted regional leaders and 60 people to this community focused event.
Key regional and expert partnerships develop for TAC.

TAC partnerships covering current and planned work include:

Gooreng Gooreng – collaboration on Aboriginal community initiatives – culture, country, skills, education, employment
WYLD Project – conservation of white throated snapping turtle; engaging youth in weed and pest control and Queensland flora and fauna conservation activities.
Working with the Stronger Smarter Institute on the education for 50 trainees in regional schools – creating change within schools and the local Aboriginal community to empower Aboriginal students to achieve greater success in school and in life.
Burnett Mary Regional Group (peak NRM group for the region) – working on land and sea management projects. This is a long term, collaborative approach linking Aboriginal people in the region with environmental management
Greenfleet – accessing contracts for carbon offset investment covering site revegetation and regional contracts.
Bundaberg Regional Council – employment, training and land management/weed control contracting opportunities.

Education and engagement excellence

Through a partnership with the Stronger Smarter Institute, TAC is changing education and
futures in the region. Current education and training initiatives include:

Education for 50 trainees in regional schools – creating change within schools and the local
Aboriginal community to empower Aboriginal students to achieve greater success in school
and in life

In addition, we are Initiating education and training reforms that will have a lasting impact
on future generations of Aboriginal people and the wider community in the region and create
new pathways into employment.

Furthermore, we are providing extensive and diverse training and employment opportunities
through the development, management and operations of the proposed Rachel Hill Nature
Refuge project – an environmental, cultural and community development initiative to benefit
the Taribelang and wider community in the region.

Taribelang Aboriginal Corporation

About Taribelang Aboriginal Corporation

Leading Aboriginal engagement

Delivering significant and positive change

TAC’s services and capabilities

Education and engagement excellence

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