Aboriginal Groups
Mountains Community Resource Network resources local Aboriginal Community organisations and assists non-indigenous local action groups to raise awareness of indigenous issues.
Blue Mountains Aboriginal Organisations contacts:
The Blue Mountains Aboriginal Community webpage:
www.aboriginalbluemountains.com.au
BMCC Aboriginal Community Development Officer:
4780 5560 email:ryates@bmcc.nws.gov.au
BM Aboriginal and Cultural Resource Centre:
4782 6569 email:admin@acrc.org.au
Gundungurra Tribal Council :contact 4782 9354
website: www.gundungurra.net.au email:gundungurra@bigpond.com
Link-up NSW :
4759 1911 linkup@nsw.link-up.org.au
Deerubbin Land Council 9832 2457
website:www.deerubbin.org.au
Darug Tribal Link:
0411 439 820
BM Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation - BM ANTaR:
BM Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation formed in 1997 and has been resourced by MCRN since 2000. ANTaR organizes annual Journey of Healing events, makes submissions on government policy, assist Aboriginal organisations with general and specific projects, holds seminar s and raises community awareness on a range of indigenous issues.
Some of our successes include advocating to BM Council for an Aboriginal community cultural development worker, assisting BM Aboriginal and Cultural Resource Centre with gaining re-current funding; gaining resources for Gundungurra language revival and printing of "Sing you Brave People" local stories and holding seminars on land rights and the impact of racism
BM ANTaR contacts: 4782 6465; 4759 3599