Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations
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Victoria’s state-wide body advocating for Traditional Owners groups’ rights and interests.
Solidarity with Uncle Mark Brown and Bunurong mob – a man's just been arrested for booing the Welcome on Anzac Day, and he was was part of last weekend's attack on Camp Sovereignty.
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Man charged over booing of Welcome to Country at Anzac Day service
Victoria Police have charged a man over the booing which disrupted the Anzac Day dawn service in Melbourne/Naarm earlier this year.During a Welcome to Country at the Shrine of Remembrance, hecklers sh...
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September 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Solidarity with Uncle Mark Brown and Bunurong mob – a man's just been arrested for booing the Welcome on Anzac Day, and he was was part of last weekend's attack on Camp Sovereignty.
👉🏾 nit.com.au/05-09-2025/2...
👉🏾 nit.com.au/05-09-2025/2...
Our staff Daniel, Jill and Sophie were thrilled to join today's session of our Treaty messaging training, which uses research about what resonates with Victorians to help defend against misinformation + land tested messages.
We’ve got four more sessions to come.
Secure your spot 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
We’ve got four more sessions to come.
Secure your spot 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
September 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Our staff Daniel, Jill and Sophie were thrilled to join today's session of our Treaty messaging training, which uses research about what resonates with Victorians to help defend against misinformation + land tested messages.
We’ve got four more sessions to come.
Secure your spot 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
We’ve got four more sessions to come.
Secure your spot 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
Our next Treaty messaging training is in-person, on Thursday!
Our first training happened this morning, and we've received some really positive feedback. Next up is an in-person session this Thursday, 4 September, 4-5pm at Aborigines Advancement League.
RSVP now 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
Our first training happened this morning, and we've received some really positive feedback. Next up is an in-person session this Thursday, 4 September, 4-5pm at Aborigines Advancement League.
RSVP now 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
September 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Our next Treaty messaging training is in-person, on Thursday!
Our first training happened this morning, and we've received some really positive feedback. Next up is an in-person session this Thursday, 4 September, 4-5pm at Aborigines Advancement League.
RSVP now 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
Our first training happened this morning, and we've received some really positive feedback. Next up is an in-person session this Thursday, 4 September, 4-5pm at Aborigines Advancement League.
RSVP now 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
We were thrilled to visit Tati Tati Kaiejin’s flood recovery work along the Murray River near Robinvale a few weeks ago.
When the river flooded in October 2022, it brought debris and rubble up from the depths. And it brought a state emergency response that labelled flooding as only a bad thing...
When the river flooded in October 2022, it brought debris and rubble up from the depths. And it brought a state emergency response that labelled flooding as only a bad thing...
September 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
We were thrilled to visit Tati Tati Kaiejin’s flood recovery work along the Murray River near Robinvale a few weeks ago.
When the river flooded in October 2022, it brought debris and rubble up from the depths. And it brought a state emergency response that labelled flooding as only a bad thing...
When the river flooded in October 2022, it brought debris and rubble up from the depths. And it brought a state emergency response that labelled flooding as only a bad thing...
There’s an independent committee that advises the Victorian Government on climate change in agriculture – but it doesn’t have representation from Victoria’s first farmers.
That could change, if you apply for a (paid!) spot on the Victorian Agriculture and Climate Change Council.
👉🏾 bit.ly/4g2VX1z
That could change, if you apply for a (paid!) spot on the Victorian Agriculture and Climate Change Council.
👉🏾 bit.ly/4g2VX1z
September 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
There’s an independent committee that advises the Victorian Government on climate change in agriculture – but it doesn’t have representation from Victoria’s first farmers.
That could change, if you apply for a (paid!) spot on the Victorian Agriculture and Climate Change Council.
👉🏾 bit.ly/4g2VX1z
That could change, if you apply for a (paid!) spot on the Victorian Agriculture and Climate Change Council.
👉🏾 bit.ly/4g2VX1z
The racist attack on Camp Sovereignty is a disgusting act of violence against a peaceful protest for Treaty, truth and justice – and an attack on the proud spirit and sovereign identity of the whole Victorian Aboriginal community.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Far-right demonstrators stormed Indigenous gathering place after Melbourne rally
Camp Sovereignty organisers say dozens of men dressed in black attacked the site at King's Domain, leaving several people injured. The Victorian government has condemned the attack.
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September 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The racist attack on Camp Sovereignty is a disgusting act of violence against a peaceful protest for Treaty, truth and justice – and an attack on the proud spirit and sovereign identity of the whole Victorian Aboriginal community.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Do you talk about Treaty in your work? Here's free, evidence-based training to build your confidence, land key messages, and debunk disinformation. Online or in-person, multiple sessions over the next two weeks.
RSVP now to secure your spot 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
RSVP now to secure your spot 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
August 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Do you talk about Treaty in your work? Here's free, evidence-based training to build your confidence, land key messages, and debunk disinformation. Online or in-person, multiple sessions over the next two weeks.
RSVP now to secure your spot 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
RSVP now to secure your spot 👉🏾 bit.ly/3HYSuV9
If you're raising native plants and want to contribute to the Victorian Government's reforestation work, good new: there's $3 million over three years for supply of Victorian woody native seeds and seedlings. Applications close 1 September.
Learn more 👉🏾 www.environment.vic.gov.au/grants/bushb...
Learn more 👉🏾 www.environment.vic.gov.au/grants/bushb...
August 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If you're raising native plants and want to contribute to the Victorian Government's reforestation work, good new: there's $3 million over three years for supply of Victorian woody native seeds and seedlings. Applications close 1 September.
Learn more 👉🏾 www.environment.vic.gov.au/grants/bushb...
Learn more 👉🏾 www.environment.vic.gov.au/grants/bushb...
Goodbye + thank you to our lovely Tanya 🤎
Today was Tanya's last day at the Federation after four years dedicated to Traditional Owner-led care for Country. Tanya leaves to commit herself totally to her business. We'll miss her – but suspect this might be a case of see you later, not bye for good.
Today was Tanya's last day at the Federation after four years dedicated to Traditional Owner-led care for Country. Tanya leaves to commit herself totally to her business. We'll miss her – but suspect this might be a case of see you later, not bye for good.
August 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Goodbye + thank you to our lovely Tanya 🤎
Today was Tanya's last day at the Federation after four years dedicated to Traditional Owner-led care for Country. Tanya leaves to commit herself totally to her business. We'll miss her – but suspect this might be a case of see you later, not bye for good.
Today was Tanya's last day at the Federation after four years dedicated to Traditional Owner-led care for Country. Tanya leaves to commit herself totally to her business. We'll miss her – but suspect this might be a case of see you later, not bye for good.
New dingo research makes the case for nationally standardised naming – to finally recognise the truth that dingoes are native wildlife, not domestic dogs gone feral.
👉🏾 bit.ly/4oHrDgN
👉🏾 bit.ly/4oHrDgN
Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path
New research suggests dingoes are distinct enough to have their own scientific name. If this is accepted, it will have far-reaching consequences
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August 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
New dingo research makes the case for nationally standardised naming – to finally recognise the truth that dingoes are native wildlife, not domestic dogs gone feral.
👉🏾 bit.ly/4oHrDgN
👉🏾 bit.ly/4oHrDgN
Are you a Victorian Traditional Owner with knowledge of or experience in cultural heritage?
The Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council wants to hear from you!
Applications to join Council close 25 September. Learn more and apply now 👉🏾 bit.ly/4lwJB2V
The Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council wants to hear from you!
Applications to join Council close 25 September. Learn more and apply now 👉🏾 bit.ly/4lwJB2V
August 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Are you a Victorian Traditional Owner with knowledge of or experience in cultural heritage?
The Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council wants to hear from you!
Applications to join Council close 25 September. Learn more and apply now 👉🏾 bit.ly/4lwJB2V
The Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council wants to hear from you!
Applications to join Council close 25 September. Learn more and apply now 👉🏾 bit.ly/4lwJB2V
We were thrilled to join GLaWAC yesterday to launch the latest phase of its bushfoods enterprise. Years ago, Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place was a prison nursery. Today, it’s a place where men on community orders can connect with and grow strong in culture – including through growing native plants.
August 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We were thrilled to join GLaWAC yesterday to launch the latest phase of its bushfoods enterprise. Years ago, Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place was a prison nursery. Today, it’s a place where men on community orders can connect with and grow strong in culture – including through growing native plants.
We're disappointed to see a $1.25 million Victorian Government investment in water for mussel fisheries ignore the rights of Traditional Owners – who have grown, harvested and cooked native seafood for a thousand generations.
Read our media release 👉🏾 bit.ly/4162LW1
Read our media release 👉🏾 bit.ly/4162LW1
August 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
We're disappointed to see a $1.25 million Victorian Government investment in water for mussel fisheries ignore the rights of Traditional Owners – who have grown, harvested and cooked native seafood for a thousand generations.
Read our media release 👉🏾 bit.ly/4162LW1
Read our media release 👉🏾 bit.ly/4162LW1
$300,000 cultural flows grants are now available for Murray-Darling Basin Nations – and we’re ready to help Victorian Traditional Owner groups apply.
Contact us on [email protected], or learn more about the grant program from [email protected]. Closes 15 October!
Contact us on [email protected], or learn more about the grant program from [email protected]. Closes 15 October!
August 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
$300,000 cultural flows grants are now available for Murray-Darling Basin Nations – and we’re ready to help Victorian Traditional Owner groups apply.
Contact us on [email protected], or learn more about the grant program from [email protected]. Closes 15 October!
Contact us on [email protected], or learn more about the grant program from [email protected]. Closes 15 October!
It's great to see our interim CEO Kaley Nicholson in National Indigenous Times following the Federal Government's new Indigenous economic development approach at Garma Festival over the weeked.
Read more 👉🏾 bit.ly/45Ee4an
Read more 👉🏾 bit.ly/45Ee4an
First Nations economic deal welcomed, but Victorian group urges broader inclusion beyond Native Title
Last week's announcement of a new agreement to establish a First Nations Economic Partnership has been welcomed by the peak body representing Victorian Traditional Owner groups.Speaking at Garma, Prim...
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August 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It's great to see our interim CEO Kaley Nicholson in National Indigenous Times following the Federal Government's new Indigenous economic development approach at Garma Festival over the weeked.
Read more 👉🏾 bit.ly/45Ee4an
Read more 👉🏾 bit.ly/45Ee4an
The success of the Federal Government’s new approach to Aboriginal economic policy will be in its implementation, not rhetoric – and it must invest in Victorian Traditional Owner groups and take up their economic modelling.
Read our statement 👉🏾 bit.ly/3H5vofd
Download the Roadmap 👉🏾 bit.ly/3J0oCI2
Read our statement 👉🏾 bit.ly/3H5vofd
Download the Roadmap 👉🏾 bit.ly/3J0oCI2
August 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The success of the Federal Government’s new approach to Aboriginal economic policy will be in its implementation, not rhetoric – and it must invest in Victorian Traditional Owner groups and take up their economic modelling.
Read our statement 👉🏾 bit.ly/3H5vofd
Download the Roadmap 👉🏾 bit.ly/3J0oCI2
Read our statement 👉🏾 bit.ly/3H5vofd
Download the Roadmap 👉🏾 bit.ly/3J0oCI2
Another great piece on the Roadmap from our collaborator SGS Economics & Planning.
We presented on the Traditional Owner Economic Development Roadmap at AIATSIS Summit last month, and our nerves, excitement, and queue (!) of interest in the research are recapped here 👉🏾 sgsep.com.au/publications...
We presented on the Traditional Owner Economic Development Roadmap at AIATSIS Summit last month, and our nerves, excitement, and queue (!) of interest in the research are recapped here 👉🏾 sgsep.com.au/publications...
Sharing knowledge on Country: Reflections from the AIATSIS Summit | SGS Economics & Planning
In June 2025, supported by SGS’s sabbatical program, Kasey Bailey took the stage at the 2025 AIATSIS Summit in Garramilla (Darwin) to share a powerful story of economic self-determination, co-develope...
sgsep.com.au
July 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Another great piece on the Roadmap from our collaborator SGS Economics & Planning.
We presented on the Traditional Owner Economic Development Roadmap at AIATSIS Summit last month, and our nerves, excitement, and queue (!) of interest in the research are recapped here 👉🏾 sgsep.com.au/publications...
We presented on the Traditional Owner Economic Development Roadmap at AIATSIS Summit last month, and our nerves, excitement, and queue (!) of interest in the research are recapped here 👉🏾 sgsep.com.au/publications...
Head to sunny Queensland to share your Country's priorities and shape a new national stage.
The National Gathering is a new three-day seminar intending to shape a national collective policy platform for Traditional Owner representative organisations.
Learn more 👉🏽https://thenationalgathering.au/
The National Gathering is a new three-day seminar intending to shape a national collective policy platform for Traditional Owner representative organisations.
Learn more 👉🏽https://thenationalgathering.au/
July 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Head to sunny Queensland to share your Country's priorities and shape a new national stage.
The National Gathering is a new three-day seminar intending to shape a national collective policy platform for Traditional Owner representative organisations.
Learn more 👉🏽https://thenationalgathering.au/
The National Gathering is a new three-day seminar intending to shape a national collective policy platform for Traditional Owner representative organisations.
Learn more 👉🏽https://thenationalgathering.au/
In the coming months, Treaty legislation will be introduced to the Victorian Parliament, and our elected politicians will vote on it. Help make Treaty a reality by reminding the Opposition that Victorians want this bill passed.
👉🏾 fpav.good.do/victoriansfortreaty/email-brad-battin/
👉🏾 fpav.good.do/victoriansfortreaty/email-brad-battin/
July 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
In the coming months, Treaty legislation will be introduced to the Victorian Parliament, and our elected politicians will vote on it. Help make Treaty a reality by reminding the Opposition that Victorians want this bill passed.
👉🏾 fpav.good.do/victoriansfortreaty/email-brad-battin/
👉🏾 fpav.good.do/victoriansfortreaty/email-brad-battin/
We're developing a strategy to help Traditional Owner corporations grow strong, skilled and sustainable workforces on-Country – and we want to hear directly from Traditional Owner groups to ensure it captures your experiences. Contact [email protected] to book your meeting. 📣
July 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We're developing a strategy to help Traditional Owner corporations grow strong, skilled and sustainable workforces on-Country – and we want to hear directly from Traditional Owner groups to ensure it captures your experiences. Contact [email protected] to book your meeting. 📣
In 2021, the Victorian Government approached us to investigate the feasibility of a First Nations bank. Just like in Canada, it would be independently controlled by Aboriginal people, and loan to Aboriginal commercial enterprises in sectors where they could excel.
But there was one big problem...
But there was one big problem...
Finding a path towards self-determination with the Victorian Traditional Owner Economic Development Roadmap | SGS Economics & Planning
First Nations' economic development is a crucial aspect of self-determination for First Nations in Victoria. We worked in partnership with the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owners Corporations t...
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July 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In 2021, the Victorian Government approached us to investigate the feasibility of a First Nations bank. Just like in Canada, it would be independently controlled by Aboriginal people, and loan to Aboriginal commercial enterprises in sectors where they could excel.
But there was one big problem...
But there was one big problem...
Twenty-one years since the “tide of history” denied the first native title claim along the Murray River, we’re near Mildura for an historic native title determination: the First Peoples of the Millewa-Mallee. As the Federal Court said at today’s on-Country hearing: tides can change.
July 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Twenty-one years since the “tide of history” denied the first native title claim along the Murray River, we’re near Mildura for an historic native title determination: the First Peoples of the Millewa-Mallee. As the Federal Court said at today’s on-Country hearing: tides can change.
Today’s historic native title determination for north-west Victoria isn’t just overdue recognition of Traditional Owners’ enduring connection to Country – it’s an unprecedented opportunity for economic prosperity and stronger futures.
Read more in our media statement 👉🏾
bit.ly/4kN7Dq6
Read more in our media statement 👉🏾
bit.ly/4kN7Dq6
July 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Today’s historic native title determination for north-west Victoria isn’t just overdue recognition of Traditional Owners’ enduring connection to Country – it’s an unprecedented opportunity for economic prosperity and stronger futures.
Read more in our media statement 👉🏾
bit.ly/4kN7Dq6
Read more in our media statement 👉🏾
bit.ly/4kN7Dq6
It’s great to see the ACT Government recognising thousands of years of cultural and ecological significance of dingo – media's reporting it will reclassify dingo as a protected native animal, not a pest, following DNA sampling that showed 100% dingo ancestry in animals in the Namadgi National Park.
July 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It’s great to see the ACT Government recognising thousands of years of cultural and ecological significance of dingo – media's reporting it will reclassify dingo as a protected native animal, not a pest, following DNA sampling that showed 100% dingo ancestry in animals in the Namadgi National Park.
“I’m a community person, so I really want people to know me, my values, what I care about… It lights a fire in me to do something about it.”
Give the latest episode of VAN Talks podcast a listen – it’s our interim CEO Kaley Nicholson talking big-and-bold about our 2025 priorities.
👉🏾 bit.ly/3GIHF9e
Give the latest episode of VAN Talks podcast a listen – it’s our interim CEO Kaley Nicholson talking big-and-bold about our 2025 priorities.
👉🏾 bit.ly/3GIHF9e
A renewed focus for Victorian Traditional Owners across the state with a new Federation CEO - Victorian Aboriginal News
Taungurung woman Kaley Nicholson takes the reigns at the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations... and pushing hard to ensure TO voices are heard in Government
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July 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“I’m a community person, so I really want people to know me, my values, what I care about… It lights a fire in me to do something about it.”
Give the latest episode of VAN Talks podcast a listen – it’s our interim CEO Kaley Nicholson talking big-and-bold about our 2025 priorities.
👉🏾 bit.ly/3GIHF9e
Give the latest episode of VAN Talks podcast a listen – it’s our interim CEO Kaley Nicholson talking big-and-bold about our 2025 priorities.
👉🏾 bit.ly/3GIHF9e