Burraga Foundation

We work alongside Community, schools, and local cultural educators, to assist students in navigating their educational pathways from primary school through to high school, university, and their chosen career fields.

Our initiatives and programs are grounded in culture and underpinned by strengths-based practices and high expectations.

Our Work

Education

  • Pre-k to Primary School Support Program

  • Primary to High School Student Support Program

  • Post-School Pathways Program

Community and Culture

  • Storylines Initiative

  • Language Revitalisation Program

  • Student Cultural Enrichment Supports

  • Cultural Awareness Training

Leading the way

  • Data Sovereignty Initiative

  • Advocacy and Consultation

  • Collaborations

Our Impact

We believe that impact is achieved and sustained through working alongside and in partnership with the local Community, collaboratively empowering student support networks to enable young people to pursue their educational pathways. 

Our Stories

Our Partners

We are working alongside community partners and schools to lead, support and evidence conversation of high expectations around Indigenous education.

With our partners' support, we demonstrate that positive change happens when First Nations community organisations lead and self-determine how young people are supported to pursue their educational pathway.

Latest News

  • NSW State Emergency Services

    Cultural Awarbess Training

    NSW SES engages the Burraga Foundation to deliver regional Cultural Awareness Training workshops.

  • University of New England

    Working in partnership to further support students seeking to advance their education via university pathways.

  • Inner West Council

    Frontline worker, short form, in person Cultural Awareness Training support.

  • Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority

    ACARA engages Burraga to deliver report in support of the Federal Government's Teacher Workforce Action Plan, Action 19a.

  • Public Service Commission

    ‘Everybody’s Business’ cultural awareness training digitisation and production of SCORM outputs for the whole of government and NGO sector.

  • Parliament of NSW

    Artwork consultation and development. Burraga provided the first Aboriginal digital artwork used by the Parliament of NSW when corresponding about Aboriginal affairs.

  • NIAA

    Ongoing support for the Burraga Foundation's Storylines Initiative. Over 100 communities now participating.

  • NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group

    Development and delivery of the NSW AECG multitenancy language learning App.

  • St George Illawarra Dragons

    Burraga School Based Apprenticeships, St George Illawarra Dragons NRL partnership., supporting two trainee placements

  • Betashares

    Reconciliation Action Plan consultation and support for Betashares - managing over 37 billion in ETF assets.

  • Harvard

    Burraga research pathway enabled by Harvard University informing Departmental research treatment design.

  • Storylines

    The Storylines initiative partners with its 100th local Aboriginal community and hundreds of schools across NSW and SA.

Our vision and establishment

The Burraga Foundation was inspired by activist and leader Joe Anderson, also known as King Burraga.

In 1933, Joe called for Aboriginal self-determination and representation in Federal Parliament, a visionary message that has transcended generations.

“I am calling a corroboree of all the natives of New South Wales to send a petition to the King, in an endeavour to improve our conditions. All the black man wants is representation in Federal Parliament. There is also plenty fish in the river for us all and land to grow all we want. One hundred and fitty years ago, the Aboriginals owned Australia, and today, he demands more than the white man’s charity; he wants the right to live.”

“I am calling a corroboree of all the natives of New South Wales to send a petition to the King, in an endeavour to improve our conditions. All the black man wants is representation in Federal Parliament. There is also plenty fish in the river for us all and land to grow all we want. One hundred and fitty years ago, the Aboriginals owned Australia, and today, he demands more than the white man’s charity; he wants the right to live.”

Community voices

  • Aunty Mooie Muriel Brandy

    Aunty Mooie Muriel Brandy

    “When I went to school it wasn’t easy to find information about where I was from. Sharing my story has enabled me to pass on my knowledge to future generations.”

  • Mia Simon

    Mia Simon

    “I’ve always been interested in learning more about my history and culture. Storylines is a great place to find stories from my local community.”

  • Kiara Brindle

    Kiara Brindle

    “I love seeing stories of what our kids are doing at school with the local community. It’s also great to have the stories saved on our local community site so we can come back to them at a later date. I’m looking forward to sharing the stories with our kids when they’re older.”

  • Karen Keers

    Karen Keers - Teacher

    “Storylines makes it easy to upload stories and share what we’re doing at the school in support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education.”

  • Matthew MacDonald

    Matthew MacDonald - Teacher

    “Storylines is a fantastic resource for building lesson plans incorporating stories that are culturally accurate and locally accepted by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.”

Our Progrms

Education

Community and Culture

Leading the Way

Photo: Aunty Mooie Muriel Brandy, passed 2019. Aunt will be sadly missed. Our heartfelt condolences to Aunt’s family, friends and community. We thank them for their permission to continue to use this photo. The photo is a loving tribute to Aunty Mooie's support of the next generation of Aboriginal leaders.