Research projects

Boorai Dreaming Project

Delivering rhythmic experiences of cultural immersion to address, stabilise, and create restorative understandings of inter-generational trauma

This project will fund Elder women in Mildura and Robinvale to deliver rhythmic experiences of cultural immersion to address, stabilise, and create restorative understandings of…

Victorian Aboriginal Health Research Ethics Committee

Steps to Establishment

This project aimed to determine the scope of an Aboriginal Health Research Ethics Committee and thoughtfully plan how it will be established in a sustainable…

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) service delivery

A developmental evaluation of Ngalla Wirrin Wungening (our spirit healing) alcohol and other drug (AOD) program

This project was a values-based, developmental evaluation of the developing Ngalla Wirrin Wungening (our spirit healing) alcohol and other drug (AOD) program. The research will…

Culturally appropriate and safe kin mapping and connection strategies

Innovating contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kinship care through genuine community engagement and cultural connection culturally appropriate and safe kin mapping and connection strategies

This project aimed to develop and implement a model that provides culturally appropriate and safe kin mapping and connection strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

Wellness Project and priority setting

Integrating an understanding of wellness of person and place, focusing on the seven dimensions within the framework identified by Town Campers as critical to their wellness

This project sought to integrate an understanding of wellness of person and place, focusing on the seven dimensions within the framework identified by Town Campers…

Victoria Aboriginal Language Health Check

Better understanding the status of Aboriginal languages and how the Mother Tongue can be maintained and revitalised using the Indigenous methodological approach of Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing

This project aimed to better understand the status of Aboriginal languages and how the Mother Tongue can be maintained and revitalised using the Indigenous methodological…

Strengthening the evidence for Family Wellbeing

Enhancing the evidence base of the Family Wellbeing Empowerment Program and other social and emotional wellbeing programs

The need for this project was identified by Aboriginal organisations using the Aboriginal Family Wellbeing Empowerment program. These urgently required policy relevant evidence to advocate…

Mapping the histories of Rainbow Mob (Aboriginal LGBTIQ+) cultures, knowledges and experiences

Project Summary: The Rainbow Mob identified that the Indigenous health service sector was lacking in provision of safe and appropriate health care programs that target…

Providing a strong cultural foundation

Koori Kids Culture Club

This project aims to evaluate a pilot after-school cultural program in consultation with the local community. The aim of the program is to help children…

Indigenous media and community listening

Harnessing the power of the spoken word for urban and regional Indigenous communities

This project seeks to discover the role that radio as a medium plays in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in urban…