Our Objectives
- To promote and support the establishment of a maritime education facility with a hands-on learning program, aboard a suitable maritime vessel.
- Targeting Aboriginal people, especially those of low income and/or limited formal education.
- Non-indigenous Australians, Torres Strait Islanders and foreign students may also be accommodated in the program for the furtherance of reconciliation and understanding between cultures.
- The immediate goal will be to equip the students with various commercial maritime licences for their potential employment in maritime vocations.
- To gain government accreditation to provide approved courses for maritime education.
- To promote a consciousness for maritime vocations among Aboriginal people.
- To facilitate social and cultural exchange between Aboriginal tribes, especially those of the interior, with those of the East Coast.
- To promote the awareness of the value of the continuance of Aboriginal community life, and the family.
- To explore and utilise approaches to achieve social, economic, and cultural development in Aboriginal communities and individuals.
- To provide food and other basic living essentials for low-income persons, particularly among indigenous but also including non-indigenous Australians.
- To provide drug counselling and rehabilitation programs.
- To provide recreational and Aboriginal cultural learning programs for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
- To form a committee to be called "Aboriginal People for Constructive Reconciliation" to arrange Aboriginal participation in programs and events in the spirit of reconciliation from the Aboriginal perspective.
- To seek community support for the above objectives.
Our Aspirations
Our vision is one of social and cultural exchange between Aboriginal tribes. We hope to present a creative and ongoing vision for Aboriginal youth by generating self-employment, economic stability and cultural affirmation.
With your help we aim to promote an awareness of values of continuance of Aboriginal community life and family; to represent an Aboriginal perspective in reconciliation programs and events.
We appreciate any community support or involvement that would assist us in achieving these goals.
