Indigenous Heritage Program - supported/eligible activities
To be eligible, a project must relate to one or more of the following five activities:
- Conservation of a place/s of Indigenous heritage significance.
- Identification of an Indigenous place/s, and/or the Indigenous heritage values of a place/s, for heritage protection, heritage listing or conservation planning.
- Heritage planning to assist with the identification, conservation and/or promotion of the Indigenous heritage values of a place/s.
- Sharing Australia's Indigenous Heritage, including projects that interpret or explain a significant Indigenous heritage place/s to promote the knowledge and understanding of Indigenous heritage, or facilitate the active teaching of traditional knowledge and understanding of customary responsibilities (where appropriate), to future generations
- Construction of keeping places. A maximum of $30,000 may be provided for small-scale keeping places to house remains and objects that require restricted access, where exceptional circumstances can be demonstrated.
Who is eligible to apply?
To be eligible you must be one of the following:
- A legally incorporated Indigenous organisation
- a not-for-profit body that is legally incorporated in Australia
- a Traditional Owner of the subject Indigenous heritage place
- An individual (who is an Australian citizen), acting on behalf of the Traditional Owners or with the approval and support of the Traditional Owners
- A local government authority (however works that would be considered part of the local government's normal responsibility, eg maintenance of Council buildings, access roads etc will be considered ineligible).
As the Australian Government wishes to assist Indigenous community groups through the program, preference will be given to these groups.
Applications from state or territory departments, agencies or authorities (including educational institutions) will only be considered where a written request has been received by the relevant Indigenous community to undertake the project on their behalf.
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