Skip to main content

Welcome to the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations

The Federation is the Victorian state-wide body that convenes and advocates for the rights and interests of Traditional Owners while progressing wider social, economic, environmental and cultural objectives.

About Us

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land we work on as the First Peoples of this Country.

Country

Healthy Country means healthy communities. Our work recognises Traditional Owners’ rights and responsibilities to care and make decisions for Country.

Traditional Owner groups have knowledge, rights and responsibilities, stemming from 65,000 years of experience on Country. The Federation works in the following areas to embed Traditional Owner voices in management of Country.

Filter

View Country

Community

Community wellbeing means strong culture, people and place.

The Federation’s work recognises Traditional Owner groups as authoritative decision-makers with rights and power. Our advocacy, programs and services enable Traditional Owners to get on with the business of caring for Country, culture and community.

Filter

View Community

Impact

The Federation’s advocacy shapes the landscape in which Victorian Traditional Owner corporations do their important work.

We have put cultural fire and cultural water on the agenda for government, sought greater protections for Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property, fought for a fair place in the expanding native foods and botanicals industry, championed treaty and self-determination, supported a drastic reconsideration of how our cultural heritage is approached at both state and national levels, and worked to have economic development considered as more than just small business grants.

 

See our impact

About

The Federation is the Victorian state-wide body that convenes and advocates for the rights and interests of Traditional Owner groups while progressing wider social, economic, environmental and cultural objectives.

We support the progress of agreement-making and participation in decision-making to enhance the authority of Traditional Owner Corporations on behalf of their communities.

Filter

View About

Resources

Discussion papers
Read more
Information sheets
Read more
Publications
Read more

Connect with us on social media

FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedIn
Comments Box SVG iconsUsed for the like, share, comment, and reaction icons
As long as we have injustice, we need truth.

Federation staff were proud to join the final leg and closing ceremony of the historic 504km Walk for Truth, which delivered Yoorrook Justice Commissions final truth-telling report to Parliament House yesterday.

We followed Commissioner Travis Lovett on the final kilometres of the 25-day journey, which commenced in Portland—the place Victorias colonisation began—and finished in the halls where politicians have the power to change the future for First Nations people in Victoria.

Speeches, ceremony, dance and song reminded us of First Peoples unyielding resistance against colonial power, and framed Yoorrooks final report as the beginning of truth-telling about colonisation here, not its end.

As Chair Professor Aunty Eleanor Bourke said: the true path forward starts here.

"As long as we have injustice, we need truth."

Federation staff were proud to join the final leg and closing ceremony of the historic 504km Walk for Truth, which delivered Yoorrook Justice Commission's final truth-telling report to Parliament House yesterday.

We followed Commissioner Travis Lovett on the final kilometres of the 25-day journey, which commenced in Portland—the place Victoria's colonisation began—and finished in the halls where politicians have the power to change the future for First Nations people in Victoria.

Speeches, ceremony, dance and song reminded us of First Peoples' unyielding resistance against colonial power, and framed Yoorrook's final report as the beginning of truth-telling about colonisation here, not its end.

As Chair Professor Aunty Eleanor Bourke said: the true path forward starts here.
... See MoreSee Less

Updated locations for tomorrows final Walk for Truth events.

Well be behind Commissioner Travis Lovett and 3,500+ others (!) as Yoorrook Justice Commissions final leg heads from Kings Domain to Parliament House, and concludes tomorrow afternoon with an event of culture, music and ceremony.

Register for the last leg of the Walk 👉🏾 bit.ly/4jUTLts

Join the final event 👉🏾 bit.ly/4e5ilGx

Updated locations for tomorrow's final Walk for Truth events.

We'll be behind Commissioner Travis Lovett and 3,500+ others (!) as Yoorrook Justice Commission's final leg heads from Kings Domain to Parliament House, and concludes tomorrow afternoon with an event of culture, music and ceremony.

Register for the last leg of the Walk 👉🏾 bit.ly/4jUTLts

Join the final event 👉🏾 bit.ly/4e5ilGx
... See MoreSee Less

Congratulations ❤️💛🖤

Congratulations ❤️💛🖤 ... See MoreSee Less

We’ll be walking proudly on the final steps of the Walk for Truth next week.

On Wednesday, 18 June, Federation staff will join thousands of others behind Yoorrook Justice Commissions deputy chair, Travis Lovett, in the culmination of Victoria’s first formal truth-telling inquiry led by Aboriginal people – an historic moment in Victoria’s history, and a once-in-a-generation opportunity to realise true justice for First Nations.

We joined Commissioner Lovett and nearly 400 others for the first steps of the Walk in Portland, three weeks ago – and will be steadfast in our support for truth-led change on its final day.
The last leg of the Walk for Truth departs the Shrine of Remembrance at 10:45am and arrives at Parliament house at 12pm. From 2pm, ceremony, performance and music will conclude the historic process – and provide an opportunity for all of us to show our support.

LEARN MORE | https://Yoorrook-FinalEvent.eventbrite.com

We’ll be walking proudly on the final steps of the Walk for Truth next week.

On Wednesday, 18 June, Federation staff will join thousands of others behind Yoorrook Justice Commission's deputy chair, Travis Lovett, in the culmination of Victoria’s first formal truth-telling inquiry led by Aboriginal people – an historic moment in Victoria’s history, and a once-in-a-generation opportunity to realise true justice for First Nations.

We joined Commissioner Lovett and nearly 400 others for the first steps of the Walk in Portland, three weeks ago – and will be steadfast in our support for truth-led change on its final day.
The last leg of the Walk for Truth departs the Shrine of Remembrance at 10:45am and arrives at Parliament house at 12pm. From 2pm, ceremony, performance and music will conclude the historic process – and provide an opportunity for all of us to show our support.

LEARN MORE |
... See MoreSee Less

Load more