Aboriginal Ranger   

News
Kimberley ranger remembered for lifetime of service to Country
The Kimberley Land Council and Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation are honouring th...
Natasha Clark 5 Jun 2026
Indigenous rangers discover Boorloo / Perth Hills population of rare native fish thought to be extinct
Key points:- A native fish species, the Balston's pygmy perch was thought to be...
Giovanni Torre 25 May 2026
Central desert rangers join forces to protect threatened Tjakuṟa
Rangers across Australia's central deserts have joined forces with young people...
Natasha Clark 16 Apr 2026
Central Australian rangers host open day and visit Mparntwe / Alice Springs school
An Aboriginal ranger group in Central Australia is working to inspire the next g...
Natasha Clark 23 Mar 2026
Indigenous rangers find rarely seen animals in first camera survey of Truwana
The first camera survey ever conducted on Truwana / Cape Barren Island off Tasma...
Giovanni Torre 11 Mar 2026
Women on Country: First Nations rangers showing the way forward

International Women's Day - March 8 - often sparks conversations about leadership, equality and opportunity. For many Aboriginal women, those ideas have always existed in practice.

N
Nicole Brown Mar 8, 2026
Kimberley rangers share strategies to tackle feral animals threatening Country

Aboriginal rangers from across the Kimberley have gathered in Broome to share strategies for managing feral animals that damage wetlands, cultural sites and fragile ecosystems across northern Western...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 6, 2026
NSW ranger group calls for national funding reform at Darwin fire forum

Winangakirri Aboriginal Corporation has called for greater national support for southern Indigenous ranger programs, telling a major land and fire management conference in Darwin last week that fundin...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 2, 2026
Round nine of WA's Aboriginal Ranger Program offers $62.5 million in support

Round 9 of Western Australia's Aboriginal Ranger Program is now open, with $62.5 million in funding available to support new and established Aboriginal ranger groups across regional WA.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 13, 2026
Construction set to begin on ranger housing at Murujuga National Park

A local Karratha builder in Australia's north-west will soon commence construction of new housing for rangers managing one of Australia's most culturally significant landscapes.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Jan 19, 2026
Desert rangers team up to tackle feral animals on Martu Country

Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa (KJ) Martu Rangers have been working alongside Kiwirrkurra Rangers on remote desert Country in Western Australia's far east, targeting feral animals which threaten native wildlife...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 13, 2026
Traditional Owners, rangers meet to plan cultural fire management across Central Australia

More than 40 Aboriginal rangers and Traditional Owners from four regions gathered at Newhaven in Central Australia last month to plan cultural fire management for the year ahead.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 2, 2026
Senate inquiry told species recovery needs Indigenous leadership

Indigenous scientists and land managers have told a Senate inquiry efforts to stop Australia's extinction crisis will continue to fail unless Aboriginal people are properly resourced to lead conservat...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 31, 2025
Yued Aboriginal Corporation welcomes Indigenous Ranger Program support

Yued Aboriginal Corporation is set to receive approximately $2.7 million over three years through the latest Indigenous Ranger Program Expansion grants from the National Indigenous Australians Authori...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 19, 2025
Young Martu rangers help protect vulnerable desert skink in WA

Young rangers from the remote Aboriginal community of Jigalong in Western Australia's Pilbara are helping protect the mulyamiji, also known as the Great Desert Skink, a nationally listed vulnerable sp...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 18, 2025
New ranger base for Mithaka Country

A new permanent ranger base in far south-west Queensland is almost complete and will ensure protection of more than 55,000 square kilometres of Country.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Dec 8, 2025
Nyamina hits the seas to protect World Heritage listed Murujuga

Protection of one of the world's richest and ancient collections of engraved rock art has stretched from land to sea, with the arrival of a new Ranger vessel to preserve sea Country in the World Herit...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Nov 28, 2025
Bardi Jawi Oorany Rangers share restoration knowledge at national biodiversity conference

Two Bardi Jawi Oorany Rangers from the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia's Kimberley region have presented their Indigenous-led restoration work to hundreds of delegates at a national biodiversit...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Nov 26, 2025
Load More
@natindigtimes
Article Audio

Disclaimer: This function is AI-generated and therefore may mispronounce.

National Indigenous Times

Disclaimer: This function is AI-generated and therefore may mispronounce.