ABOUT ANTaR Victoria
Our Vision
ANTaR Victoria's vision is for a community that realises justice forAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, values their diverse cultures and recognises their inherent rights to self-determination, land and heritage.
Our Goals
Our goals are set out in our 2009-2014 strategic plan are:
• To support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ public voice on issues of
- self-determination
- land rights/native title rights
- disadvantage
- treaty/treaties
- cultural respect
• To promote respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures amongst non-Indigenous Victorians
• To work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in encouraging dialogue so that reconciliation, based on justice and respect, becomes a reality
• To become a sustainable organisation to achieve the aforementioned goals
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Who we are
Our organisation
ANTaR Victoria is a not-for-profit Non-Government Organisation run largely by volunteers and paid for by its members and supporters. The organisation has over 400 members and is associated with a range of supporting organisations including Non-Government Organisations, community groups and faith groups. ANTaR Victoria operates at a grassroots level with a network of local groups throughout metropolitan and rural Victoria, with each group facilitating their own reconciliation initiatives.
Our people
ANTaR is a network of individuals and organisations - Indigenous and non-Indigenous - working for land justice and reconciliation. You can be a part of this social movement!
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Our office
The ANTaR Victoria office is the base for a secretariat of part-time staff and volunteer members of the organisation. It is located at the Brotherhood of St Laurence building, on the land of the Wurundjeri People. From this office ANTaR Victoria coordinates statewide campaigns and participates in national campaigns towards our Strategic Goals.
Our national body
ANTaR Victoria is part of a federation of state based ANTaR's who form ANTaR's national body.
Our outlook
ANTaR Victoria Inc acknowledges that at the time of European invasion the totality of lands now known as Victoria were occupied by sovereign Indigenous nations who owned, cared for and enjoyed them in accordance with their laws, customs and traditions. The Indigenous nations’ sovereignty as well as their peoples’ right of ownership, occupation, use and enjoyment of lands have not been ceded.
The impact of invasion forced drastic changes on Indigenous peoples, including where and how they lived, their languages, religion, health, economic status, freedom of movement and association, and in some cases their very survival.
We acknowledge all Indigenous peoples in Victoria today, including the original language groups as well as all clans, family groups and land owning groups; as well as their rights to their lands, self determination and control over their culture and traditions.
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