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About Arafura Swamp Rangers Aboriginal Corporation

The Arafura Swamp Rangers Aboriginal Corporation (ASRAC) is an independent not-for-profit Aboriginal organisation is based at Ramingining in north-east Arnhem Land, 580 kilometres east of Darwin in the Northern Territory. The company is registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.

ASRAC was established in 2013 to support and administer a catchment-based network of ranger groups including the Gurruwiling, Wanga Djakamirr and South-East Arafura Catchment rangers, and five satellite groups. These eight ranger groups are responsible for looking after 14,000 square kilometres of country for Yolŋu people from 27 clans.

The Board of eight Yolŋu and Bi directors is representative of the landowning clans within the region. All ASRAC activities are directed by the Board, who set the strategic direction and monitor progress of the corporation in achieving the targets of the Healthy Country Plan, which underpins all management activities.

Listen to Dr Otto Bulmaniya Campion, Director of the Arafura Swamp Rangers Aboriginal Corporation speak at the 2024 North Australia Savanna Fire Forum:

 

ASRAC is part of the Central Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (CALFA) project registered under ALFA NT 

 

The Arafura Swamp Rangers 2019 image David Hancock

Arafura Swamp Rangers conduct early dry season burning image David Hancock

 

FIND OUT HOW INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ACROSS AUSTRALIA ARE REDUCING AUSTRALIA'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY CARING FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

Explore the map of projects below, or read their stories. 

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