Find out details and information about Indigenous tourism operators in your local area or anywhere in Australia.

Looking at what other operators are doing to become successful can help you to build up your own tourism business. It can also be useful to check how many other similar tourism businesses are operating in your area, to ensure you will be able to compete successfully in a market before starting up a new business.

Name	Type	Location	State/Territory
Aboriginal Heritage Walk – Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne	Tours	South Yarra	Vic
See through different eyes with an Aboriginal guide as you walk the beautiful Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. The award-winning Aboriginal Heritage Walk is a vibrant cultural experience providing visitors with a greater understanding of, and respect for, the rich heritage of the local Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) people. Explore traditional uses of plants for food, medicine, tools and ceremony. Discover the ancestral lands that the Royal Botanic Gardens now occupies.
Tel: 61 3 9252 2494 Website: www.rbg.vic.gov.au
Black Olive Productions	Aboriginal catering & events company Appearances by celebrity chef Mark Olive, including chef’s tables Retail product including cookbooks	Fitzroy	Vic
Mark “The Black” Olive is Australia’s most highly acclaimed Aboriginal chef and television presenter. It is Mark’s passion to bring back the vibrant colours and earthy tastes of ancient Indigenous foods to dining tables across Australia, and around the world. Mark fuses contemporary cooking with native herbs, spices, plants and traditional meats to create innovative, mouth-watering Indigenous cuisine. Mark’s unique, entertaining style makes him in high demand for appearances in the domestic and international market. His television show “The Outback Cafe” can be seen on cable television in Australia and in a number of overseas countries. Mark has just started his own company with Aboriginal business partner Mikael Smith called Black Olive Productions. Mark will be starting his own restaurant and gourmet food tours shortly.
Tel: 61 3 9416 1630 Website: www.blackoliveproductions.com
Brambuk: The National Park and Cultural Centre	Cultural Centre	Halls Gap	Vic
Situated in the Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park, a meeting place for thousands of years, the multi-award winning architecture interprets traditional stories of the local Aboriginal tribes. Discover the Parks environment and Aboriginal Culture through multimedia shows, art exhibitions, artefacts displays, cultural talks, and lots of great activities such as didgeridoo music, dance, boomerang throwing and painting. Join our Aboriginal guides on visits to ancient rock art sites and experience the natural landscape and secrets of our six seasons. Brambuk Gift Shop offers art and crafts, ceramics, paintings, boomerangs, music, etc. The Bush Tucker Café is licensed and servers delicious bush tucker and contemporary food. Brambuk – where you will find the very best, up-to-date information and interpretation of the Grampians National Park
Tel: 61 3 5361 4000 Website: www.brambuk.com.au
Budj Bim, Lake Condah	Tours	Heywood	Vic
Budj Bim Tours is a community owned emerging business that provides guests to the Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape with guided tours and cultural interpretation of Gunditjmara heritage and identity. Budj Bim Tours caters to small to large groups and provides a range of experiences depending on guest requirements. Lake Condah is at the heart of Gunditjmara country. Over the past 17,000 years, Gunditjmara people have engineered Australia’s earliest and most expansive aquaculture system. Walk with the Gunditjmara people as they share their story of Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape that encompasses ancient stone house villages, eel and fish farming systems.
Tel: 61 3 5537 1699 Website: budjbimtours@windamara.com
Bunjilaka	Attraction / Museum / Cultural Centre	Melbourne	Vic
Bunjilaka is a living cultural centre, artist space and exhibitions gallery celebrating the culture and survival of Victoria’s Koorie people and illuminating the relationship between Indigenous people and land. At Bunjilaka, you can immerse yourself in a culture 60,000 years old, and be captivated by the extraordinary stories, art and ancient history of Aboriginal people. Come and listen to Indigenous people tell their own stories... of Life, of Law, of Land. Bunjilaka, Aboriginal Cultural Centre is part of Melbourne Museum, one of the largest and most inspiring museums in Australia. Fun, informative exhibitions and activities help visitors to experience Victoria and Australia’s history, culture and natural environment.
Tel: 61 3 8341 7782 Website: www.melbourne.museum.vic.gov.au/ bunjilaka
Burrinja Gallery	Gallery / Workshops / Retail	Upwey	Vic
Situated in Melbourne Burrinja houses an inspiring collection of Indigenous art and presents an exciting range of experiences and events across Arts; Performance; Education and Community. Contemporary and traditional Aboriginal Art compliments rare Oceanic artefacts from Papua New Guinea. A wide range of cultural education programs, tours and hands-on workshops with Indigenous artists provide visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in Indigenous cultures both past and present. Explore Jarmbi contemporary artist’s galley, artists studios, Burrinja Café and Bar, open studios, performance spaces, exhibitions and workshops. Discover the wealth of Indigenous heritage available in this community through its programs, theatre, music and arts shop.
Tel: 61 3 9754 8723 Website: www.burrinja.org.au
Cowboy World	Attraction	Epsom	Vic
At Cowboy World training centre in Huntly, learn the basics of bull riding, steer wrestling, saddle bronc and bareback bronc riding, roping, team roping, barrel racing, horsemanship and horse training. Even if it’s your first time on a horse or you just need a touch up, we will cater for your needs by running schools for the beginner, intermediate and the professional and even junior classes. Bring your entire family to learn and enjoy the experience at Cowboy Worlds Ranch. We look forward to providing you with all the help that you need whether you have been competing and working with horses all your life or are just starting.
Tel: 61 3 5448 5406 Website: www.cowboyworld.com.au
East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation	Art, craft and performance	Bairnsdale	Vic
The East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation is a community owned and operated arts organisation with over 100 members. We operate a gallery with regularly alternating exhibitions featuring art and craft made by local Aboriginal people who currently reside in East Gippsland. We have an artist’s workshop on the premises and run a range of programs throughout East Gippsland.
Tel: 61 3 5153 1002 Website: www.egaac.org.au
Eumeralla Backpackers	Accommodation	Yambuk	Vic
Eumeralla Backpackers provides unique budget accommodation in an original old school house built in 1879. We provide customers with canoe hire to explore near-by Yambuk Lake and extensive river systems, as well as access to “Deen Maar” Indigenous Protect Area. Deen Maar is 1,000 acres of rivers, wetlands and rolling sand hills, with pristine coastline and views of the Great Southern Ocean. Eumeralla Backpackers Located on Victoria’s scenic drive – The Great Ocean Road, between Warnambool and Portland has a fully equipped kitchen, BBQ area, open fire and individual rooms. Discover this famous drive and enjoy your overnight experience at Eumeralla Backpackers.
Tel: 61 3 5568 4204
Johnny Mullagh Cricket Centre	Interactive museum	Harrow	Vic
The Johnny Mullagh Cricket Centre celebrates the story of how a group of Aboriginal men became Australia’s first international cricketing stars. It is situated in the town of Harrow, a picturesque historical small town located on the banks of the Glenelg River in Victoria’s Western District. Here was a team of Aboriginal men who journeyed to England to take on the best cricketers of the day and these men from colonial Australia held their own against overwhelming odds. The Johnny Mullagh Cricket Centre is the vision of the Harrow community. It consists of exciting, innovative and educational multimedia and an interactive experience for all.
Tel: 61 3 5588 1387 Website: www.johnnymullaghcricketcentre.com.au

This is not a definitive list of Indigenous tourism businesses. If you are not listed but would like to be or you would like to correct or update your details shown on the site – please contact your relevant State Tourism Organisation contact who can update your details.

The operator listings have been drawn from the National Indigenous Tourism Product Manual (NITPM) which was developed by Indigenous Tourism Australia with the assistance of the State and Territory Tourism Organisations (STOs) - to give Indigenous tourism operators the opportunity to showcase their products and experiences. The NITPM showcases Australia’s key 'export ready' and ‘market ready’ tourism products which are either majority Indigenous owned and/or operated. For more on the NITPM click here.

Also check out the case studies for more in-depth information on selected Indigenous tourism operators.

Key STO Aboriginal Tourism Contacts