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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Organisations

Aboriginal & Islander Child Care Mobile Outreach

Organisation Type: Sate
Contact: Valerie Dempsey
Telephone: 07 4743 9626
E-mail: Valerie.Dempsey@bigpond.com
City/Town: Mount Isa


Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission - ATSIC

Organisation Type: Commonwealth
Contact: Ross McDougall
Telephone: 07 4743 6133
Website: www.atsic.gov.au
E-mail: mountisa@atsic.gov.au
City/Town: Mount Isa


Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Welfare Service

Organisation Type: State
Contact: Henry Craigie
Telephone: 07 4743 6343
City/Town: Mount Isa
We assist with food vouchers, telephone services, as well as offering Funeral and Medical assistance. Bill Paying assistance is also available.


Aboriginal Hostels Limited - Kabalulumana

Organisation Type: Commonwealth Departments
Contact: Cassandra Nathan
Telephone: 07 4743 5124
City/Town: Mount Isa


Bedourie Aboriginal Corporation

Organisation Type: Aboriginal Corporation
Contact: Joanne Lewington
Telephone: 07 4746 1287
City/Town: Bedourie

Providers of Indigenous Housing



Children and Youth Services ATSIC

Organisation Type: Health Service
Contact: Marian Booth
Telephone: 07 4749 5276
City/Town: Mount Isa
Health Service that includes: Referrals: Clinical Service: Counselling: Client Pick-ups: Home Visits: Health sessions on STD's, Health and Hygience etc. Drug and Alcohol counselling. After school care and Vacation care program. Youth Program. We deal with the river bed population of Mount Isa, Doomadgee, and Mornington Island communities.


Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy & Development

Organisation Type: State Department
Contact: Barry Riddiford
Telephone: 07 4744 7333
Website: www.indeginous.qld.gov.au
E-mail: wqro@datsip.qld.gov.au
City/Town: Mount Isa

Administration of State Government Grants to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Organisations. Preparation and input into State Government Policy matters in regard to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

PURPOSE - To improve the quality of life of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders through the promotion and creation of effective coordination, partnering arrangements, service delivery and issues resolution.



Dugalunji Aboriginal Corporation

Organisation Type: Aboriginal Corporation
Telephone: 07 4748 2065
City/Town: Camooweal

Main Rd Office Phone number: 07 4748 2060



Inclusion of Children with Additional Needs Inc. - ICAN

Organisation Type: Children Services
Contact: Kris Cleuren
Telephone: 07 4743 5888
E-mail: ican.mtisa@bigpond.com.au
City/Town: Mount Isa
Provision of advice, information, resources, and training on inclusion of children with additional needs (disability, indigenous culturally diverse backgrounds) into child care services.
Resource library open for borrowing to the general public. (Small annual membership fee applies).


Injilinji Prepschool & Kindergarten

Organisation Type: Education Services
Contact: Samantha Plitz
Telephone: 07 4743 5359
E-mail: injilinjipreschool@bigpond.com
City/Town: Mount Isa


Injilinji Youth Services

Organisation Type: Youth Centre
Contact: Valarie Craigie
Telephone: 07 4749 5276
E-mail: injilinji@intune.com.au
City/Town: Mount Isa
Injilinji Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Corporation For Children & Youth Services 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday


Injilliji Community Aged Care Program

Organisation Type: Aged Care Program
Contact: Lloyd Kyle
Telephone: 07 4749 0005
City/Town: Mount Isa


Jalanga Housing Co-Operative Society Ltd

Organisation Type: Housing Assistance
Contact: Julie Dempsey
Telephone: 07 4743 6260
City/Town: Mount Isa
Provide housing assistance to indigenous person at affordable rent. Committee meetings last Tuesday of every month.


Jimaylya Topsy Harry Centre

Organisation Type: Family Services
Contact: Robert Willett
City/Town: Mount Isa

Opened in August 2003, the Jimaylya Topsy Harry Centre has been credited as a contributor to the reduction of public drunkeness in the city of Mount Isa.



Kalkadoon Aboriginal Corporation (KAC)

Organisation Type: Aboriginal Corporation
City/Town: Mount Isa


Kalkadoon Tribal Council & Cultural Keeping Place

Organisation Type: Organisations and Associations
Contact: Ken Isaacson
Telephone: 07 4749 1435
City/Town: Mount Isa

The Kalkadoon Tribal Council and Cultural Keeping Place is a centre run by descendants of the Kalkadoon people. To learn more about this proud tribe, take a guided tour of the centre which is full of history and aboriginal artefacts.

  • Open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
  • Speak with true Kalkadoon descendants.
  • Local Aboriginal Art.
  • Bush Foods & Medicines.
  • Didgeridoos.
  • Books, Postcards and Videos.
  • School Cultural Visits Available.


Kash Aboriginal Corporation

Organisation Type: Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation Centre
Telephone: 07 4743 2370
City/Town: Mount Isa
Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation Centre.


Marula Aboriginal Corporation

Organisation Type: Aboriginal Corporation
Telephone: 07 4656 3296
City/Town: Birdsville

Community Aboriginal Corporation



Mitakoodi Aboriginal Corporation

Organisation Type: Aboriginal Corporation
Contact: Beverly Wardrop
Telephone: 07 4742 1208
City/Town: Cloncurry


Mount Isa Aboriginal Media Association Aboriginal Corporation - Radio Mob FM

Organisation Type: Communication Services
Contact: Valerie Craigie
Telephone: 07 4749 1338
E-mail: miama@bigpond.com
City/Town: Mount Isa

Media Service:

  • Community Radio MOBFM 100.9
  • Television/Video Production


Mount Isa District Community Justice Group (MIDCJG)

Organisation Type: ATSIC Legal Services
Contact: Noel Sarmardin
Telephone: 07 4749 3391
E-mail: justiceassoc@bigpond.com
City/Town: Mount Isa

Funded by the Department of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Policy (DATSIP)



Ngurri-Ngurri Young Female Shelter

Organisation Type: Youth Shelter
Contact: Edna Baker
Telephone: 07 4743 7088
City/Town: Mount Isa
Crisis accommodation for homeless young females with or withour children from 15 years to 30 years.


North West Advocacy Organisation

Organisation Type: Service to People with Disabilities
Contact: Patricia Wilson
Telephone: 07 4749 0022
City/Town: Mount Isa
Advocacy support for people with a disability.


North Western Qld Land Council Aboriginal Corp.

Organisation Type: Land Council
Contact: Srini Kuma
Telephone: 07 4743 3847
City/Town: Mount Isa


Queensland Health Aboriginal & Islander Health Program Camooweal

Organisation Type: Medical Services
Telephone: 07 4748 2000
City/Town: Camooweal


Tjilpatha Aboriginal Corporation

Organisation Type: Aboriginal Corporation
Contact: Henry Craigie
Telephone: 07 4743 3742
City/Town: Mount Isa


Trading Arts & Crafts Aboriginal Corporation

Organisation Type: Aboriginal Corporation
Contact: Merle Moore
Telephone: 07 4749 0611
E-mail: artcraft@obe.com.au
City/Town: Mount Isa


West Qld ATSIC Corporation for Legal Aid

Organisation Type: Legal Aid
Contact: Pattie Lees
Telephone: 07 4743 7448
City/Town: Mount Isa


Yallambee and Orana Park Aboriginal Corporation

Organisation Type: Commonwealth Departments
Contact: Jane Bliss
Telephone: 07 4743 0394
City/Town: Mount Isa
The Corporation is working towards the goal of self management and is currently involved in projects which encourage training and long term employment opportunities for residents: Landscaping the grounds.


Yapatjarra Medical Centre - ATSIC Corporation for Health Services

Organisation Type: Medical Services
Contact: Lyla Pigliafiori
Telephone: 07 4749 2929
City/Town: Mount Isa