Southern Aboriginal Corporation
Aboriginal Rangers

Program

Our Aboriginal Rangers Program empower young Aboriginal Rangers to care for and protect Country, undertake land and sea management activities and engage in cultural knowledge transfer.

The program operates on Wagyl Kaip and Southern Noongar (WKSN) lands in the lower Great Southern region of WA.

It empowers Aboriginal women and men to undertake conservation and environmental restoration work in national parks, on privately owned land, and on land managed by local government.

Caring for Country

Rangers undertake land and site management including:

Cultural heritage management
Marine, waterway and wetland protection
Monitoring and survey of terrestrial species
Seed collection and propagation
Vegetation rehabilitation
Biosecurity and feral species control
Freshwater management
Weed management
Fire management
Native plant and animal management

Capacity Building

Our Ranger program has a primary focus on capacity building for the community.

Rangers are supported to attend South Regional TAFE to study and gain Certificates II, III and IV in Conservation and Ecosystem Management, including revegetation, habitat restoration and threatened species protection.

Connection to Community

SAC engages local Elders to work with our Rangers, transfer traditional knowledge on-Country and promote the exchange of cultural and environmental expertise. This includes support for our Rangers to manage, record and protect cultural sites, in ways that are tied to traditional practices and embedded in culture.