The Aboriginal Advisory Group was established in early 2024 to provide valuable support, strategic advice and guidance for the delivery and future growth of the Kids on Country™ Junior Ranger Program. Members represent various Aboriginal Traditional Custodian groups from across South Australia, offering diverse perspectives to ensure the program continues to support a range of stakeholders.

The Aboriginal Advisory Group met in April 2025 to discuss broadening their involvement with Nature Foundation. While their support for the Kids on Country™ Junior Ranger Program remains a focus, there was a collective agreement among members to extend their support across the organisation.

Nature Foundation has committed to developing an Aboriginal Engagement Strategy, and the input of the Aboriginal Advisory Group will offer a critical contribution to how Nature Foundation engages and collaborates with Aboriginal people in land management planning, on-ground conservation activities on nature reserves, volunteering, and its broader community outreach activities.

The representatives from the group can provide valuable support in ensuring that sites of cultural significance on the nature reserves are managed sensitively, in consultation with and in conformance with the directions of Traditional Custodians. They may also contribute cultural and ecological knowledge to conservation and land management plans and activities.

Nature Foundation acknowledges and respects the deep spiritual attachment and care for Country that Aboriginal people have had for thousands of years and continue to have today. We greatly value our relationships with Traditional Custodians and to further developing these.