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What past applicants say
“ Overall I found the internship experience rewarding and valuable mainly due to being able to work with such a great supportive team that planned the internship well with clear objectives and tasks that had purposeful outcomes. ”
“ Doing this internship has allowed me to enhance my clinical skills. This program has exposed me to the health gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians (cultural awareness) and has strengthened my passion to continue to work with them in the future ”
“ I'm still pinching myself, as my internship with DJAARA was more extraordinary than I could have hoped. ”
“ I feel like the work I was doing was meaningful and helpful. This internship has helped me create a rough plan for the next few years by opening up opportunities for employment after my grad role in Sydney. ”
“ In the 2019 winter break, I was fortunate enough to undertake an internship at PARADISEC through the Aurora Internship Program. PARADISEC works with a group of ... ”
“ I was successful in attaining one of these Scholarship funded internships which enambled me to work as part of the research team at Queensland South Native Titl... ”
“ At my internship with the Lowitja Institute, I was able to work on a diverse range of interesting projects including workforce development and capacity building... ”
“ As a psychology student I was pleasantly surprised to have been offered a place with the Aurora Education Foundation (AEF) to undertake a primarily design-based... ”
“ Thank you all so much for granting me this amazing and rewarding opportunity. I feel like I’ve been equipped with a significant amount more Aboriginal and... ”
“ I particularly love that Aurora offers placements for the program in my field of profession. Social sciences is not as common amongst other foundations which do... ”
“ I applied for an Aurora Internship to gain more experience in the legal field. I was placed with the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO). Unfortunately, due to... ”
“ I cannot speak highly enough about the Aurora Internship Program. It has given me such a wonderful and ever- lasting experience. Having the opportunity to exper... ”
Current hosts
Indigenous sector host organisations span a broad range of areas including health, education, research, justice, policy, environment, STEAM, youth work and native title., Australia wide. Aurora is open to working with culturally responsive organisations outside of the Indigenous sector to host Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interns.