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What past applicants say
“ 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... ”
“ The Coalition of Peaks is a representative body of more than fifty Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled peak organisations and members. We... ”
“ My supervisors Tony Duke and Jacinta Bailey gave me valuable insights into the ways in which the bookselling industry, and more broadly the Indigenous non-profi... ”
“ I completed an internship with the Youth Mental Health team at Telethon Kids Institute, working on the Walkern Katatdjin: Rainbow Knowledge project. This projec... ”
“ I was the first remote intern at Questacon: The National Science and Technology Centre as part of the Aurora Internship Program. As a plant molecular scientist,... ”
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.