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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 ...


Sector/s:
Arts and Culture
Steam/s:
Society and Culture (Social Science)
Location/s:
Sydney
Host org:
Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures, Sydney Conservatorium of Music (PARADISEC)

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...


Sector/s:
Law and Justice
Steam/s:
Society and Culture (Legal)
Society and Culture (Social Science)
Location/s:
Brisbane
Host org:
Queensland South Native Title Services (QSNTS)

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...


Sector/s:
Health/Medical Services
Steam/s:
Health
Society and Culture (Legal)
Society and Culture (Social Science)
Education
Creative Arts
Location/s:
Canberra
Melbourne
Host org:
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing Research Ltd (Lowitja)

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...


Sector/s:
Education/Training
Steam/s:
Management and Commerce
Health
Society and Culture (Legal)
Society and Culture (Social Science)
Information Technology
Location/s:
Perth
Sydney
Host org:
Aurora Education Foundation (AEF)

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...


Sector/s:
Law and Justice
Steam/s:
Society and Culture (Legal)
Society and Culture (Social Science)
Location/s:
Canberra
Melbourne
Sydney
Host org:
Reconciliation Australia (RA)

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...


Sector/s:
Government Agencies
Steam/s:
Society and Culture (Legal)
Location/s:
Brisbane
Host org:
Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)

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...


Sector/s:
Law and Justice
Steam/s:
Society and Culture (Legal)
Society and Culture (Social Science)
Location/s:
Darwin
Sydney
Host org:
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO)

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...


Sector/s:
Law and Justice
Steam/s:
Society and Culture (Legal)
Location/s:
Sydney
Host org:
Six Floor Windeyer Chambers - Native Title Barristers Tina Jowett and Vance Hughston (Tina and Vance)

The Coalition of Peaks is a representative body of more than fifty Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled peak organisations and members. We...


Sector/s:
Community Development/ Youth Services
Steam/s:
Society and Culture (Social Science)
Location/s:
Perth
Sydney
Host org:
Coalition of Peaks (Peaks)

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...


Sector/s:
Education/Training
Steam/s:
Society and Culture (Social Science)
Education
Location/s:
Sydney
Host org:
Tranby National Indigenous Adult Education & Training (TRANBY)

I completed an internship with the Youth Mental Health team at Telethon Kids Institute, working on the Walkern Katatdjin: Rainbow Knowledge project. This projec...


Sector/s:
Health/Medical Services
Steam/s:
Health
Society and Culture (Social Science)
Education
Location/s:
Perth
Host org:
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research (Telethon)

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,...


Sector/s:
Education/Training
Steam/s:
Society and Culture (Legal)
Society and Culture (Social Science)
Natural and Physical Sciences
Education
Location/s:
Canberra
Host org:
Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre

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.