The Noongar Land Enterprise (NLE) Group is a not-for-profit, Aboriginal led grower group. We are based in Western Australia’s South West region (traditionally known as Noongar Boodja) and we are the first Aboriginal grower group in Australia. For over 65,000 years, the Aboriginal people of Australia have been strongly connected to country with a deep understanding of time, place and culture. This knowledge of country and its resources (plants, animals, water, landscape, sky) have allowed Aboriginal people to meet our needs for food, shelter, clothing and medicines, contributing to our legacy as the oldest continuous culture on Earth. This connection and understanding of country has promoted a wealth of unique tools, weapons, arts, crafts and ceremonial objects to practice, teach and celebrate our culture.
In recent decades, the Noongar people (Aboriginal people of Noongar Boodja) have been motivated to reclaim and rejuvenate our relationship with country, but to also develop land-based businesses to promote our economic independence. This has led to owning and managing contemporary primary production (livestock, grain) and exploring innovative enterprises on our land such as, bush foods, honey, sandalwood, cultural tourism and social services such as return to work and youth training programs).
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