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Southern Aboriginal Corporation

Our aim is to provide assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults and children who are victims-survivors of family violence and/or sexual assault.

Contact Details

Hours

Office Hours

  • Monday: 8:30am – 5pm
  • Tuesday: 8:30am – 5pm
  • Wednesday: 8:30am – 5pm
  • Thursday: 8:30am – 5pm
  • Friday: 8:30am – 4pm

About Southern Aboriginal Corporation

Work areas:

Cost

No fee

Eligibility

  • Aboriginal adults and children that have experienced family violence or sexual assault.
  • People of Aboriginal heritage located within the Great Southern and South – West Regions of WA

Services

Legal Assistance

We provide free legal help with:

  • family violence restraining orders
  • assisting victims-survivors of family violence and/or sexual assault
  • protecting your children
  • victim’s compensation
  • tenancy support
  • family law (where it relates to family violence)
  • court support
  • National Redress for Child Sexual Abuse applications
  • Criminal injuries compensation

Counselling

We offer free counselling:

  • family violence and/or sexual assault counselling or referral
  • crisis counselling and support
  • short, medium and long term counselling
  • support to children who have experienced, witnessed or are living with family violence

Community Legal Education

Providing:

  • legal education
  • referral to other services
  • advocacy
  • education to build community strength and awareness of family violence

Other Services and Programs

  • Indigenous skills and employment
  • driver access and equity
  • first nations family dispute resolution
  • Great Southern safe space (in progress)
  • Aboriginal rangers program
  • health promotion (Gnumaries Hurt)
  • social and emotional wellbeing program
  • Kairli cultural and language centre (in progress)

Locations

Head office
27-31 Chesterpass Road, Albany WA 6330

Outreach locations

  • Katanning
  • Tambellup
  • Kojonup
  • Gnowangerup
  • Cranbrook

Other Offices

  • Narrogin – 119 Federal Street, Narrogin WA 6312
  • Katanning – 42 Clive Street, Katanning WA 6317
  • Bunbury office – 16 Zoe Street, Bunbury WA 6230
    • Services the following areas: Busselton, Brunswick, Collie