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Our Partners

It takes a whole community to educate a child

Since 2005, Yalari has been a gathering point for a community that believes in Indigenous excellence. We have been humbled and privileged to walk alongside more than 780 students as they journey from regional and remote communities like Jabiru to schools in cities like Geelong.

We recognise that education is a foundation for these young people to dream bigger dreams  not only for themselves but for their families and our shared future. Our partners act as enablers, not owners, providing the catalytic investment that allows students to define success on their own terms.

Together, we are supporting a new generation of leaders who hold the solutions for a more equitable Australia. A heartfelt thank you to our partners for being an essential part of the Yalari mob.

It takes a whole community to educate a child

Since 2005, we have been humbled and privileged to find ourselves in a position to be offering life-changing opportunities for more than 720 Indigenous children living in regional and remote communities.

The education our Yalari supporters financially contribute to allows these young children to dream bigger dreams – to want more, be more and do more; not only for themselves but for their families, their friends, their communities, and Australia as a united and equitable country. 

A heartfelt thank you to our partners for being part of the Yalari mob.

Our partners

Proudly supported by the Australian Government


Endowed scholarships

Estate of John Graeme Lenehan

Jenni Walke


Corporate partners

Private philanthropy

85 & 86 Riverview old boys & friends

Alan and Doris (deceased) Sinclair-Jackson

Archie and Mary Lou Douglas

Bagot Gjergja Foundation

Belinda Gibson

Bo and Lindsey Wharton

Carolyn Vincent’s Ubuntu Foundation

Claire Nontapan

Daniel Pittorino

Dr Ben Duke and Cate Heyworth-Smith KC

Fenwick Family Foundation

Fred P Archer Charitable Trust

Gailey Lazarus Charitable Foundation

Geoffrey Davies AO and Thea Davies

Grant and Linden Oliver

Hamish and Mary McIntyre

Janette Laver

Jenny Hall

John and Edwina Campbell

John Reid AO and Lynn Rainbow-Reid AM

Johnson Group WA

Judith Musgrave Family Foundation

Luke Sullivan in gratitude to Patrick and Mary Sullivan

Macquarie Group Foundation

Margaret Wright Education Foundation

Mathew’s Syndicate

Mckeage Cole Foundation

Nick and Georgia Martin

Opportunity 12 Syndicate

Patricia Matthews and Neville Sandford

Paul and Judy Williams through their charity Woomera Education Scholarship Trust

Richard Oliver AM

Richard Wilenski

Roden Family Foundation

Saywell Foundation

Sinclair Charitable Trust

Stan and Maureen Duke Foundation

Steve and Di McCready

Susan Hocking and Ian Mackie

The Corella Fund

The Leroy & Joy Brauer Perpetual Charitable Trust

The Sue Chase Foundation

Tim Fairfax AC and Gina Fairfax AC

Tony & Siobhan Hey

Toowoomba Grammar Class of ’84

Uncle Rob Bryant’s First Nations Education Scholarship. In memory of his mother the late Granny Rita Bryant/Whaddy

Vanraay Family Fund

Vicki Hanman

Wally Boydell

Waterwheel Foundation

Williams Family

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Acknowledgement of Country

Yalari respects our Elders, past and present, and acknowledges that our office is on Kombumerri country within the lands of the Yugambeh language group.