Partners & Supporters

Since 2002, Desert Pea Media has been invited by more than 100 First Nations communities to make 200+ projects together – stories told through film, song, and collaboration. This work has been backed by governments, foundations, businesses and – most importantly – the communities listed on this page.

Past and Current Funders

  • Create NSW · Office for Regional Youth · NSW Health and Local Health Districts · DPIE
  • Dept of Youth Justice and Victim Support
  • Dept of Business

Community Partners Who Have Engaged DPM

Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, local services, and institutions who have engaged DPM to work with their communities and programs.

In-Kind Supporters and Delivery Partners

Businesses and sector peers who have valued our work enough to directly donate their resources, goods and services.

Project Partners and Upstream Funders

Communities lead our projects and bring their supporters with them. DPM acknowledges the organisations below, and the funders who backed their collaborations with us.

  • backed by Chief Minister's Charitable Fund Yawarj Mara – Strong Pathways and the Narragunnawali music video, Canberra 2024–25
  • backed by Arts Queensland Wujal Wujal recovery and the Mossman 'Still Believing' project, 2025–26
  • backed by Regional NSW Children and Young
    People Wellbeing Recovery Initiative         Cabbage Tree Island flood-recovery song 'Wanna Go Home', 2022
  • backed by Aboriginal Environmental Health 'Heartbeat', Wilcannia 2019
  • backed by ARC Linkage health research partnership, 2021
  • backed by Ntaria/Hermannsburg songwriting across three generations, 2019
  • backed by Djabugay-led creative project with YouthLink Kuranda, 2026

Community Partners

Local organisations who have hosted, co-created and guided DPM projects on Country.

  • 2CuzFM
  • Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Service
  • Apollo House
  • Art Informal Gallery (Manila)
  • Arts North West
  • Australian Theatre for Young People
  • Baja Baja Youth Centre
  • Bathurst Local Aboriginal Land Council
  • Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre
  • Bathurst Regional Council
  • Bathurst Women & Children's Refuge
  • BMEET (Barkindji Maraura Elders Environmental Team)
  • Bourke Shire Council
  • Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation
  • BushMob Aboriginal Corporation
  • Cabonne Council
  • Cairns Community Hub
  • Centacare – Communities for Children (Dubbo)
  • Clowns Without Borders
  • Condobolin Family Support
  • Cook Shire Council
  • Cowra PCYC
  • Creative Recovery Network
  • Dakila (Philippines)
  • Deniliquin LALC
  • Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
  • Djelk Rangers (Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation)
  • Dubbo PCYC
  • Enhance Consultancy & Training
  • Enngonia CWA
  • FaHCSIA
  • Fig Tree Descendants Aboriginal Corporation
  • Galamaay Brothers
  • Girudala Community Co-operative Society
  • Githabul Rangers
  • Gordon Neighbourhood Centre
  • The Greenhoose (Lockhart River)
  • Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation
  • Headspace Tweed Heads
  • The Hope Project (Cunnamulla)
  • Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre
  • InCite Youth Arts
  • Jagun Elders Group
  • Jetty Beach House (Coffs Harbour)
  • Jilamara Arts & Crafts
  • Just Reinvest NSW
  • Lachlan Shire Youth Services
  • Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Leader In Development
  • Mallee Family Care
  • Maningrida Greats Youth Service
  • Maranguka Community Hub (Bourke)
  • Meriam Dance Group
  • Miyay Birray Youth Service
  • Moree Plains Shire Council
  • Muli Muli Local Aboriginal Land Council
  • Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre
  • Murrawarri LALC (Enngonia)
  • Music NT
  • My Pathways
  • Narromine Community Skills Project
  • Ntaria Choir
  • Orange City Council
  • Outback Arts
  • Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Palm Island Community Company
  • Parkes Wiradjuri Language Group
  • Rhinoceros Records
  • Rotary Club of Parkes
  • Rous County Council
  • Song Division
  • Speakout
  • St Louis University Cultural Performance Group
  • Strong & Deadly Community Festival
  • Stylin Up Festival
  • Torres Health Indigenous Corporation
  • TSIMA
  • Trangie LALC
  • Tweed Byron LALC
  • The Ub Ubbo Project
  • Uncle Alfred Smallwood's Mentoring Group
  • Uniting Dubbo–Ngurambang Child & Family Services
  • Vibe Australia
  • Wakakirri Storytelling Festival
  • Walgett LALC
  • Walgett Shire Council
  • Walker Wayland NSW
  • Wilcannia River Radio
  • The Wiwa Project
  • Wujal Wujal Community Justice Group
  • Yabun Festival
  • Yarn Australia
  • Yoorana Gunya Family Healing Centre
  • YouthLink Kuranda

…and the many local Elders groups, language groups and community organisations acknowledged in each project's credits.

Schools We've Worked With Since 2002

More than fifty schools and colleges – many in Australia's most remote communities – have hosted, co-created, and in several cases directly funded DPM projects.

New South Wales

  • Ballina Coast High
  • Baryulgil Public
  • Bathurst High
  • Blayney High
  • Boggabilla Central
  • Bourke High*
  • Broken Hill High
  • Collarenebri Central
  • Condobolin High
  • Coomealla High
  • Coonamble High
  • Cootamundra High*
  • Deniliquin High
  • Eden Marine High
  • Forbes High
  • Kelso High
  • Lake Cargelligo Central
  • Maclean High
  • MacKillop College (Bathurst)
  • Macleay Vocational College
  • Melville High (Kempsey)*
  • Mian School (Dubbo)
  • Moree Secondary College
  • Oberon High
  • Parkes Public
  • Portland Central
  • Red Bend Catholic College (Forbes)
  • St Francis Xavier School (Lake Cargelligo)
  • St Ignatius Parish School (Bourke)
  • St Mary's High (Wellington)
  • Trangie Central
  • Walgett Community College
  • Warren High (Warren Central)
  • Wilcannia Central
  • Woodenbong Central

Queensland

  • Ayr State High
  • Cairns State High
  • Cloncurry State School
  • Cunnamulla P-12*
  • Heatley State School (Townsville)
  • Kuranda District State College
  • Lockhart State School
  • Richmond Hill Primary (Charters Towers)
  • Shalom Christian College (Townsville)
  • St Teresa's College (Abergowrie)
  • Tagai State College (Torres Strait, incl. Murray Island campus)

Northern Territory

  • Jabiru Area School
  • Katherine High
  • Maningrida College
  • Milikapiti School (Tiwi)
  • Ntaria School (Hermannsburg)
  • St Joseph's College (Katherine)

Western Australia

  • Tjuntjuntjara Remote Community School

* These schools have directly funded DPM projects.

Partner With Us

"We knew that a different approach was needed to address mental health in Indigenous communities… Desert Pea Media's unique program has enabled this."
– Andrew Harvey, CEO, Western NSW Primary Health Network

Every project on this page started with a yarn. If you would like to join us in our community-led storytelling, we would love to talk.

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