Get Confirmation Of Aboriginality Template

Doing your family history may help you obtain proof of your heritage. You might find a birth, death or marriage record that traces your family to a particular Aboriginal station or reserve. Or you might have oral history stories that can connect you to a particular area or person or photograph.

Doing your family history may help you obtain proof of your heritage. You might find a birth, death or marriage record that traces your family to a particular Aboriginal station or reserve. Or you might have oral history stories that can connect you to a particular area or person or photograph.

The Aboriginality confirmation form is a certificate that acknowledges that you are known to your community as an Aboriginal person. Your Aboriginal confirmation form can be asked of you when applying for Indigenous specific services or programs.

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage is voluntary and very personal. You don't need paperwork to identify as an Aboriginal person. However, you may be asked to provide confirmation when applying for Aboriginal-specific jobs, services or programs (for example grants).

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage is voluntary and very personal. You don't need paperwork to identify as an Aboriginal person. However, you may be asked to provide confirmation when applying for Aboriginal-specific jobs, services or programs (for example grants).

How do I obtain Confirmation of Aboriginality? Please contact your local Aboriginal Community Controlled organisation to seek advice on the application process. Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations will have different policies and procedures.

It seems mapping your DNA is all the rage, from family history research to crime scene forensics. But for Australian Aboriginal people, or those searching their family tree, a DNA test will not necessarily give you confirmation of an indigenous Australian heritage.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act (2005) (Cth) defines Aboriginality/Torres Strait Islander heritage as: Aboriginal person means a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia. Torres Strait Islander means a descendant of an indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands.

These statutes have generally defined an Aboriginal or Indigenous person as 'a person who is a descendant of an indigenous inhabitant of Australia', or a member or a person 'of the Aboriginal race of Australia'.