Gudanji for Country
Gudanji For Country is a small, grassroots Indigenous organisation fighting to protect Gudanji Country from the impacts of mining, overgrazing, fracking and climate change. Based near Borroloola in the Northern Territory, the organisation combines advocacy, community education, political engagement and international collaboration to protect Country and promote First Nations climate leadership.
The funding helped strengthen cultural mapping, traditional land management, community-led research and campaigning, while supporting Elders and young people to carry Gudanji knowledge and leadership forward. The work combines on-Country practice with national and international advocacy to expose environmental harm, challenge extractive projects and assert First Nations sovereignty over land and water.
This grant supported Gudanji For Country to build momentum for the protection of Gudanji Country from fracking and other extractive industries. The funding helped deliver the inaugural Gudanji Bush Trip, bringing movement allies and researchers onto Country, and progress the Gudanji Research Project to preserve language and cultural knowledge, document threatened species and record the impacts of development. It also supported ongoing political advocacy and helped amplify Gudanji women’s leadership in national and international climate justice spaces.
This Groundswell grant supported Gudanji For Country to strengthen First Nations-led resistance to fracking and other threats to Gudanji Country in the Northern Territory. The funding helped the organisation advocate directly with governments, push for stronger scrutiny of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin and take its concerns into national and international forums, including COP27. The work centred the authority of Traditional Owners to speak for and protect Country, while building wider public awareness and support for their fight.
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