Goldfields Aboriginal Community Services

23/08/2026

GACS are so excited to announce alongside
BHP Western Australia that we have purchased our amazing Desert Ranger Hub through the generous sponsorship of BHP Community Grants.
We will host an offical opening day in the next couple of months, a date to be announced once our busy field season concludes.
GACS organisation and Ranger Team are so excited, proud and grateful for this incredible opportunity to purchase our Hub.
We will forever be grateful to BHP Western Australia, and look forward to achieving our strategic plans and vision for the future.
A huge thank you to GACS Board, Ranger Team and our stakeholders, for supporting and believing in our success. Our Eyes are on future generations as we step into our next stage of growth and leadership.
We welcome local Ranger teams and Community Services to connect with us to yarn about what we can achieve together.

17/08/2026

15/08/2026

What a fabulous turnout last night for the Perth screening of the new documentary "Malleefowl - The Most Unlikely of Birds" with over 400 people in attendance. Thank you to National Malleefowl Recovery Group for hosting the screening, Remember The Wild for producing the film and for the experts on the Q&A panel.

14/08/2026

TONIGHT IN PERTH!

🎬 Our documentary Malleefowl - The Most unlikely of birds, followed by a Q&A with experts.

🎟️ Tickets still available: https://events.humanitix.com/perth-screening-malleefowl-the-most-unlikely-of-birds

💚 Join us for an evening of and , along side Bush Heritage Australia, Indigenous Desert Alliance, and Goldfields Aboriginal Community Services.

12/08/2026

GACS wishes safe travels to our Rangers Kaleb and Phillip who have been invited by the IDA and NMRG to assist with the Mallee fowl film premiere this Friday in Perth.
See below link for details.
Kaleb will guest speak on the panel after the film,answering questions about the Mallee fowl and our protected species program.
Kaleb is our longest serving Ranger and was instrumental in leading GACS Rangers on the IDA GACS Ranger exchange Mallee Fowl camp back in 2023, when the filming began to create the Show.

Rangers from all across the Desert Alliance came together on Wongatha Country to learn and share knowledge on the Nanamarra.
Special thanks to:
IDA
NMRG
Uncle Greg Stubbs:
who always makes us welcome on his country at Marapoi and shares important knowledge and skills with our mob about looking after their country.
Lawrence Thomas:
GACS chairman for supporting our work on Pinjin and guiding our Rangers and organisation.

Thank you to NIAA for supporting our IRP.
This program is so important and vital to our Rangers to protect and preserve country for generations to follow.
If we all work together, amazing results happen.
We are so proud to be a successful Ranger team and be an active member of the IDA.

Come along and support the film premiere:
this Friday 14th August
6.30pm to 8.30 pm
Luna Palace Cinema
Leederville -155 Oxford Street
Indigenous Desert Alliance
National Malleefowl Recovery Group

03/08/2026

Every young person deserves the opportunity to grow up feeling safe, strong, connected, and proud of who they are.

Through the partnership between GACS and Hope Community Services, our Youth Coordinator, Stephen Morrison, works alongside young people, families, and community to create culturally safe spaces where conversations about respect, healthy relationships, leadership, and wellbeing can thrive.

Our work extends beyond youth engagement. We are proud to work alongside NTP on the Women's Bush Trips, while the GACS Men's team provides ongoing support for the Hope Community Services Men's Bush Trips. These experiences on Country strengthen cultural identity, connection, healing, and community, creating opportunities for learning, sharing, and positive change.

Our Youth Bush Trips and community engagement activities are guided by a commitment to addressing Aboriginal family, domestic, and sexual violence in ways that are community-led and culturally grounded. Inspired by the Dream With Us framework, we recognise that lasting change comes through healing, accountability, behaviour change, and empowering communities to lead the solutions that work for them.

The photos shared capture just some of the many moments where young people have come together to connect with culture, build confidence, develop leadership skills, and have honest conversations about creating safer, stronger futures.

We also look forward to continuing these important conversations through our upcoming Cyberbullying and Healthy Relationships Workshop, helping equip young people with the knowledge and confidence to build respectful, healthy connections both online and offline.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who continues to support this work - our partners, Elders, facilitators, families, and especially the incredible young people who inspire us every day. Together, we are building stronger communities for future generations.

Goldfields Hope Community Services

31/07/2026

GACS Rangers attended last week's NAIDOC award ceremony.
Thank you to the NAIDOC Commite and all the Community members and stakeholders in our community who contribute and make NAIDOC WEEK CELEBRATIONS amazing in our community.
So much work and planning goes into NAIDOC WEEK. Awesome work you mob.

22/07/2026

As we build toward on 31 July, we shine a light on the extraordinary men and women who protect our planet’s most precious places.

Rangers are the guardians of biodiversity. They patrol protected areas, prevent poaching, combat wildlife crime, manage fires, monitor ecosystems, support communities, and stand on the front line of conservation every single day.

Their work is vital - but it is also dangerous. Rangers often operate in remote and challenging environments, facing threats from armed poachers, extreme weather, wildfires, dangerous wildlife, and difficult terrain. Many work with limited resources, yet continue to serve with courage and dedication.

Without rangers, the world would look very different. Wildlife populations would decline, habitats would be degraded, ecosystems would become more vulnerable, and future generations would lose irreplaceable natural heritage. Rangers are not only protecting animals and landscapes; they are safeguarding clean water, healthy ecosystems, climate resilience, and the balance of nature on which we all depend.

This World Ranger Day, we honour their bravery, recognise the risks they take, and celebrate the impact they make.

We stand with the world’s rangers.

22/07/2026

For anyone with a Sandlwood contract.

GACS has a Sandalwood Dreaming Contract.

H𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗔'𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 💬🌿

A review of the harvest/take limits for wild sandalwood is underway to help ensure its protection, conservation and ecologically sustainable use into the future.

DBCA welcomes feedback from Aboriginal people with a connection to sandalwood, as well as researchers, landholders, community members and anyone with an interest in conservation.

You are encouraged to review the draft report and share your views. Your feedback will help inform future decisions about the management of one of Western Australia's iconic native species.

𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀: 17 August 2026

Have Your Say and learn more here- https://www.dbca.wa.gov.au/get-involved/have-your-say/review-sandalwood-order