2020 Winners

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CATEGORY:
Winner: Mildura Rural City Council and Aboriginal Action Committee - The Mildura Corroboree
Highly Commended: Ballarat City Council and Koorie Engagement Action Group (KEAG) - Survival Day Dawn Service
Acknowledgement for Continued Leadership in Reconciliation: City of Port Phillip - We-akon Dilinja

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION CATEGORY:
Winner: Lord Somers Camp and Powerhouse - Be Deadly @ Somers
Highly Commended: The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) - Working in collaboration with Ngangkari Traditional Healers
Acknowledgement of Work Driving Systemic Change: St John of God Bendigo Hospital - Weenthunga and St John of God Collaboration

SCHOOLS & EARLY YEARS CATEGORY:
Winner: Balnarring Pre-school - Living and Learning with Country, Pedagogy and Practice
Highly Commended: St Leonard's College - The Warruwi Program
Acknowledgement of Work Driving Systemic Change: Action on Aboriginal Perspectives in Early Childhood - 'Possum Skin Pedagogy'

For full details on the finalists and their projects, check out the 2020 HART Awards Booklet.

2019 Winners

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CATEGORY:
Winner: Glenelg Shire Council - Demystifying History Documentary and Combined Citizenship Ceremony
Highly Commended: Darebin City Council - Ongoing commitment to the Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander community and reconciliation
Acknowledgement for Continued Leadership in Reconciliation: City of Yarra - Remember Me: A Tribute to the Stolen Generations and their Families

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION CATEGORY:
Winner: Whittlesea Reconciliation Group - Kulin Village @ Whittlesea Community Festival
Highly Commended: Balnarring Preschool Bundjil Nest Project - Womindjeka Balnarring Ngargee including book launch
Acknowledgement for Emerging Work in Driving Systemic Change: Bendigo Reconciliation Committee - Identifying and Addressing Organisational White Privilege

SCHOOLS & EARLY YEARS CATEGORY:
Winner: Darebin City Council - NAIDOC Schools Yarning Conference
Highly Commended: Wyndham City Council - Reconciliation Action at Scale: Embedding Aboriginal Perspectives


For full details on the finalists and their projects, check out the 2019 HART Awards Booklet.

2018 Winners

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CATEGORY:
Winner: City of Greater Shepparton - Dana Djirrungana Dunguludja Yenbena-i (Proud, Strong, Aboriginal People), Aboriginal Street Art Project
Highly Commended: Darebin City Council - Welcome to Country Professional Development

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION CATEGORY:
Winner: Lake Bolac Eel Festival Inc. - 12th Lake Bolac Eel Festival
Highly Commended: The Torch - Confined 9 Exhibition

CHANGING THE WAY WE WORK CATEGORY:
Winner: North West Primary Care Partnership - Working in Two Worlds Initiative

For full details on the finalists and their projects, check out the 2018 HART Awards Booklet.

2017 Winners

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CATEGORY:
Winner: Rural City of Wangaratta - Bullawah Cultural Trail Project
Highly Commended: Tarerer Gunditj Project Association Inc. - Tarerer Festival 'Sharing Culture'

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION CATEGORY:
Winner: The Sovereign Hill Museums Association and Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation - Gnarrwirring Ngitj ('Learning Together') Festival
Highly Commended: CoHealth Prevention Team - Wellness Dreaming

For full details on the finalists and their projects, check out the 2017 HART Awards Booklet.

2016 Winners

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CATEGORY:
Winner: City of Yarra - Connecting with the Aboriginal History of Yarra: A Teacher's Resource
Highly Commended: City of Whittlesea - Sorry Space and associated Sorry Day Activities

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION CATEGORY:
Winner: Geelong One Fire Reconciliation Group and Wathaurung Aboriginal Co-Operative - Reconciliation in the Park Festival
Highly Commended: Wandoon Estate Aboriginal Corporation - Coranderrk Aboriginal Mission Station

For full details on the finalists and their projects, check out the 2016 HART Awards Booklet.

2015 Winners

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CATEGORY:
Winner: Yarra City Council - Smith Street Dreaming
Highly Commended: Darebin City Council - Wurundjeri Week Insight into the Batman Treaty, Western Region Local Government Reconciliation Network - Rivers to Recognition Partnership Project

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION CATEGORY:
Winner: Shearwater Festival Working Group - Shearwater Festival 2014
Highly Commended: Geelong's Deadly Dancers and Corrina O'Toole, Uncle Boydie's Dream Team - activities to honour the work of William Cooper

For full details on the finalists and their projects, check out the 2015 HART Awards Booklet.

2014 Winners

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CATEGORY:
Winner: Glenelg Shire Council - Glenelg Aboriginal Partnerships Project
Highly Commended: Mornington Peninsula Shire Council - Aboriginal Support and Development Team

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION CATEGORY:
Winner:
Northern Indigenous Employment Working Group
Highly Commended: Framlingham Aboriginal Trust - 150th Anniversary Celebration