2021 Winners

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CATEGORY:
Glen Eira City Council received the Local Government award for hosting Koorie Day Out, a ceremony and culture day and Hepburn Shire Council received the Highly Commended Award for four short films that visit three significant sites in Dja Dja Wurrung Country.

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION CATEGORY:
Our Songlines, a 100 per cent aboriginal owned charity, won the Community category for their Our Survival Day event in Mornington Peninsula, showcasing First Nations musical performances, culturally safe spaces and cultural workshops.

SCHOOLS & EARLY YEARS CATEGORY:
Yuille Park Community College in Wendouree received the schools award for its education initiative Thankful & Proud, which champions shared culture and inclusivity in the classroom.

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
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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