Overview
The Aurora Project was established in 2006 as a result of recommendations from Richard Potok's Report into the Professional Development Needs of NTRB Lawyers in April 2005 (April 2005 Report), which identified two critical stumbling blocks for Native Title Representative Bodies and Native Title Service Providers (collectively, NTRBs) – difficulties in the recruitment of in-house lawyers, and the retention of those lawyers.
Following on from the recommendations of the April 2005 Report, Aurora's early focus was directed towards supporting NTRBs and Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs), however the focus has diversified extensively over the last decade, towards over 140 Indigenous sector organisations, Australia-wide.