The Clontarf Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that assists in the education and employment of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men in Australia.
Overview With support from the corporate and philanthropic sector, state and territory governments and the Federal Government, academies now operate in 158 schools in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland,, New South Wales, and Victoria.
The founder and chief executive officer is Gerard Neesham, former coach of Fremantle Football Club. Staff include former teachers, youth workers, professional football players, and people from a range of industries.
The original Clontarf Football Academy was established in 2000 at the Clontarf Aboriginal College site in Waterford, Western Australia. Since then, Clontarf academies have expanded to the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.
Locations
Academies now operate in the following locations:
Western Australia – Broome Senior High School Carnarvon Community College Cecil Andrews College Champion Bay Senior High School Clontarf Aboriginal College Coodanup College Derby District High School East Kimberley College Eastern Goldfields College Esperance Senior High School Fitzroy Valley District High School Fremantle College Geraldton Senior College Gilmore College Girrawheen Senior High School Halls Creek District High School Hedland Senior High School Kalgoorlie–Boulder Community High School Karratha Senior High School Katanning Senior High School Newton Moore Senior High School North Albany Senior High School Northam Senior High School Sevenoaks Senior College Swan View Senior High School Yule Brook College
Northern Territory - Alice Springs - Centralian Alice Springs – Yirara CollegeYirara Darwin – Dripstone Darwin - Nightcliff Darwin - Rosebery Darwin – Palmerston Darwin – Casuarina Darwin - Sanderson Katherine Yirrkala Tennant Creek Gunbalanya Jabiru
Victoria - Bairnsdale Mildura Robinvale Swan Hill Warrnambool College
Queensland - Barambah Bentley Park (Cairns) Cairns Dalby Goondiwindi Gordonvale (Cairns) Gold Coast (PBC) Harristown (Toowoomba) Heatley (Townsville) Kingaroy Kirwan (Townsville) Thuringowa (Townsville) Toowoomba Townsville Trinity Bay (Cairns) Warwick Woree (Cairns) Wilsonton (Toowoomba) Yarrabah (Cairns)
New South Wales - Airds (Campbelltown) Bidwill (Mount Druitt) Bourke Brewarrina Broken Hill Chatham (Taree) Conobolas (Orange) Chifley Senior (Mount Druitt) Coonamble Cranebrook (Penrith) Delroy (Dubbo) Dubbo Senior (Dubbo) Dubbo South (Dubbo) Dunheved (Mount Druitt) Elizabeth Macarthur (Campbelltown) Endeavour (Caringbah) Griffith Hunter River (Newcastle) Inverell Irrawang (Newcastle) Kanahooka (Wollongong) Karabar (Queanbeyan) Kempsey Lake Illawarra (Wollongong) Matraville (Sydney) Melville (Kempsey) Moree Moruya Mount Austin (Wagga Wagga) Mount Druitt Narrabri Narrandera Narromine Newcastle Orara (Coffs Harbour) Oxley (Tamworth) Port Macquarie Quirindi Shalvey (Mount Druitt) Shoalhaven (Nowra) Singleton Tumut Vincentia Wade (Griffith) Wellington
South Australia - Ocean View (Adelaide) Paralowie (Adelaide) Port Augusta Port Lincoln Salisbury (Adelaide) Whyalla
Sporting stars
Some of the Clontarf students who have gone on to play football at a professional level include Mark Williams, Dion Woods, Andrew Krakouer, Michael Johnson, Lewis Jetta, Chris Yarran, Patrick Ryder, Joel Hamling and Sam Petrovski-Seton.
References
External links Clontarf Foundation website Dept. Education, Employment & Workplace Relations