Our Story
On Country Solutions brings together the expertise and experience of Thirriwirri and Astrolabe Group for the purpose of empowering First Nations people on their country.
Our work is rooted in the principle that country needs people and people need country. When we work together on solutions that enable First Nations land owners with the tools, techniques, and capability to manage their land and promote their culture, we also shape healthier, more livable places.
Our purpose is to enable traditional land owners to elevate the value of culture and country in their land use plans.
We work with traditional owners to build whole-of-country plans that value people, place, and culture.
Our services are tailored to the specific needs of people on country and their partners.
Our Team
A Thirriwirri and Astrolabe Group partnership
Thirriwirri is a 100% Aboriginal owned and led business with the purpose to support First Nations leaders to build strong, successful and adaptive communities and organisations. It was formed by long-time friends and colleagues Jason Ardler and David Major. They have since formed a team of experienced professionals who hold more than 100-years’ of combined experience in senior executive roles, and in leading innovative strategy and change management.
Astrolabe Group is a change management consultancy delivering strategic services to clients across all tiers of government, industry, universities, and not for profit and peak bodies. Astrolabe Group is a multidisciplinary team of experts in strategic planning helping clients build clarity and consensus across diverse stakeholders to realise sustainable and resilient places and communities.
How we work
On Country Solutions is a majority First Nations owned and led consultancy that places culture, dignity and respect at the centre of everything we do. We are committed to mutually beneficial, strategic and enduring outcomes for First Nations communities and their Country.
Hannah Brook | Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
“On-Country Solutions provided exceptional multifaceted support that ensured we achieved our required outcomes. They assisted with the planning, delivery and facilitation of our engagement event, as well as consolidation and drafting of outcomes and formal responses based on community-led decision making and discussions. Importantly they consolidated detailed and complex dialogue in a way that articulated community sentiments and opinions.”
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the privilege of working on Country when invited to do so. We pay our respects to Elders and community leaders, and those leaders who came before us, who for millennia have maintained the world’s oldest surviving cultures and who have made it possible for us to do what we do. We acknowledge the strength and innovation of our young people, the leaders and Elders of the future.
We also pay respect to the non-First Nation people we work with who share our vision for an empowered, prosperous and culturally assured First Nations Australia.
