About us

Who we are

The Three Rivers Regional Assembly is the voice of local and regional Aboriginal communities. Our goal is to strengthen cultural integrity and ensure our communities have self-determination when it comes to the services and projects that are being developed and implemented.

The name collaborates the three rivers of our Wiradjuri Nation bordering the Wambuul (Macquarie River), the Kalari (Lachlan River) and the Murrumbidjeri (Murrumbidgee River). Also including the Murray, Little River, Bell River, Cudgegong River, Bogan River, Turine River and a portion of the Castlereagh River.

Meet the team

Paul Carr

Chair

Fostering leadership, enhancing governance, and ensuring Aboriginal communities have a voice in the services they receive.

Shane Riley

Senior Project Officer

Wiradjuri Nation, Wilay Mayiny. Representing community and participating in committees supporting our mob.

Anthony Riley

Project Officer

Wiradjuri man, passionate about creating a better future for our next generations and revitalising the Wiradjuri Language.

Tatum Moore

Manager, Connected Beginnings

Wiradjuri, Yorta-Yorta, Gurnu-Barkindji, and Kunja. Passionate about championing Indigenous outcomes and driving systemic change.

Stevie Carr

Community Coordinator, Connected Beginnings.

Proud Wiradjuri Woman, direct descendant of the Dhandalimal Clan one of the eight clan groups of the Wilay - Wiradjuri nation.

Paris Edwards

Connected Beginnings

Wangkumarra. Providing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mums and bubs 0-5 with the educational and health support.

Emmerson Shipp

Admin Officer

Wiradjuri, Dubbo and Ngiyampaa nation - Ngiyampaa Wangaaypuwan, Nyngan NSW. Connecting with community through creativity.

Our priority areas

Housing
Health
Economic Development
Education
Child Protection
Culture & Heritage
Incarceration & youth at risk

Our involvement in Local Decision Making

In September 2014, the Three Rivers Regional Assembly became part of the OCHRE Local Decision Making program. We’re working towards signing a binding Accord with the NSW Government that sets out the agreed priorities and projects of our assembly, as well as the rules on how decision making will be shared between us and the Government.

The Accord will transform the way we work together by giving Aboriginal communities a progressively bigger say in what services are delivered to them, and how they are delivered.

Our footprint and members

TRRA members are either an Aboriginal Working Party or a Local Aboriginal Land Council; currently representative of eleven communities: Bathurst, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Mudgee, Narromine, Orange, Parkes, Peak Hill, Trangie, Warren and Wellington.