Our People
Our History
Our logo sums up the approach of the Orange LALC: the platypus, a totem for the area, links three circles representing the community through past, present and future.
On Wiradjuri country, the city of Orange became home to families from places like Brewarrina, Bourke and Lightning Ridge who moved to the area in the 1970’s under the NSW Government’s Aboriginal Family Resettlement Scheme.
As a result, Orange today is home to Aboriginal people from many different areas of Western NSW. Census figures put the Aboriginal population of the area at 3,500 but local estimates are closer to 5,000 depending on the season.
Our journey
Orange LALC was established under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (1983) and is one of 121 Local Aboriginal Land Councils across NSW.
Our growth
In 2010, Orange LALC had just two staff and ran no programs. Today we employ almost 100 staff and deliver 15 programs helping families stay in education, find housing, overcome homelessness and domestic violence and stay connected to culture.
As one of our team members put it: if you don’t know your past, you don’t know your future.
Our milestones
Reclaiming the Orange police station
Successfully claimed for our community prior to our historic land agreement.
2021: A first for NSW
OLALC became the first Local Aboriginal Land Council in the state to successfully negotiate an Aboriginal Land Agreement, seeing 86 hectares of prime land, including the velodrome, oval, netball courts and clubhouse at Moulder Park, transferred to our community. The formal handover of Moulder Park was announced in 2025, cementing it as a central, community-owned site in Orange.
NSW’s first place-based Close the Gap plan
Developed in partnership with other Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations in Orange.
New builds
We own 11 rental properties available to members. We also manage 18 transitional properties in Bathurst. We’re now building 7 duplexes in Orange, adding a further 14 units of community housing.