Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation

Name

Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation

Legal name

Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation

Website

https://etntac.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Esperance

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Funding and Grants: ETNTAC secures funding from Federal, State and Local government agencies to operationalise its Healthy Country Plan, employing Senior Cultural Advisors, Coordinators, Cultural Rangers, and supporting business units.
2. Donations and Bequests: As a registered charity, ETNTAC receives tax-deductible donations ($2 or more) and bequests through wills. All donations support programs for community benefit.
3. Commercial Services Revenue: Delivery of commercial services including garden and grounds maintenance, environmental rehabilitation, environmental monitoring and sampling, commercial drone services, and project management to clients including Southern Ports, CBH, and Synergy.
4. Impact Investment: Finance secured from impact investors to purchase farming properties for the Rejuvenation Trees program, enabling land restoration and sustainable livelihoods.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ETNTAC operates as the Federal Court-registered Native Title Body Corporate for the Kepa Kurl Wudjari people, holding and managing Native Title Rights over ancestral lands spanning more than 30,000 square kilometres of Southern Western Australia. It delivers six core service programs: Community Engagement, Healthy Land and Sea Program, Wudjari Futures, Rejuvenation Trees, Commercial Services, and Cultural Heritage. The organisation serves approximately 360 Wudjari Nyungar members and several thousand traditional owners across cultural, social, environmental, and economic development mandates.

Product overview

Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (ETNTAC) operates as a Native Title Body Corporate offering a portfolio of interconnected community service programs rather than a unified software product. The six core business units—Community Engagement, Healthy Land and Sea Program, Wudjari Futures, Rejuvenation Trees, Commercial Services, and Cultural Heritage—work together to deliver cultural, social, and economic wellbeing outcomes for the Kepa Kurl Wudjari community. These programs are service-based offerings focused on land and sea country management, community development, cultural preservation, and economic empowerment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Engagement Delivers arts-based capacity building, community development, cultural education programs, public art installations, cultural inductions, and corporate presentations to ensure Wudjari cultural perspectives are highlighted for project partners and the wider community. Targeted at Wudjari members, traditional owners, government partners, and corporate organisations seeking cultural engagement.
• Healthy Land and Sea Program Operationalises the Healthy Country Plan through employment of Senior Cultural Advisors, Coordinators, and Cultural Rangers implementing sub-programs including Threatened Species monitoring, Fish Ecology, Seabirds research, Land Care, Heritage Management, Strategic Patrols, and Sea Country initiatives. Targeted at Wudjari traditional owners, government agencies, and research institutions.
• Wudjari Futures Comprehensive Closing the Gap model providing drivers licence support, biannual dental clinics, a Wellbeing Advisory Group, and a Junior Ranger program for students in years 11 and 12 pursuing Certificate II in Conservation and Ecosystem Management. Targeted at Wudjari members and locally based First Nations people.
• Rejuvenation Trees First Nations-led land ownership and stewardship program purchasing farming properties for restoration. The program hand-plants and direct seeds native species across properties to achieve biodiverse standards while enabling self-determination through formal land ownership. Spans over 5,200 hectares of former farmland with 600 hectares worked in 2024 and 220 additional hectares planned for 2025. Targeted at Wudjari traditional owners and impact investors.
• Commercial Services Facilitates self-determination through delivery of commercial services including garden and grounds maintenance, environmental rehabilitation, environmental monitoring and sampling, commercial drone services, and project management. Major clients include Southern Ports, CBH, and Synergy. Targeted at enterprise clients and government agencies seeking culturally secure commercial services.
• Cultural Heritage Manages and protects cultural heritage through working with proponents, developing management plans, undertaking surveys, and ensuring community can practice Wudjari culture. Services include heritage agreements, activity notices review, and cultural monitoring. Targeted at proponents, government agencies, and developers requiring heritage consultation.

Quantifiable outcome

• $2.24 return to the State of WA, Esperance community and regional economy for every $1 invested in the Closing the Gap model (independent analysis by Econosis)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Southern PortscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor commercial services client for garden and grounds maintenance, environmental rehabilitation, and project management services delivered by ETNTAC's Commercial Services business unit.
• CBHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor commercial services client for environmental monitoring, grounds maintenance, and project management services.
• SynergycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommercial services client receiving environmental services and project management from ETNTAC.
• DPIRD Fisheries ScientistscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with DPIRD (Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development) Fisheries Scientists on regular monitoring and stock assessments of fish species important to the local community, including long-term Barndi/black bream research and microplastics analysis.
• Fremantle BiennalesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through the First Light program for Boodja Dwordak Wirn (Bringing Country's Spirit back to Life) drone performance project celebrating Wudjari culture.
• Goldfields Hope Community ServicessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Stephen Morrison from Goldfields Hope Community Services to host Men's Bush Trips for community wellbeing.
• Educated by NaturesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPerth-based environmental educators delivering workshops as part of the Djilba Wildflower Festival Schools Program alongside ETNTAC's Ranger team.
• Esperance Wildflower SocietysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvent partner for the Djilba Wildflower Festival Esperance, which ETNTAC coordinates with support of three event partners.
• St Andrews Anglican ParishsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvent partner for the Djilba Wildflower Festival Esperance, contributing to community cultural celebrations.
• Esperance Community ArtssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvent partner for the Djilba Wildflower Festival Esperance, supporting arts and cultural programming.
• Escare IncorporatedsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Young Yorgas Photography Workshop and Kepa Kurl Kids Day, a free Early Years Event celebrating National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children's Day.
• Dr Jennifer LaverssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarine biologist and seabird specialist serving as HLSP Coordinator for the Recherche Archipelago seabird research program, including breeding success monitoring and disease surveillance.
• Tom Tothill (PhD Candidate)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhD Candidate conducting Baited Remote Underwater Vessels Survey (BRUVS) for fish diversity and size classes research in the Recherche Archipelago.
• South Regional TAFEsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelivery partner for Junior Ranger program for students in years 11&12 working towards Certificate II in Conservation and Ecosystem Management.
• EconosissupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent economic analysis organisation that assessed ETNTAC's Closing the Gap model, finding $2.24 return per $1 invested for WA, Esperance community and regional economy.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council: Registered Native Title body for the Noongar people across the south-west of Western Australia. Closest analogue to ETNTAC in the same state, performing equivalent Native Title representation, cultural heritage, and land management functions for a much larger Noongar constituency.
• Kimberley Land Council: Native Title representative body for the Kimberley region of Western Australia, delivering Aboriginal-led land and sea management, cultural heritage, and ranger programs. Comparable to ETNTAC in mission and operating model, though operating at a much larger geographic scale.
• Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation: Native Title representative body serving the Yamatji and Marlpa traditional owners in the Mid West and Pilbara regions of Western Australia. Comparable in delivering cultural heritage services, Native Title support, and ranger programs to regional Aboriginal communities.
• Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania: State-wide Aboriginal land council representing Aboriginal Tasmanians on land, heritage, and cultural matters. Comparable institutional peer engaged in land management, cultural heritage protection, and community programs, albeit in a different jurisdiction.
• Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu: Tribal authority of the Ngāi Tahu iwi in New Zealand's South Island, holding statutory recognition and managing significant cultural, environmental, and commercial assets. Internationally comparable Indigenous governance and land enterprise structure to ETNTAC.
• Goldfields Land and Sea Council: Native Title representative body for the Goldfields region of Western Australia, including the Esperance/Goldfields interface. Performs comparable PBC support, heritage surveys, and ranger program delivery, making it a direct functional peer in the same jurisdiction.
• Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation: Prescribed Body Corporate for the Ngarluma people in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Similar in structure as a PBC delivering land management, heritage, and commercial services for an Aboriginal constituency, including dealings with major resource sector clients.
• Noongar Boodja Trust / Noongar Land Enterprise: Noongar-led land enterprise and trust arrangements created under the South West Native Title Settlement. Operating as a fellow Aboriginal land enterprise in the same state, executing cultural land management and economic development missions aligned with ETNTAC's purpose.
• Yothu Yindi Foundation: Indigenous-led not-for-profit in Northeast Arnhem Land delivering cultural, educational, and economic development programs for Yolngu people. Comparable as an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation blending cultural programs, events, and enterprise on Country.

Broad incumbents

• Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC): Australian Government entity that supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land acquisition, management, and enterprise. A likely funding/partner counterparty for ETNTAC's Rejuvenation Trees program and other Indigenous-led land stewardship initiatives.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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