First Nations Entrepreneurship can change the world for the better.
A First Nations-owned and led Australian non-profit — supporting Indigenous entrepreneurship through programs, mentoring, events, research and advocacy.
Organisation overview
Barayamal is a First Nations-owned and led non-profit. We exist to grow Indigenous entrepreneurship in Australia — because when First Nations founders succeed, whole communities move forward.
Our work spans five fronts — practical programs, mentoring, events, research and advocacy — each designed to put opportunity, networks and capital in the hands of Indigenous business people. Led by community, for community.
Programs, gatherings and a louder voice
Programs & mentoring
Practical learning and founder communities — skills, mentors and peer networks that accelerate First Nations entrepreneurs.
Events & forums
Gatherings for thought leadership — putting Indigenous entrepreneurship on the national stage and connecting founders with partners.
Advocacy campaigns
Campaigns promoting “Reconciliaction” — action over symbolism. We push organisations from statements to measurable commitments.
Tools that turn intent into action
The 3% Pledge
Real procurement and opportunity committed to First Nations businesses and people.
First Nations Job Board
Indigenous jobs across Australia and Canada, from employers who back their word with hiring.
Barayamal Reviews
Public reviews of how organisations live up to their Reconciliation commitments.
Petitions & campaigns hub
Community-led petitions and campaigns demanding better outcomes for First Nations peoples.
Reconciliaction guidance
Practical guidance for organisations ready to move beyond symbolism to genuine, measurable action.
Indigenous peoples are around five per cent of the global population — while protecting much of the world’s biodiversity. Backing Indigenous enterprise is backing the planet.
Community-led, action-first
Indigenous-led
First Nations-owned and led at every level — decisions are made by the community the work serves.
Practical first
Programs built around real founder needs: skills, mentors, markets and money — not theory.
Evidence-based
Research and public reviews keep the sector honest about what genuinely moves the needle.
Action over symbolism
Reconciliaction is our test for everything: does it change outcomes, or just optics?
The Black Swan
Barayamal means “Black Swan” in Gamilaraay.
For centuries, Europeans “knew” all swans were white — until they reached Australia and saw the black swan First Nations peoples had always known.
Our name carries that story. Indigenous entrepreneurship has been here all along — enterprise and trade tens of thousands of years old — yet it remains largely unrecognised. Like the black swan, it can reshape what the world believes is possible.
Be part of the change
Volunteer your skills, partner with us, or hire First Nations talent today.