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Introduction

The Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI) was established in 1976 as the Victorian Aboriginal Education Consultative Group. VAEAI is a statewide organisation consisting of eight regions. These regions are divided on the basis of clan and community groupings and a number of Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Groups (LAECG's) comprise each region.

In the early 1990s two significant and innovative developments took place which significantly enhanced VAEAI's functions as an organisation. The first being, the formalisation of the relationship between the Victorian Koorie community and the Department of Education through the Partnership in Education: Koorie Education Policy. The second was the formal recognition of VAEAI as holding the status of an Industry Training Board. Taken together these resulted in the recognition of Koorie community protocols within the education and training systems.

There have been many other innovative policies, programs and projects incorporating appropriate Koorie values that have been adopted in Victoria which are reported in the following sections of this report.

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