National Indigenous Disaster Resilience program
Our vision
Safe, strong and sustainable Indigenous peoples and communities
Our purpose
To enhance the resilience of Indigenous communities in the face of increasing disasters
National Indigenous Disaster Resilience is a research program within Fire to Flourish. This program was established in 2022 in recognition of the disproportionate impact that natural hazards have had, and will continue to have, on Indigenous peoples and communities.
NIDR champions Indigenous leadership in disaster resilience through research with Indigenous communities across Australia.
NIDR is working directly with Indigenous leaders and communities across Australia to:
- create new knowledge through research
- advocate for the needs of Indigenous peoples and communities before, during and after disasters
- bring Indigenous, emergency management and disaster resilience leaders together
- facilitate Indigenous leadership
Meet the NIDR team
Upcoming events
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Latest news
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Current projects
Foundations in Indigenous Disaster Resilience
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Relationships between Aboriginal Communities & Emergency Services in SA
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Experiences of Aboriginal People in the 2022 Victoria & South Australia Floods
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Policy Roundtables
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Colonial Load and Cultural Conflict
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East Gippsland Review
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Indigenous Evacuation Guide
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Community of Practice
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- Aboriginal Community Governance on the Frontlines and Faultlines in the Black Summer Bushfires (Williamson, CAEPR, 2022)
- Indigenous-informed disaster recovery: Addressing collective trauma using a healing framework (Quinn, Williamson and Gibbs, Progress in Disaster Science, 2022)
- Indigenous Peoples and natural hazard research, policy and practice in south-eastern Australia: An agenda for change (Williamson & Weir, AJEM, 2021)
- Aboriginal Peoples and the response to the 2019-20 bushfires (Williamson, Markham & Weir, CAEPR, 2020)
- National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Summit Proceedings
- International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction webinar, featuring Bhiamie Williamson – Fighting inequality for a resilient future
- Disasters within disasters: it’s time to address entrenched Aboriginal inequality (Bhiamie Williamson, The Guardian, Sept 2021)
- Bhiamie Williamson articles in The Conversation
- Emma McNicol articles in The Conversation

Artwork by Oumoula Mckenzie
The artwork featured on this page was created for the National Indigenous Disaster Resilience program by Aṉangu graphic designer, Oumoula Mckenzie. As well as working as a graphic designer, Oumoula is an artist and has worked extensively with Aṉangu youth and emerging leaders.
