Clontarf Foundation

The Clontarf Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that assists in the education and employment of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men.

Overview

With support from the private/philanthropic sector, State/Territory governments and the Federal government, Academies now operate in 96 schools in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

The founder and Chief Executive Officer is Gerard Neesham, former coach of Fremantle Football Club. Staff include former teachers, youth workers and professional football players.

The original Clontarf Football Academy was established in 2000 at the Clontarf Aboriginal College site in Waterford, Western Australia. Since then, Clontarf Academies have expanded to include the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.

Locations

Academies now operate in the following locations:

Western Australia -

Carnarvon
Cecil Andrews (Perth)
Champion Bay (Geraldton)
Clontarf (Waterford)
Coodanup (Mandurah)
Derby
East Kimberley (Kununurra)
Fitzroy Crossing
Fremantle
Gilmore (Kwinana)
Girrawheen
Goldfields (Kalgoorlie)
Great Southern (Albany)
Halls Creek
Hedland (Port Hetland)
Karratha
Katanning
Kununurra
Midwest GSC (Geraldton)
Midwest JWC (Geraldton)
Newton Moore (Bunbury)
North Albany (Albany)
Northam
Sevenoaks (Cannington)
South East (Esperance)
South West (Bunbury)
Sevenoaks (Perth)
Swan View
Yule Brook (Maddington)
West Kimberley (Broome)

Northern Territory -

Alice Springs - Centralian
Alice Springs - Mparntwe
Alice Springs – Yirara
Darwin – Dripstone
Darwin - Nightcliff
Darwin - Rosebery
Darwin – Palmerston
Darwin – Casuarina
Darwin - Sanderson
Katherine
Yirrkala
Tennant Creek
Gunbalanya
Jabiru

Victoria -

Bairnsdale
Mildura
Robinvale
Swan Hill
Warrnambool

Queensland -

Barambah
Bentley Park (Cairns)
Cairns
Dalby
Goondiwindi
Gordonvale (Cairns)
Gold Coast (PBC)
Harristown (Toowoomba)
Heatley (Townsville)
Kingaroy
Kirwan (Townsville)
Thuringowa (Townsville)
Toowoomba
Townsville
Trinity Bay (Cairns)
Warwick
Woree (Cairns)
Wilsonton (Toowoomba)
Yarrabah (Cairns)

New South Wales -

Airds (Campbelltown)
Bidwill (Mount Druitt)
Bourke
Brewarrina
Broken Hill
Chatham (Taree)
Conobolas (Orange)
Chifley Senior (Mount Druitt)
Coonamble
Cranebrook (Penrith)
Delroy (Dubbo)
Dubbo Senior (Dubbo)
Dubbo South (Dubbo)
Dunheved (Mount Druitt)
Elizabeth Macarthur (Campbelltown)
Endeavour (Caringbah)
Griffith
Hunter River (Newcastle)
Inverell
Irrawang (Newcastle)
Kanahooka (Wollongong)
Karabar (Queanbeyan)
Kempsey
Lake Illawarra (Wollongong)
Matraville (Sydney)
Melville (Kempsey)
Moree
Moruya
Mount Austin (Wagga Wagga)
Mount Druitt
Narrabri
Narrandera
Narromine
Newcastle
Orara (Coffs Harbour)
Oxley (Tamworth)
Port Macquarie
Quirindi
Shalvey (Mount Druitt)
Shoalhaven (Nowra)
Singleton
Tumut
Vincentia
Wade (Griffith)
Wellington

South Australia -

Ocean View (Adelaide)
Port Augusta
Port Lincoln

Sporting stars

Some of the Clontarf students who have gone on to play football at a professional level include Mark Williams, Dion Woods, Andrew Krakouer, Michael Johnson, Lewis Jetta, Chris Yarran, Patrick Ryder, Joel Hamling, and Sam Petrovski-Seton.

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