Respecting Aboriginal History and Culture
At Credit Union SA, we strive to build a culturally safe and inclusive workplace that celebrates and honours the histories and lived experiences of our First Nations peoples and communities. Through education, employment, partnerships, and economic engagement, we are committed to helping all South Australians thrive and achieve their full potential.
Learn more about how we are taking meaningful action.
Artwork: The Celebration
by Monica (Nungarrayi) Turner-Collins, Hamish and Kobe Collins
Reconciliation Action Plan
We feel immensely privileged to be based on Kaurna land, we acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the traditional custodians of unceded country across Australia and respect their spiritual relationship with Country.
We want to build on the foundations our history provides to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to establish connection and support reconciliation. To guide this process, we have developed a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) as a focused effort to strengthen our organisational knowledge and guide our practices to improve our capabilities and meet our obligations for reconciliation in the community.
Our Vision for Reconciliation
Credit Union SA’s vision for reconciliation is directly linked to our Purpose of ‘Helping South Australians Thrive’. It is a vision based on respect, common understanding, awareness, and truth telling of our shared history. It is acknowledging and celebrating our Nation’s history as home to the world’s most ancient continuous culture. In support of our vision our goal is to walk alongside First Nations Peoples to achieve economic independence and financial aspirations through our products and services.
We are committed to tangible actions and deliverables including:
- Self-education on the history of Australia and providing opportunities for our team to expand their knowledge and understanding
- Research of the First Nations place names and history of the land on which we work and live and using these names where possible
- Investigation of the history of our organisation and the potential impacts it may have had on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Scoping and identifying ways to financially support and/or volunteer to be part of Community–lead truth telling efforts in the community in which we operate
- Play an advocacy role in calling for truth telling at state and national levels.
Unveiling our RAP artwork
A special part of our Reconciliation journey has been engaging local Aboriginal artists Monica Turner-Collins and Hamish and Kobe Collins to commission custom art pieces for display in our branch and head office - a way to honour the traditional custodians of the land we work and meet on.
Our Commitment to Reconciliation Continues
With guidance from Kellie Graves, CEO of Tjindu Foundation, as our mentor, our RAP Working Group has shaped Credit Union SA’s Innovate RAP commitments which allow our organisation to gain a deeper understanding of our sphere of influence and establish the best approaches to advance reconciliation.
Over the next two years, we’re committed to strengthening relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, deepening cultural understanding, creating meaningful opportunities, and embedding reconciliation into the way we work.
We’re proud to launch this part of our journey embracing the powerful artwork created for our Innovate RAP by Monica, Hamish, and Kobe Collins, representing Emu and Rock Wallaby Dreaming and the gathering of communities on Kaurna Country.
We recognise the ongoing support and guidance from Reconciliation Australian and Reconciliation SA as we play our part towards closing the gap.
Reconciliation Action Plan: Reflect
Learn moreMay 2022 - September 2023
Reconciliation Action Plan: Innovate
Learn moreApril 2025 - March 2027