National Development Program

The Australian Sports Commission provides funding to 16 national sporting organisations through the National Indigenous Sport Development Program (NISDP) to coordinate and deliver mainstream sport participation and development programs that directly engage Indigenous communities.

The result is the right sport in the right community at the right time.

National Sporting Organisations currently working with the Indigenous Sport Program (ISP) under this approach include:

Australian Rugby Union Hockey Australia
Netball Australia Cricket Australia
Golf Australia Australian Football League
Athletics Australia Softball Australia
Australian Rugby League Swimming Australia
Surf Life Saving Australia Tennis Australia
Surfing Australia Touch Football Australia
Basketball Australia Football Federation Australia


For further information please contact the relevant national sporting organisation or state/territory sporting organisation specific to your local area.

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Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games.

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700 athlete scholarships are offered annually at the AIS.
263 current and former AIS athletes competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
142 Olympic medals have been won by athletes from the AIS since its establishment.
40 thousand kilometres were swum by Petria Thomas while at the AIS.
1 million people visit the AIS each year.
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