Indigenous Nationals

The Indigenous Nationals is a multi-sport event held annually between the 43 Australian universities and tertiary institutions. Overseen by UniSport Australia, the peak governing body of university sport in Australia. Only Indigenous Australians are allowed to compete.

Indigenous Nationals

Formerly	National Indigenous Tertiary Education Student Games (NITESG)
Founded	1996 (1996)
No. of teams	43
Headquarters	Brisbane, Queensland
Region	Australia
Official website	www.unisport.com.au/indigenous-nationals

History

13 students of the Wollotuka Institute (University of Newcastle) were enrolled in a Diploma of Aboriginal Studies (Community Recreation). These students created the National Indigenous Tertiary Education Student Games (NITESG).

The University of Western Australia has been the most successful amongst competing universities in the Nationals, having achieved Overall Winner a total of seven times (2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009 2013, 2014).

Results

Year	Host City	Host University	Overall Winner
1996	Newcastle	Wollotuka Institute (University of Newcastle)	Malu (Western Sydney University)
1997	Sydney	Yooroang Garang (Western Sydney University)	Yooroang Garang (Western Sydney University)
1998	Sydney	Yooroang Garang (Western Sydney University)	Yooroang Garang (Western Sydney University)
1999	Newcastle	Wollotuka Institute (University of Newcastle)	Goolanguilla (Western Sydney University)
2000	Canberra	Ngunnawal Centre (University of Canberra	Bathurst (Charles Sturt University)
2001		Bathurst (Charles Sturt University)	University of Western Australia
2002	Perth	University of Western Australia	University of Western Australia
2003	Sydney	University of New South Wales	University of Technology Sydney & University of Sydney
2004	Sydney	Koori Centre (University of Sydney)	University of Western Australia
2005	Newcastle	Wollotuka Institute (University of Newcastle)	Oodgeroo (Queensland University of Technology)
2006		Gumurrii Centre (Griffith University	Wollotuka Institute (University of Newcastle)
2007	Wollongong	Woolyungah Indigenous Centre (University of Wollongong	Woolyungah Indigenous Centre (University of Wollongong
2008	Perth	University of Western Australia	University of Western Australia
2009	Canberra	Ngunnawal Centre (University of Canberra	University of Western Australia
2010	Newcastle	Wollotuka Institute (University of Newcastle)	Marru Barak (University of Melbourne)
2011	Melbourne	Marru Barak (University of Melbourne)	Marru Barak (University of Melbourne)
2012	Cairns	Cairns (James Cook University)	Cairns (James Cook University)
2013	Sydney	Western Sydney University	University of Western Australia
2014	Perth	University of Western Australia	University of Western Australia
2015	Newcastle	Wollotuka Institute (University of Newcastle)	Wollotuka Institute (University of Newcastle
2016	Brisbane	Brisbane (Australian Catholic University	Oodgeroo (Queensland University of Technology)
2017	Melbourne	Geelong (Deakin University	Wollotuka Institute (University of Newcastle)
2018	Sydney	Walanga Muru (Macquarie University)	Marru Barak (University of Melbourne)
2019	Perth	University of Western Australia	University of Technology Sydney
2020	Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak
2021	Newcastle	Wollotuka Institute (University of Newcastle)	TBA

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External links

• Indigenous Nationals - official website
• Archived website