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 -
- Clontarf (Waterford)
- Gilmore (Kwinana)
- Girrawheen
- Swan View
- Sevenoaks (Cannington)
- Yule Brook (Maddington)
- Northam
- Great Southern (Albany)
- South West (Bunbury)
- Goldfields (Kalgoorlie)
- Midwest GSC (Geraldton)
- Midwest JWC (Geraldton)
- Carnarvon
- West Kimberley (Broome)
- East Kimberley (Kununurra)
- Karratha
- Derby
- South East (Esperance)
- Halls Creek
- Katanning
- Fitzroy Crossing
- Coodanup (Mandurah)
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 -
- Mildura
- Robinvale
- Swan Hill
- Warrnambool
- Bairnsdale
Queensland
- Cairns
- Trinity Bay (Cairns)
- Bentley Park (Cairns)
- Gordonvale (Cairns)
- Woree (Cairns)
- Yarrabah (Cairns)
- Heatley (Townsville)
- Kirwan (Townsville)
- Thuringowa (Townsville)
- Townsville
- Barambah
- Dalby
- Goondiwindi
- Harristown (Toowoomba)
- Kingaroy
- Toowoomba
- Warwick
New South Wales -
- Bidwill (Mount Druitt)
- Chifley Senior (Mount Druitt)
- Dunheved (Mount Druitt)
- Mount Druitt
- Shalvey (Mount Druitt)
- Endeavour (Caringbah)
- Inverell
- Oxley (Tamworth)
- Moree
- Bourke
- Brewarrina
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.