ABOUT US
Bawamarra Cultural Services: Grounded in Healing, Guided by Culture
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Bawamarra is more than a service, it’s a movement of healing, leadership, and cultural truth-telling. Founded by Jason May, a proud Wiradjuri man from the Binjang clan of Wellington, Bawamarra exists to walk alongside people and organisations as they grow in integrity, accountability, and cultural courage.
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Jason is a father of five, trauma survivor, and cultural leader with over 12 years of recovery, lived experience, and healing work. He brings deep wisdom from both life and practice, grounded in the Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) framework, Dadirri (deep listening), trauma-responsive care, and legacy-driven leadership.
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At Bawamarra, we specialise in two core areas:
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Cultural Consultancy
We work with organisations to embed Aboriginal ways of knowing, being, and doing into systems, leadership, policy, and relationships. Our consulting is relational and rigorous, we support long-term change that centres cultural safety, truth-telling, and systemic healing.
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Mentoring & Youth Support
Through our Buwanha Mentoring Program, we offer culturally grounded, therapeutic mentoring for Aboriginal and vulnerable young people navigating disconnection, trauma, or systemic harm. Whether through ongoing or structured programs, we foster identity, emotional wellbeing, and legacy-building.
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In 2023, Bawamarra was honoured with the Innovate with NBN Co Indigenous Business Award — recognising our leadership in cultural transformation, systems change, and trauma-responsive practice.
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Our work has earned the support of community leaders, Elders, and government representatives. Dr Gordon Reid MP, Federal Member for Robertson, commended Bawamarra for providing “individualised, culturally centred, and holistic mentoring to at-risk youth,” noting that our work “weaves Indigenous understandings of social and emotional wellbeing throughout its practice.”
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Our clients span government, health, education, justice, and sport. We are trusted because we lead with lived truth, not just technical skill.
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Whether guiding a CEO, mentoring a young person in care, or walking Country with community, our approach is always the same: relational, culturally anchored, and strengths-based.​
OUR VALUES
CULTURAL SENSITIVTY
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE SHARING
STRENGTHS-BASED APPROACH
TWO-WAY LEARNING
SUPPORTING EDUCATION
LAND & NATURE CONNECTION
HEALING & WELLNESS
JACKSON PARKES
Curriculum & Learning Leader, Aurora Education Foundation
“Bawamarra and the team were delightful. They engaged the kids and staff in their wide range of activities. The Bawamarra team were welcoming, full of knowledge and professional. They tailored to our needs and for our program and were adaptable. Can not wait to have the Bawamarra mob working with our deadly young people again."