IWR Award Nominations Open Now!

About the 2027 Awards

The Australian Indigenous Women Ranger Awards honours and gives national recognition to Indigenous women rangers who have shown outstanding commitment to caring for Country, community and culture.

The Indigenous Women Ranger Awards are designed to recognise leadership achievements in a range of areas including:

Young Ranger Award - recognition and encouragement for young rangers excelling in her role and showing potential as an emerging leader. Open to rangers aged 18-25.

Mentoring & Leadership Award - recognition and celebration of a ranger showing dedication to mentoring and leadership in their team and community

Collaboration Award - celebrates Indigenous rangers, organisations, projects, initiatives, and/or programs that support and promote women

National Ranger of the Year - recognition of an individual showing excellence in her work caring for Country, community and culture

Lifetime Achievement Award - to honour a ranger that has made a contribution to the caring of Country, community and culture, and the preservation and passing down knowledge, experience, and skills

TO NOMINATE SOMEONE, PLEASE CHOOSE A CATEGORY FROM THE BUTTONS BELOW

Young Ranger Nomination

Mentoring & Leadership Nomination

Collaboration Nomination

National Ranger 2027 Nomination

Lifetime Achievement Nomination

Nominations close midnight
11 January 2027

To be eligible for an award, individuals must meet this criteria:

identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander woman and aged 18 years old or over.

be an Indigenous ranger, senior ranger, ranger coordinator or Elders

Previous winners are not eligible to be re-nominated for the same award they’ve previously won, but can be nominated for a different category. Eg last year’s Young Ranger could be nominated for any other category.

Who can nominate someone?

anyone can nominate someone who is eligible

women are encouraged to self-nominate

you can nominate more than one woman

Nominations will be assessed by an independent panel in a fair and transparent process to ensure all nominees have equal opportunity.

About the Trophies

IWRN are delighted to again be working with Aboriginal Steel Art to create the trophies for the 2027 Indigenous Women Ranger Awards.

Aboriginal Steel Art is an Indigenous-owned business, based in Kuranda outside Cairns. Wayne’s unique and original sculptural art pieces adorn walls and special spaces across the world.