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2025 First Nations Land and Water Management Photography and Video Competition

The 2025 Healthy Country, Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities Photography and Video Competition is your chance to showcase the unique work that your Indigenous Ranger group or IPA provider does in managing and protecting Australia’s natural and cultural heritage.

Indigenous Rangers use traditional knowledge and cultural practices, combined with Western science, to manage land, river and sea Country and deliver environmental, cultural, social and economic development outcomes.

Show us your fantastic photos and videos!

Entries for this competition close on 26 September 2025 at 4pm AEST.

Entry form

This form is to be completed by all competition entrants and accompanied by:

  • A completed and signed consent form from the photographer/videographer
  • A completed and signed consent form for each person appearing in a photograph/video.

Download the consent form for people appearing in the photo/video     Download the consent form for the photographer/videographer

Full name:

Are you over 18?
Please provide the name of your parent/guardian:
Parent/guardian's phone number:
Parent/guardian's email:
Parent/guardian's address:
Phone number:
Postal address:

Are you Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander?
If yes, what Country are you from? (Optional response)
Organisation you are entering on behalf of:

Is the organisation a ranger or IPA group?

Does your organisation receive funding from the Commonwealth Government for Indigenous land and water management activities (eg Indigenous Rangers Program, Junior Rangers Program, Indigenous Protected Areas Program, Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity program)?
If yes, under which program do you receive funding?

Are you entering a photo or video?

Note: Please make sure the video is public so anyone can see it. TikTok links are not permitted. Your video must not exceed 3 minutes (including credits).

Title for your photo or video entry:
Please provide a short summary of the story behind your photography/short video. Why is the photo or video important to you? Where was it taken? (no more than 150 words)

Has your photograph/video previously been published or entered in a former Working on Country Photography competition?

Are you the photographer/videographer?
Please provide the name of the photographer/videographer:
Photographer/videographer phone number:
Photographer/videographer email:
Photographer/videographer address:

Are there any people in the photograph/video?
What are their names and contact details (in order of appearance)?
Please name the location(s) in the photograph/video (in order of appearance):
  I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions of the competition