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 -
- Carnarvon
- Cecil Andrews (Perth)
- Champion Bay (Geraldton)
- Clontarf (Waterford)
- Coodanup (Mandurah)
- Derby
- East Kimberley (Kununurra)
- Fitzroy Crossing
- Fremantle
- Gilmore (Kwinana)
- Girrawheen
- Goldfields (Kalgoorlie)
- Great Southern (Albany)
- Halls Creek
- Hedland (Port Hetland)
- Karratha
- Katanning
- Kununurra
- Midwest GSC (Geraldton)
- Midwest JWC (Geraldton)
- Newton Moore (Bunbury)
- North Albany (Albany)
- Northam
- Sevenoaks (Cannington)
- South East (Esperance)
- South West (Bunbury)
- Sevenoaks (Perth)
- Swan View
- Yule Brook (Maddington)
- West Kimberley (Broome)
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 -
- Bairnsdale
- Mildura
- Robinvale
- Swan Hill
- Warrnambool
Queensland -
- Barambah
- Bentley Park (Cairns)
- Cairns
- Dalby
- Goondiwindi
- Gordonvale (Cairns)
- Gold Coast (PBC)
- Harristown (Toowoomba)
- Heatley (Townsville)
- Kingaroy
- Kirwan (Townsville)
- Thuringowa (Townsville)
- Toowoomba
- Townsville
- Trinity Bay (Cairns)
- Warwick
- Woree (Cairns)
- Wilsonton (Toowoomba)
- Yarrabah (Cairns)
New South Wales -
- Airds (Campbelltown)
- Bidwill (Mount Druitt)
- Bourke
- Brewarrina
- Broken Hill
- Chatham (Taree)
- Conobolas (Orange)
- Chifley Senior (Mount Druitt)
- Coonamble
- Cranebrook (Penrith)
- Delroy (Dubbo)
- Dubbo Senior (Dubbo)
- Dubbo South (Dubbo)
- Dunheved (Mount Druitt)
- Elizabeth Macarthur (Campbelltown)
- Endeavour (Caringbah)
- Griffith
- Hunter River (Newcastle)
- Inverell
- Irrawang (Newcastle)
- Kanahooka (Wollongong)
- Karabar (Queanbeyan)
- Kempsey
- Lake Illawarra (Wollongong)
- Matraville (Sydney)
- Melville (Kempsey)
- Moree
- Moruya
- Mount Austin (Wagga Wagga)
- Mount Druitt
- Narrabri
- Narrandera
- Narromine
- Newcastle
- Orara (Coffs Harbour)
- Oxley (Tamworth)
- Port Macquarie
- Quirindi
- Shalvey (Mount Druitt)
- Shoalhaven (Nowra)
- Singleton
- Tumut
- Vincentia
- Wade (Griffith)
- Wellington
South Australia -
- Ocean View (Adelaide)
- Port Augusta
- Port Lincoln
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.