Outcomes | The Aurora Project

Over 7,000 applications received.
Over 2,700 internships arranged have provided over 520,000 hours of additional capacity
Over 190 Aurora Hosts working in the Indigenous sector, including 101(54%) Indigenous organisations
Approx. $13 million of cost savings and productivity gains.
660 internship alumni (27%) employed in the sector since inception.
Of our 196 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander interns placed to date, 35 (22%) have undertaken paid roles in the Indigenous sector.
128 internships arranged for Indigenous funded participants since the provision of Commonwealth scholarship funded internships
All of these alumni noted that their decision to work in the sector was greatly influenced by their Aurora internship.
Placement of Indigenous students is a high priority – 90% of Indigenous applicants are selected for placement, compared to 46% of non-Indigenous applicants.
8 alumni have been awarded Rhodes scholarships