DKA con­nects peo­ple and knowl­edges. We under­stand the impor­tance of the knowl­edge that exists in remote and region­al Aus­tralia and that we have a role in col­lect­ing, curat­ing and shar­ing that knowl­edge. We live and work across lan­guages and cul­tures and use that expe­ri­ence as the foun­da­tion of our work. The desert knowl­edge net­work is made up of ancient and endur­ing Abo­rig­i­nal knowl­edges along­side con­tem­po­rary and emerg­ing research, sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy. Through inter­twin­ing old and new knowl­edges, both are enriched and strengthened. 

Through DKA’s work in desert lead­er­ship, we

• Con­nect peo­ple and opportunities
• Empow­er exist­ing, emerg­ing and poten­tial Abo­rig­i­nal leaders
• Sup­port Abo­rig­i­nal enter­prise and employment
• Devel­op strong gov­er­nance and organ­i­sa­tion­al practices 
• Help imple­ment strate­gies and solutions
• Devel­op and strength­en pro­to­cols around work­ing with Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple and businesses
• Con­nect with the peo­ple and busi­ness­es of Cen­tral Australia