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Wantok Musik Foundation

Apollo Bay, VIC, Australia

Arts & CultureHeritageEmployment & SkillsCommunity developmentTax-deductible donations
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Profile last updated: May 3, 2026

About

Wantok Musik Foundation is a charity based in Apollo Bay, Australia working on arts & culture, heritage, employment & skills +1 more.

Wantok Musik Foundation is an Australian charity and not-for-profit record label based in Apollo Bay, Victoria, on Gadubanud Country. It works with communities across Australia and the Pacific to record, retain and promote music, languages and cultural knowledge at risk of being lost. It supports First Nations and Melanesian-Polynesian artists through mentorship, employment pathways, album production and releases, and cultural diplomacy projects. Its work includes cultural preservation residencies in Timor-Leste and the Solomon Islands, and women-led music projects in the Pacific. The foundation is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) and accepts tax-deductible donations.

Location

Apollo Bay, Australia

Organisation type

Charity

Registration

ACN 120 091 652

Focus areas

First Nations musicPacific musicrecord labelcultural preservationmusic mentorshiplanguage retention

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Arts & CultureHeritageEmployment & SkillsCommunity development

Works for

Indigenous peoplesYouthCommunities

How they work

Community programmesCapacity buildingAwareness & education

Programmes

Feto nia Lian, Feto nia Istoria: Her Voice, Her Story

Heritage · Timor-Leste

A two-week audio-visual recording residency preserving women's cultural knowledge, songs, stories and leadership, building on the first phase of Hamoris Lian Timor.

Na Ainamae na Totoraha

Heritage · Solomon Islands

A two-week audio-visual programme recording, preserving and promoting oral traditions, chants, dances and ancestral knowledge of the Areare and Lau peoples of Malaita.

Music for Change: Pacific Women

Arts & Culture · Tonga, Papua New Guinea

A women-led music and storytelling project supporting women's leadership, creative expression and skills development across the Pacific, including Bougainville and Tonga.

Countries of operation

AustraliaSolomon IslandsTimor-LesteVanuatuTonga

Funding & support

Ways to support

Donate

Trust

Tax-deductible donations

Credentials & affiliations

Awards

ARIA Award nominations

ARIA

APRA Awards

APRA

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