Aboriginal Productions and Promotions has played a significant role in the Aboriginal led Wadjemup Project, supporting a statewide process of truth-telling, consultation, healing and commemoration surrounding the history of Aboriginal incarceration on Wadjemup (Rottnest Island). Working alongside Aboriginal Elders, families, communities and the Wadjemup Project Steering Group, APP has helped create culturally appropriate pathways for Aboriginal people with connections to Wadjemup to have their voices heard and guide the project’s direction.

In 2023, APP was appointed lead consultant for the Project’s statewide consultation, building on its earlier involvement in community engagement and cultural authority processes. This work has contributed to conversations around truth-telling, ceremony, the Wadjemup Aboriginal Burial Ground and the future of the Quod, ensuring community and culture remain at the centre of one of Western Australia’s most significant reconciliation projects.

In 2025, Wadjemup Wirin Bidi was recognised at the IPAA WA Achievement Awards, with the Wadjemup Project Steering Group, Aboriginal Productions and Promotions, and Rottnest Island Authority receiving the Moore Australia (WA) Award for Best Practice in Collaboration Between Government and Any Other Organisation.

Aboriginal Productions and Promotions was engaged by the Department of Communities to develop the Cultural Narrative for the Perth Aboriginal Short Stay Accommodation, a purpose built facility providing safe, culturally appropriate and affordable accommodation for Aboriginal people and families travelling to Boorloo from regional and remote communities across Western Australia.

APP’s Cultural Narrative captured the significance of Country, place and the cultural authority of Traditional Owners, providing a cultural foundation to inform the project’s development. The Narrative directly guided the architects’ approach to the building and landscape design, helping ensure the facility reflected Aboriginal cultural stories, identity and connection to Country.

Through this work, APP helped embed culture into a space designed around welcoming, belonging, identity, culture, safety and wellbeing, which created an environment that responds to the needs of Aboriginal people travelling away from Country while maintaining a strong sense of cultural connection and belonging.