Country Arts SA is committed to the continued development of its First Nations program and in 2011 established an Aboriginal Reference Group (ARG) to support the program. In June 2019 the ARG became an official committee of the Board and is was the Aboriginal Advisory Committee before developing into the First Nations Advisory Committee in 2021.

The First Nations Advisory Committee (FNAC) was established by the Board of Trustees (the Board) under Section 10 of The South Australian Country Arts Trust Act, 1992 to assist Country Arts SA in all aspects of decision making regarding First Nations arts, culture and people.

The purpose of the AAC is to provide advice, governance and leadership to Country Arts SA Board and staff on First Nations people and the arts.

First Nations Advisory Committee Members

Andrew Birtwistle-Smith – FNAC Chair and Country Ars SA Board Member
Boandik

Lee-Ann Buckskin
Narungga, Kaurna, Wirangu, Wotjobaluk
Lee-Ann Buckskin and Associates

Isaac Cohen Lindsay
Ngarrindjeri
Riverland artist and filmmaker

 Danielle Edwards
A South Sea Islander, Gubbi  Gubbi woman (Raised on Yuibera country)