Neville Collard
Based in Western Australia
About this act
Neville Collard is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entertainer from Western Australia.
A Noongar Elder and direct descendant of William Thomas Bennell, Neville Collard works in Nyoongar cultural interpretation and can be booked for a Smoking Ceremony, a Country welcome, or both. His background runs well beyond performance: he co-founded the Nyoongar Patrol System in 1998, chaired it from 2001 to 2003, and later served as Vice Chairperson of Nyoongar Outreach Services from 2016. He has advised the WESROC-commissioned Wadjuk Trail Network and was principal consultant on the METRONET Nyoongar Cultural Context Document, and in 2020 he established Nyungar Birdiyia together with Paul Carter to broaden community engagement with Nyoongar culture.
