A highly experienced cross-cultural facilitator, educator, Board member and tourism operator, Victor Cooper has a diverse history, growing up in Darwin and working on a range of cattle stations, trained as a carpenter and as a butcher on Croker Island.

When Kakadu National Park was declared in 1979, Victor returned to his Mother’s father’s country and was appointed as one of the Park’s first Indigenous rangers. In 2007, Victor was awarded the Australian Public Service medallion for his outstanding service.

In 2009, Victor started family-owned business Ayal Aboriginal Tours Kakadu. As Traditional Owners of Kakadu, the business would provide a way of sharing living culture to visitors from Australia and all over the world.

Victor has also undertaken work as a cross-cultural facilitator and consultant, as a Ranger Coordinator for the federally funded Kakadu Indigenous Ranger Program, Kakadu National Park Board Member, member of the Northern Territory Indigenous Tourism Advisory Council and as the current Chair of the Kakadu Tourism Consultative Committee.

Recent project work with TRC includes:

• NT Aboriginal Cultural Tourism Framework
• Warnbi Aboriginal Corporation Kakadu Strategic Plan
• Kakadu Interpretation Strategy.