Orienteering Australia is the National organisation responsible for the governing, organisation and promotion of orienteering

Orienteering

Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...

 in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It is a Full Member of the International Orienteering Federation

International Orienteering Federation

The International Orienteering Federation is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Helsinki, Finland....

. Orienteering Australia has its own publication The Australian Orienteer.

Governance

The Council which governs Orienteering Australia is made up of representatives from each association. Daily business is handled by an elected Board of 6-8 directors. Committees and Officers offer specialist advice to both the Council and Board.

Finance

The Board Director of Finance is Blair Trewin. Orienteering Australia is sponsored principally by the Australian Sports Commission

Australian Sports Commission

The Australian Sports Commission is the governing body responsible for distributing funds and providing strategic guidance for sporting activity in Australia. It is an agency of the Government of Australia within the portfolio of Health and Ageing...

. Some sponsorship is also gained from Silva

Silva

Silva is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal, and Brazil; it is also widespread in regions of the former Portuguese Empire in Asia, including India and Sri Lanka....

, which specifically sponsors the National Orienteering League. Additional sponsorship is received from the Melbourne Bicycle Centre.

Members of the federation

Orienteering Australia is a federation made up of the 7 associations, with each State or territory of the commonwealth having a federation.