Founded by Ondi and his wife Tegan, the concept of Ngiilay Gift Boxes come when we were looking at the beautiful range of Aboriginal products made from various people and trying to find presents for our extended family when we thought, “how bout we get a range of gifts and package them up into a hamper and give to them… hey wouldn’t it be cool if we put these together and share with people across the country” and this is how Ngiilay was started.

We live on the South Coast of NSW where we raise our 3 children. A proud Gomeroi man of the Yuwaalaraay language group through my grandmother who was born at Angledool, a small community in upper western NSW. She was unfortunately part of a generation where Government policies affected many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and she ended up at Cootamundra, on Wiradjuri country. This is where I grew up as a child and later moved to Wagga Wagga. Here is where I met my beautiful wife Tegan and after a few years in Wagga Wagga, we wanted a sea change and moved to Wollongong on the beautiful South Coast, Dharawal country.