(08/08/2021- Excerpt from Institution Website)

Tearfund Australia – A Christian agency working for a just and compassionate world. Tearfund Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and we pay deep respect to Elders of this land, both past and present. We also acknowledge the unique and significant role God has bestowed upon our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first peoples in Australia. Together, we celebrate the culture, creativity, spirituality, stewardship and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over time - and today.

TEAR Australia was originally formed as Tearfund Australia as part of the Australian Evangelical Alliance (AEA) in July 1971. Under the AEA, Tearfund grew to the point that in 1998, and with the blessing of the AEA, TEAR Australia was incorporated as a legally independent agency. On 1 October 2020 TEAR Australia aligned its name with the wider global Tearfund family by taking up the name Tearfund.