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Since 1995, the Australian Government has provided funding for the development of an indigenous electronic network for the improvement of access to existing indigenous education and support services in universities. The Australian Catholic University (ACU) provides an indigenous education program to serve the education needs of mature-aged Aboriginal people living in rural areas of New South Wales (NSW). A major review of this program in 1994-95 identified the need to improve support structures and to facilitate more effective and systematic off-campus study. The review led to the development of a model for supported learning which would involve the establishment of local, community-based study centres providing access to information technology and the revision and development of course materials and resources. This article describes the development and implementation of this model for supported learning.