A group of Aboriginal elders are pushing to have their voices heard within government on a range of issues, including violence within Indigenous communities.

More than 50 community representatives from New South Wales, the ACT and Queensland met in the NSW Hunter Valley over the weekend to discuss establishing a National Elders Council.

Behind the push is 80-year-old Riverina elder Aunty Marjorie Woodrow, who says for too long governments have failed to consult elders within Indigenous communities on problems that need addressing.

"No-one's sitting down with the elders and saying, 'is that right' is that the way it's got to go?'" she said.

"There's nothing there that can give our children a job or some incentive to become somebody ... either it gets closed down or we've got nothing.

"There's got to be something secure and only the elders are the ones that can put it there."
Ms Woodrow says there was overwhelming support to establish a national body of elders to discuss issues such as housing, the safety of women and children, stolen wages and land rights.

"There's a lot of things that's got to be fixed, that never [were] fixed that was promised," she said.