Hugh Jackman has joined AFL stars in calling for Indigenous people to be allowed to stay in their remote communities.

The international film star used Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to make the plea as the Western Australian Government moves to close some of the remote communities.

WA Premier Colin Barnett said up to 150 out of 273 communities may be shut down after a cut in Commonwealth funding.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Perth and around the state on Thursday to hold protests against the planned closures.

Jackman held up a handwritten note which said: "While living in a remote community I came to understand that connection to land is a fundamental part of Indigenous identity".

"Think about the past, have quality conversations. I support you."

In the late 1980s, Jackman lived in the remote central Australian community of Areyonga, about 150 kilometres from Alice Springs, building homes for Aboriginal people as part of a Lutheran mission.

Jackman has kept in contact with the friends he made there and only last year treated two teenagers from the community, who were on a school excursion to America, to a barbecue at his New York apartment.

He joins a host of AFL players who have also posted their support on social media for Aboriginal people to stay connected to their country.

Shaun Burgoyne, who captained the Indigenous All Stars, and fellow Hawthorn Football Club players Bradley Hill, Cyril Rioli and Jed Anderson linked arms saying "stop the forced closure of Aboriginal communities".

Former Essendon player Nathan Lovett-Murray and Neville Jetta, Jay Kennedy-Harris and Jeffrey Garlett from the Melbourne Demons also took to social media to voice their support.

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