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Caring for country in Tasmania
Seascapes like Bruny Island are important to the local Indigenous community
Freycinet National Park is one of the places being protected
Proudly Aboriginal-owned and managed land in Southern Tasmania covers the poignant Risdon Cove, Oyster Cove, Murrayfield bushland and a sheep station on Bruny Island, the desolate, isolated Saltwater River and three sites within a World Heritage Area.
To help protect and conserve these and other Aboriginal heritage sites a priority for the Tasmanian Aboriginal community and the Southern Natural Resource Management (NRM) Committee - a support project is underway.
Funding
The project is funded with $112,000 from the Australian Government and contributions from the State Government.
Project Officer Paul Dawson said assistance would be provided with funding applications and links to relevant bodies for technical advice and other support.
Activities and achievements
"To the Aboriginal community, all landscapes and seascapes are culturally important, highlighting the need to engage the Aboriginal community in natural resource management," Paul said.
"Important sites such as Aboriginal middens, tool sites, quarries and shelters are under increasing pressure and need to be protected.
"One of the objectives of the Aboriginal Community Support project is to foster an understanding of Aboriginal cultural values into those working in and around natural resource management.
"Cultural understanding courses are delivered to help non-Aboriginal participants gain an appreciation of Aboriginal perspectives regarding connection to country and Aboriginal management of land and cultural heritage.
"It's important to understand these perspectives and have a general appreciation of each others' world views. Although world views are different there are a lot of intersecting aspirations.
"Through cultural understandings courses, non-Aboriginal people from organisations such as Parks & Wildlife Service, forestry and local councils are provided information on Aboriginal cultural heritage.
"The courses involve visits and interpretations of important sites, providing practical examples of appropriate land management practices intersecting with cultural heritage protection."
More information
- Paul Dawson, Project Officer: (03) 6231 0288.
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