NSW Aboriginal Landcare Resources

Submitted by NSW_Landcare_Co... on 15 June 2010 - 3:23pm

The following NSW Aboriginal Landcare links and contacts are for your information.


NSW Aboriginal Natural Resource Management Support

The Australian Government's Caring for our Country Program funds two Indigenous Land Management Facilitators for NSW. They are:


Lee Pearson
ph (02) 4322 9855
Mobile 0428 874 846
Lee.Pearson@environment.gov.au

and

Ally Coe
ph: (02) 6274 1653

Links to Aboriginal Land Management Information

The following links are to web pages and websites that provide information on Aboriginal natural resource management. Most of these links provide specific information for NSW. Please click on the highlighted titles to access this information.

The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) is the main government agency charged with the protection of Aboriginal sites and heritage in NSW through the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. It has released Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Consultation requirements for proponents in April 2010. This document establishes the requirements for consultation with the registered Aboriginal parties for developments that have the potential to impact on Aboriginal cultural heritage.

The NSW Natural Resources Advisory Council (NRAC) has released the Aboriginal Resource Agreements Kit (PDF- 2.34 MB) on its website. NRAC contracted Booroongen Djugun Aboriginal Corporation to develop, through expert advice and consultation, a practical kit to assist Aboriginal Peoples to negotiate natural resource agreements with governments, organisations, communities and land owners in New South Wales.

The kit identifies key principles for negotiation of successful Aboriginal Natural Resource Agreements. The Kit also contains general information that will be helpful to all parties to such agreements, including how to start negotiations with Aboriginal Peoples on the delivery of natural resource management outcomes and how to identify the most appropriate Aboriginal people to talk with initially. The kit also provides advice about the use of culturally appropriate communication and negotiation processes and includes some model agreements that may be used as the basis for informal, and more formal Aboriginal Natural Resource Agreements.

The Australian Heritage Commission has released a publication on its website called Ask First: A guide to respecting Indigenous heritage places and values . This publication provides a practical guide for land developers, land users and managers, cultural heritage professionals and many others who have an impact on Indigenous heritage.

The Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority website has released a publication called Bushcare with Care - Protecting and Conserving Aboriginal Sites which advises Bushcarers on how to manage Aboriginal sites.


DECCW's website contains several pages on Aboriginal heritage and land management.

The pages include the following information and publications:



The Greening Australia website has Aboriginal Cultural Values of the Native Vegetation of NSW by Stephan Schnierer, Adam Faulkner and Chris Fisher of the Indigenous Environmental Research Centre at Southern Cross University, Lismore. This is a background paper of the Native Vegetation Advisory Council. It outlines the ways that Aboriginal people in NSW value native vegetation in their relationship with the environment.

The following five websites give information on the lifestyles of the original residents of Sydney.



  • The City of Ryde has published Wallumedigal - An Aboriginal History of Ryde , written by Kevin Vincent Smith. It is available as a PDF on the City of Ryde website (PDF - 1.72 MB)..
  • Mosman Municipal Council website has an Aboriginal Heritage page from which you can download an Aboriginal heritage study of the area, prepared for Mosman Council in partnership with National Parks and Wildlife Service (now part of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water), Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council and Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.
  • Marrickville Council has the Cadigal Wangal website which outlines the land management activities of the Cadigal and Wangal clans who were the custodians of the Marrickville area.

  • The Australian Museum website has a section on the Aboriginal people of coastal Sydney with an emphasis on coastal management practices.

  • The Australian Association of Bush Regenerators website has a report of a talk that author and Macquarie University lecturer Jim Kohen gave on the land management practices of the Darug people.

In addition to its other articles mentioned above DECCW now has two books on Aboriginal land management in the Illawarra region. Murni, Dhungang, Jirrar: Living in the Illawarra is about Aboriginal people's uses of plants and animals in the Illawarra area. The title means animal food (Murni), plant food (Dhungang) and fur (Jirrar) in Dharawal language. DECCW has also published A History of the Aboriginal people of the Illawarra (1770 -1970) which emphasises the living relationship with the land that continues to this day

DECCW has also produced the Aboriginal 'Living Places' study which looks at post 1788 Aboriginal settlements in North Eastern NSW.

Eurobodalla Shire Council has a section on the Aboriginal heritage of the region, including a study which includes stories about the Eurobodalla by Aboriginal people.


The Border River - Gwydir Catchment Management Authority website has a series of  pages on Aboriginal Cultural Heritage in its area.

The NSW Aboriginal Land Council website provides up to date information on the objectives, services and activities of the Council and its members and information on issues affecting Aboriginal people in NSW and around Australia.


 

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