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Talking Salt MarshTraditional Owners attended SEQ number of threats including human

Catchments’ Talking Salt Marsh forum activity, development and climate

in November this year, to join a change.

conversation about the continuedprotection and management of salt The forum formed part of a regional

marsh into the future. coversation, bringing together

community members, researchers,

In 2013, Subtropical and Temperate government representatives, land care

Coastal Salt Marsh was recognised

as a nationally threatened ecological

community. SEQ Catchments

is focusing on this salt marsh

community as a Matter of National

Environmental Significance

through funding from the Australian

Government’s National LandcareProgramme.

Salt marsh is a very important

ecosystem providing habitat and food

resources to a range of marine and

other animals such as the vulnerable

Water Mouse. Salt marsh faces a

Photo: Salt marsh forum participants

groups and Traditional Owners with

an interest in the management of this

ecosystem.

From the forum, we have started to

build a collective understanding of

threats, projects and opportunities for

salt marsh conservation.

This project is supported by SEQ

Catchments, through funding from the

Australian Government’s National Landcare

Programme

Hello!Welcome to the final edition of

the Aboriginal Natural Resource

Management newsletter for 2015.

This month’s newsletter looks at the

first regional salt marsh conservation

event, as well as other work

undertaken by Traditional Owners

in promoting cultural heritage and

awareness across the region.

This edition also highlights some

upcoming events and funding

opportunities that may may be of

interest.

I hope you enjoy this month’s

newsletter. Feedback and comments

are always welcome and appreciated.

Happy holidays and best wishes for

the new year.

Bree Pinner

Traditional Owner and Indigenous

Engagement Support Officer

[email protected]

ABORIGINAL NRM| DECEMBER 2015


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Brisbane City Council Talk Culture

agera Daran PresentCultural Awarenesso Council

risbane City Council have been

alking culture with Jagera Daran

his month with a visit to the

udgee Waterhole Reserve.

t the request of council and withelp from SEQ Catchments’ What’s

our Nature? project, Jagera Daran

were invited to deliver a short

ultural awareness session.

Madonna Thompson guided the

roup of 24 around the reserve

while discussing Aboriginal history

nd culture in the area, including a

earby bora ring site.

ouncil members looked at

xamples of stone tools from

agera Daran’s artefact collection

while learning about the methods

sed to make the tools and what

hey were used for.

Photo: Apanie Wood enjoys a

Davidsons Plum

Many of the bush tucker plants

around the reserve were flowering,giving the group a chance to taste

Davidsons Plum and Lilly Pilly

fruits.

The day provided a great

opportunity for cultural learning and

building new relationships.

QuandamookaKeeping Place

SEQ Catchments and

Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee

Aboriginal Corporation (QYAC)

have been working to promote

the importance of cultural

heritage matters and Traditional

Owner partnerships.

The two organisations hosted

a stall in November at The

University of Queensland’s

Moreton Bay Research Station

Open Day to showcase some of

the projects undertaken this year

by SEQ Catchments and QYAC,

and to demonstrate QYAC’s

work on cultural heritage

identification and protection.

QYAC have recently opened

a new cultural centre for the

protection of cultural heritage.

Based in the library of the old

Dunwich high school, a

Photo: stone artefacts on display

at QYAC keeping place

keeping place now houses

artefacts from across

Quandamooka country.

Through site assessments, many

Aboriginal artefacts have been

identified and recorded. Some

have been left in the field and

other artefacts aging from 1,000

to 3,000 years old, are on display

at the keeping place.

QYAC are gaining greater

recognition throughout the

community for their efforts topreserve the island’s cultural

heritage, as was recently

highlighted by the ABC in a

feature article about the

Photo: Brisbane City Council cultural awareness group


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SEQ CatchmentsLevel 2, 183 North Quay, Brisbane 4000Ph: 3211 4404Fax: 3211 4405

Bree PinnerTraditional Owner & IndigenousEngagement Support Officer

E : [email protected]: 0437 645 127

development of the cultural centre.

The keeping place is part of a

new project started by QYAC, to

record and protect the many sites

across Quandamooka country.

QYAC hopes that the historical

displays will attract both local

community and visitors.

Events, Resources,Opportunities

Walan Giiny (strong heart)

Exhibition, 7 November 2015 -

21 February 2016

Kuril dhagun, level 1, State Library,

Stanley Place, South Bank from

10am every day

Explore a mixed media

exhibition featuring work by

artists from the Nandjimadji art

group, based on the Sunshine

Coast. Each Tuesday afternoona guided tour from a member

of the kuril dhagun team is

available. You can find more

information here: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/calevents/

kd/walan-giiny

NAIDOC, 3 - 10 July 2016

Songlines: the living

narratives of our nation

The theme for NAIDOC

2016 has been announced.

Songlines: the living narratives

of our nation, will promote the

significant spiritual and culturalconnections to country that

are encompassed in dreaming

tracks across Australia,

otherwise known as songlines.

The 2016 National NAIDOC

Poster Competition is currently

open until March 21, 2016.

For more information about

upcoming NAIDOC events,

please visit http://www.naidoc.org.au/

Indigenous Land Corporation

Small Land-Based Project

Grants

Through the Indigenous Land

Corporation’s (ILC) Our Land Our

Future program, ILC are offering

small land-based project grants to

assist Aboriginal landholders by

building capacity for sustainable land

management and use.There are two funding categories:

• Property-based Projects

to assist Indigenous groups with

land management activities, to

improve land condition and to

develop infrastructure; and

• Property Management Planning

to assist Indigenous landholders

to develop a management plan

for their property.

Applications are open all year round.

For more information please visit:

https://www.ilc.gov.au/Home/Small-

Land-Based-Projects

Indigenous Advancement

Strategy - Demand Driven

Currently there is no national IAS

grant funding like the 2014 round.

Instead, applications can be

made under the IAS demand-

driven process.

Under this process applications

may be submitted at any time

and will be assessed on a value

for money basis against selection

criteria.

For more information visit

http://www.dpmc.gov.au/ sites/

default/files/publications/ias_

guidelines.pdf

Photo: QYAC Cultural Heritage Coordinator Michael Costello with a scar tree

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