Hazard Note 10: Healing Country through Wiradjuri and Wolgalu-led land management

Healing Country through Wiradjuri and Wolgalu-led land management is a community-led, place-based research project, in collaboration with the Wiradjuri and Wolgalu Aboriginal community of Brungle–Tumut in New South Wales (NSW).

Wiradjuri and Wolgalu want to be effective custodians of Country and rekindle cultural practices that foster resilient ecological systems. Natural resource management (NRM) agencies want to develop partnerships with Traditional Owners. However, many NRM agencies lack experience in building genuine, respectful partnerships with Traditional Owners.

The project aimed to better understand what supports and what presents barriers to Aboriginal cultural land management practices, to assist NRM agencies in building partnerships with Traditional Owners.

Natural Hazards Research Australia wishes to advise that the following document may cause distress to members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities. It may contain images or names of deceased persons.

In some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, seeing images or the names of deceased persons may cause sadness or distress and in some cases, offend against strongly held cultural prohibitions.