By Airlie Ward Tasmanias Parks and Wildlife Service and the weetapoona Aboriginal Corporation are forging a ground-breaking relationship, joining forces on land management and economic opportunities in south-eastern Tasmania. In the absence of any recent legislative steps towards reconciliation and land rights, the two groups have agreed to a co-ordinated approach on economic development, land management, employment and training. Rodney Dillon, a weetapoona elder, said the coming together had been a long time coming. Two years weve been negotiating on this, but probably all our life, he said. We havent probably over the years had that good a relationship with different departments but this is certainly the start of a good relationship. This week park rangers checked out the progress of a regeneration project the weetapoona community has been overseeing at Murrayfield Station, a 4,000-hectare farming, educational and cultural centre located on Bruny Island.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:45:44 +0000
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