- Seven Aboriginal organisations to share up to $500,000
- Grants to protect and manage registered Aboriginal
heritage sites across the State
- Budget increases for Aboriginal heritage grants equal with
State Heritage program
Seven not-for-profit
Aboriginal organisations are set to benefit from State Government funding for
11 projects which protect significant Aboriginal heritage sites across Western
Australia.
Grants of up to $50,000 through
the 2023-24 Preserve, Promote and Protect our Aboriginal Sites program will support
on-the-ground works at Aboriginal sites, promote Aboriginal cultural heritage
and provide social and economic benefits to local communities.
Three grants totalling more
than $130,000 will help the Yued Aboriginal Corporation to conduct initial heritage
and environmental assessments of registered Aboriginal sites across the
South West region - including the former Mogumber Mission - identifying
threatening or damaging conditions and recording digital stories of the area.
The Yamatji Marlpa
Aboriginal Corporation will use over $100,000 in grant funding for three
projects to investigate fencing at Lyndon Station that will protect important
rock art from livestock, for a water monitoring program at Djadabunna Trapyard water
source and to rehabilitate Nungingay Springs.
In the Pilbara, the
Budadee Aboriginal Corporation will use a grant of more than $48,000 funding to
install signage at Tambourah Spring, informing
visitors to the site about the cultural heritage values.
Grant funding for a
project led by Nowanup Noongar Boodjar Ltd in the South West will bring Elders
to the Carlawilgieup Rockhole, accompanied by an anthropologist/historian and
an ecologist, for recording of stories and cultural knowledge and to develop
appropriate site protection and rehabilitation measures.
The 2023-24 Preserve,
Promote and Protect our Aboriginal Sites Grants Program has operated for more
than 10 years and is part of the State Government's commitment to empower
Aboriginal people in managing their unique cultural heritage.
Grants are used to undertake
site restorations, protect Aboriginal burial areas, install interpretive
signage and deliver on-the-ground land management works.
More information about
the program and this year's recipients is available online at https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/grants-preserve-and-protect-aboriginal-sites.
Comments attributed to Aboriginal Affairs Minister Dr Tony Buti:
"The Government's record
funding for this year's program is testament to our unwavering support to help
foster strong economic and social benefits for Aboriginal communities.
"Over the past 10 years, the
State Government has committed more than $2.5 million through the grants to
support Aboriginal organisations and communities in preserving and protecting
Aboriginal heritage sites across Western Australia.
"In particular, grant
funding has increased significantly under my term as Minister for Aboriginal
Affairs as we explore opportunities each year to bolster the allocated funding
and support more projects.
"These sites hold great social and cultural significance for Aboriginal
communities, connecting them with their past, present and future.
"Aboriginal people are best placed to manage their unique cultural
heritage and
this grant program is empowering Elders and young people alike to promote
greater cultural understanding and appreciation of their heritage to all
Western Australians."
2023-24 Promote, Preserve and
Protect our Aboriginal Sites grant recipients
