Transcript Coffs Harbour LALC - NSW Aboriginal Land Council

Mid North Coast Region
Presented by:
Chris Spencer - Coffs Harbour LALC CEO
Jo-Anne Kelly – Kempsey LALC CEO
Regional Overview
LALC
- 11 LALCs in
region
Indigenous
Population
Male
Female
LALC Members
Voting
Non Voting
Birpai
1278
626
652
289
208
81
Forster
556
255
301
350
136
214
Purfleet/Taree
156
85
71
150
120
30
Bunyah
438
215
223
138
98
40
Unkya
223
100
123
64
56
8
1248
578
660
187
126
61
297
146
151
205
143
62
2061
984
1077
207
119
88
Thungutti
153
71
82
145
127
18
Bowraville
261
132
129
198
146
52
Karuah
172
83
89
179
111
68
Kempsey
Nambucca Heads
Coffs Harbour
Key Initiatives
Regional Aboriginal Development Alliance
• The alliance crosses over Mid North Coast and North
Coast regions
• Successful Expression of Interest to be selected as a trial
Local Decision Making model under OCHRE (based on the
CAPO model with special interest groups)
Local Decision Making Committees
Number of local sites selected as trial bodies.
Key Initiatives
Forster LALC – Transfer of land to MidCoast Water
•Agreement
reached to sell
1600ha site to
government water
utility
•Cultural access
rights retained in
area
•First agreement of
its kind
July 2015 – signing of the agreement
Thunghutti LALC
• Culture and heritage in partnership with
NPWS and LLS
• Housing management outsourced
Kempsey LALC – Repatriation
• Developing plan with Dunghutti Elders Council,
Ministry of Arts, OEH and local community
• Recent trip to Washington DC to return Ancestral
remain back to Dunghutti country
• Another planned trip to Manchester, UK in November
2015
• At this stage there are 11 Ancestors to return home
Birpai LALC
• Partnership with Port Macquarie/ Hastings
Council
• Community Gardens
Bunyah LALC – Community Benefits
• Shoe Box
appeal
• Spirit Poles
•
Coffs Harbour LALC – Jaligirr Burrigan
• Native nursery established to provide native
plant supply for natural resource management
and native bush regeneration activities
Taree/Purfleet LALC
• 5 people employed in Land management
• Land Claims on strategic locations
Karuah LALC
• Hawks Nest Development
• Outreach Services
Nambucca Heads LALC
• Eco Store
• Gumma IPA
• Economic development - Art Gallery and
coffee shop
Play Nambucca Heads LALC video
Unkya LALC Tours
• Unkya LALC is located in Macksville.
• Unkya LALC has set up a cultural eco-tourism
enterprise at Gagaal Wanggaan (South Beach)
National Park has been hand back to
Gumbaynggirr people of the Nambucca Valley.
Play Unkya LALC Tours film
Bowraville Memorial
• A memorial is planned for the victims of the
Bowraville murders
• New Memorial will be opened on 7
September 2015
Play Bowraville Memorial video