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The Wallabalooa Interpretative Trail Project
Last modified: May 9, 2005 - 4:35 PM
The Yass Valley Indigenous Consultative Committee in partnership with the Yass Valley Council has been successful in obtaining an Environment Trust Grant of $37,000 from the NSW State Government to progress works associated with the development of an Aboriginal Interpretative Trail in Riverbank Park, Yass.
The Wallabalooa Interpretative Trail Project is an initiative of the Yass Valley Indigenous community. It aims to present the story, through time of the Wallabalooa culture (northern Ngunnawal Aboriginals) in a natural setting on the banks of the Yass River in Riverbank Park, Yass. The project will result in the revegetation of a 2km section of the river, which was frequented and used as a traditional swimming hole for the Wallabalooa people, through planting of indigenous, and where possible endemic flora.
Environmental works will be complimented by a series of interpretative displays that will recount culturally and historically significant events associated with the Wallabalooa people. The trail will provide recognition of the historic association of the Ngunnawal people to the local landscape and aims to educate both indigenous and non indigenous people of all ages about the Ngunnawal, and in particular, Wallabalooa culture. The indigenous community sees the project as an act of practical reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.
The successful Grant application was prepared by Ms Fleur Flannery and Mr Eric Bell.
Contact details
Yass Valley Council
Tel: 02 62261477
Fax: 02 62262598
http://www.yass.nsw.gov.au
council@yass.nsw.gov.au
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