❓ Question regarding the inclusion of Aboriginal sites in multicultural trails and the advice provided by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs to the Office of Multicultural Interests. The answer clarifies the consultation process and reasons for limited initial inclusion.
AnsweredQoN 3845Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the recently released multicultural trails for Perth, East Perth and Northbridge and ask what advice was given by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs to the Office of Multicultural interests on sites of interest at those locations and can the Minister explain why no sites were identified on the Perth and Northbridge maps?
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Answered
6 May 2015
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Response time
42 days
Representatives from the Office of Multicultural Interests met with representatives from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs on 15 December 2014 to discuss the multicultural walking trail map. During this meeting, the Office of Multicultural Interests requested Aboriginal sites from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs to add to the map.
On 18 December 2014, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs provided the Office of Multicultural Interests with a list of five suitable Aboriginal sites in Perth including:
1. Hyde Park - old camping and ceremonial ground;
2. Aboriginal Advancement Council - Coolabaroo Club - 201 Beaufort Street;
3. Indigenous Heritage Kings Park and Botanic Gardens - Fraser Avenue, Kings Park;
4. Aboriginal Art Gallery, Kings Park - Fraser Avenue Kings Park; and
5. Art Gallery Of Western Australia - Perth Business Centre.
Aside from 5 (Art Gallery) which was already on the map, the Office of Multicultural Interests has since confirmed that it is in the process of incorporating sites suggested by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and has already added one site, the Coolabaroo Club on Beaufort Street, onto the map.
Site 1 (Hyde Park) was outside the geographical scope of the first phase of the project.
The Office of Multicultural Interests has also included an overarching acknowledgement of Nyoongar Land on all maps, and Heirisson Island and the statue of Nyoongar leader Yagan are included in the East Perth trail and map.
On 18 December 2014, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs provided the Office of Multicultural Interests with a list of five suitable Aboriginal sites in Perth including:
1. Hyde Park - old camping and ceremonial ground;
2. Aboriginal Advancement Council - Coolabaroo Club - 201 Beaufort Street;
3. Indigenous Heritage Kings Park and Botanic Gardens - Fraser Avenue, Kings Park;
4. Aboriginal Art Gallery, Kings Park - Fraser Avenue Kings Park; and
5. Art Gallery Of Western Australia - Perth Business Centre.
Aside from 5 (Art Gallery) which was already on the map, the Office of Multicultural Interests has since confirmed that it is in the process of incorporating sites suggested by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and has already added one site, the Coolabaroo Club on Beaufort Street, onto the map.
Site 1 (Hyde Park) was outside the geographical scope of the first phase of the project.
The Office of Multicultural Interests has also included an overarching acknowledgement of Nyoongar Land on all maps, and Heirisson Island and the statue of Nyoongar leader Yagan are included in the East Perth trail and map.
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