Roles
The Wurundjeri Land Council has a number of different roles:
- to raise awareness of Wurundjeri culture and history within the wider community.
- actively managing archaeological sites and sites of cultural significance
- benefiting the lives of present day Wurundjeri people and families.
- Welcome to Country ceremonies that can include speaking in language, traditional dancing, gum leaf and smoking rituals.
The Victorian Government has granted land of cultural significance for the Land Council to manage. These sites include:
- the Sunbury earth rings, an important ceremonial place.
- Coranderrk Aboriginal Station Cemetery in Healesville (1991)
The Council had a statutory role under Commonwealth legislation that gave it the power to grant or refuse consent to disturb Aboriginal sites. This gave the Council members a significant say in how their important cultural places were managed.The Victorian state government introduced the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 and the Wurundjeri Council is now approved as a Registered Aboriginal Party under that Act, which will allow the Council to continue to make decisions about its cultural places. However the decision recognised only the area not under dispute with other parties. The other parties include the Wathaurung/ Wathaurong people to the west, the Dja Dja Wurrung/ Jaara Jaara people to the north-west, the Taungurung people to the north, the Gunai/Kurnai people to the east and the Boon Wurrung/ Bunurong people to the south. The dispute over territorial boundaries has been under challenge since they were set down in 1984 legislation.
Read more about this topic: Wurundjeri Tribe Land And Compensation Cultural Heritage Council
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