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Aboriginal Shire Council Planning Scheme Wujal Wujal Planning Scheme Despite this, Kuku Yalanji people continued Citation and commencement to use the bush extensively for both hunting and gathering and for semi-permanent This planning scheme may be cited as Wujal camping. (From “like a crane standing on Wujal Planning Scheme. one leg on a little island” an investigation of factors affecting the lifestyle of Wujal Wujal A notice was published in the Government community, North Queensland (Anderson, C Gazette No. 29 on Friday 14 June 2013 for & Coates, S) April 1989). the Planning Scheme for the Shire of Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council. Due to these traditional affiliations with the land, the actual Wujal Wujal community The commencement date for the planning extends beyond the official Local scheme was 22 July 2013 Government boundaries and includes areas such as Middle Camp, Ayton (Jajikal) and Amendments to the planning scheme are Degarra (Dikarrba). When community included at Appendix 2. members talk about Wujal Wujal, it includes these places. Community Statement Wujal Wujal is a Deed of Grant in Trust community which means that all the land is The Eastern Kuku Yalanji people have been communal land. Areas of this land are here since the beginning, in the dreaming. leased by the State Government Their homelands stretch the east coast from Departments to provide community services Mossman and Annan River and include such as the Police and Health. Over time, tropical rainforests, beaches, reefs and additional leases will be created by mountain ranges. The connection with these individuals for private residential and lands is still strong today, with the rainforest commercial purposes to provide the ability areas surrounding Wujal Wujal and the river for individuals to manage and maintain their being resources for medicines, for hunting land. and making weapons. The rocks, trees, animals and birds too, form the culture to Wujal Wujal has a single, discrete township these Aboriginal people. area which is required to accommodate the expected growth over the next twenty years. Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Community was The changing household dynamics and officially founded (originally known as structures will require additional housing and Bloomfield River Mission), in 1886 by increase in diversity of housing types. The Lutheran Missionaries, who withdrew shortly design of houses and any buildings need to after due to difficulties with isolation. The reflect the climate of the area including high site was reopened in 1957 and was rainfall, and should be oriented to capture administered by the Hope Vale Mission prevailing breezes. Similarly, the location of Board, a branch of the Lutheran Church of new development needs to take account of Australia. It was not until 1979 that the natural hazards such as flooding, landslide community became known as Wujal Wujal, and bushfire to reduce risk to people and with an autonomous local government property. formed in 1980. While the local government will remain the Traditionally, there were separate, symbiotic dominant employer, there is a strong desire groups or camps who lived on the land with to establish other local employment European Settlers and worked the land and opportunities, focussed on nature-based undertook traditional hunting and gathering tourism opportunities so that tourists can activities. further understand and appreciate the traditional connections to the land. Tourists Unlike many Aboriginal peoples in many and visitors are also encouraged to stay in other parts of Queensland, Wujal Wujal the area, to participate in all the people were never removed in large opportunities available in the town and numbers from their county, although they surrounding areas and this will be facilitated were ‘centralised’ to the township of Wujal by establishment of accommodation in form Wujal, from the original camps which of camping or cabins and or motel rooms. surrounded the township up until the 1960’s. Wujal Wujal Planning Scheme i Land availability has always been a problem of the tenure of the land. This can be for the Wujal Wujal community. Not all land overcome by the community, traditional within the DOGIT area is suitable for owners, Council and State Government extensive residential development, due to working together to achieve these the physical constraints of the area, aspirations. including increased flooding from climate change, existing drainage lines, bushfire Wujal Wujal’s Vision hazards and steep slopes. These constraints need to remain the focus when determining areas to accommodate Wujal Wujal is a resilient, discrete village set development, to ensure that the risk to amongst a pristine, world class natural people and property is reduced, the natural landscape which surrounds the township processes of the river flooding remain intact area. and the steep slopes, which create the scenic backdrop to the area, are not In 2031, Wujal Wujal is an active, safe, reduced. This also requires consideration of progressive and healthy community with existing vegetation, which not only creates increased participation in sports and the forested scenic backdrop, but also improved economic opportunities available provides habitat for important species. for the locals. The people of Wujal Wujal are culturally rich, Designations of land outside the centralised who appreciate and value the continuance township, under the Far North Queensland of traditional Eastern Kuku Yalanji Regional Plan 2009-2031 and Wet Tropics knowledge, language, skills and connection World Heritage Area, also represent a to the natural landscape and resources. significant limitation to accommodate future growth. Natural assets such as the Bloomfield River and adjacent vegetated hillslopes, which Due to lack of suitable land for residential form the scenic landscape and are the purposes, in the future, the local people will traditional grounds of Eastern Kuku Yalanji be required reside outside of the centralised people, are protected, valued and managed township, and into their homelands which sustainably. include Middle Camp, Ayton, Degarra, and the ‘southern lots’. Most of these areas are Even though growth pressures aren’t located outside the Wujal Wujal local significant, land is limited and thus any government area. development in the community is determined by a collaborative partnership In the longer term, the Wujal Wujal between all stakeholders, representing the community have aspirations to reside within community and providing a transparent the southern portion of the DOGIT, located decision making process. in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Investigations into the most appropriate areas for future residential uses in this location will need to be undertaken in collaboration with Wet Tropics Management Authority to identify potential areas suitable for permanent residential uses, without compromising the established environmental values of the area. Challenges that Wujal Wujal face in attaining these goals is limited area available for development as a result of the physical constraints, complexity of legislation relating Photo 1: Wujal Wujal Township, 2007 to development outside the centralised township and the lack of investment in the area by external parties, created as a result Wujal Wujal Planning Scheme ii Contents Citation and commencement ........................................................................ i Community Statement ................................................................................... i Wujal Wujal’s Vision ..................................................................................... ii Part 1 About the planning scheme ................................................. 1-1 1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Interpretation ..................................................................................... 1-3 1.2.1 Definitions ..................................................................................................... 1-3 1.2.2 Standard drawings, maps, notes, editor’s notes and footnotes .................... 1-3 1.2.3 Schedules and appendices ........................................................................... 1-3 1.2.4 Zones for roads, watercourses, reclaimed land, foreshores and bathing reserves ........................................................................................................ 1-3 1.3 Planning scheme elements ............................................................... 1-5 1.4 Categories of development ............................................................... 1-5 1.5 Determining the level of assessment ................................................ 1-6 1.6 Assessment criteria for development ................................................ 1-7 1.7 Building work regulated under the planning scheme ........................ 1-8 1.8 Local government administrative matters ......................................... 1-9 Part 2 State planning provisions .................................................... 2-1 2.1 Regional plan .................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 State planning policies ...................................................................... 2-1 2.3 Referral agency delegations ............................................................. 2-2 2.4 Standard planning scheme provisions .............................................. 2-2 Part 3 Strategic framework