Yarra Catchment Working Together for Healthy Waterways Acknowledgement of Country Contents
Co-Designed Catchment Program for the Yarra Catchment Working together for healthy waterways Acknowledgement of Country Contents The communities, stakeholders and Melbourne Water, who Acknowledgement of Country 1 together are responsible for implementing this Healthy Waterways Strategy, acknowledge and respect Traditional A shared strategy 2 Owners and Aboriginal communities and organisations. We Partners 2 recognise the diversity of their cultures and the deep connections they have with the region’s lands and waters. Overview of the region 8 We value partnerships with them for the health of people Yarra Strategic Plan 5 and Country. Collaborative design (co-design) 8 The communities, stakeholders and Melbourne Water, who together are responsible for implementing this Healthy Collaborative implementation 9 Waterways Strategy, pay their respects to Elders past and present, and we acknowledge and recognise the primacy of Understanding the Catchment Program 11 Traditional Owners’ obligations, rights and responsibilities to use Catchment Program 19 and care for their traditional lands and waters. WURUNDJERI FOREWORD FOR THEWURUNDJERI YARRAWURUNDJERI RIVER COMMUNITYFOREWORD FOREWORD FOR VISION FOR THETHE YARRA YARRA RIVER RIVER COMMUNITY COMMUNITY VISION VISION GanbuGanbu gulinj gulinj Narrm, Narrm, WurundjeriWurundjeri Gulinj Gulinj nuringianith nuringianith biik biik baambuth baambuth The First People of Melbourne, the Wurundjeri People, have TheThe beenFirst First Peoplecaring People forof Melbourne,of Country Melbourne, since the thethe Wurundjeri Wurundjeribeginning People, of People, time have have beenbeen caring caring for for Country Country since since the the beginning beginning of timeof time The Birrarung is a river of mists and shadows - the The Wurundjeri have lived with and known the The Wurundjeri believe that we need to change how river and its environs are a living, breathing entity Birrarung since the beginning.
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