Draft Joint Management Plan for Barmah National Park — Summary

DRAFT JOINT MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR BARMAH NATIONAL PARK — SUMMARY

Barmah Na�onal Park is in north-central Victoria, on the Country of the Yorta Yorta people. The Na�onal Park was proclaimed in 2010. It encompasses a large area of floodplain forests and wetlands along the southern bank of Dhungalla, the Murray River, between Barmah and Tocumwal, about 220 kilometres north of Melbourne.

The Yorta Yorta Tradi�onal Owner Land Management Board has released a Dra� Joint Management Plan for the Na�onal Park for community consulta�on and comment. The plan sets out the proposed management direc�ons for the Na�onal Park over the next 10 years.

This summary provides simplified informa�on about the direc�ons in the Dra� Joint Management Plan and the background informa�on and ra�onale for those direc�ons.

YORTA YORTA TRADITIONAL OWNER LAND MANAGEMENT BOARD 2019 YORTA YORTA ‘We don’t set the condi�ons for life, Mother Earth sets them only that we can survive. Before white man came we were millionaires, we never wanted for anything, everything was free, down to the clear air we breathed, no pollu�on and clean water, plenty of birds, plant life and animal life. Our People lived and respected each other’s right to co--exist, to care and prac�se those rights for our land and water. We resent the system that makes us beggars in our own land.’ — Yorta Yorta Elder, Elizabeth Morgan 1927–2009. From the earliest days of the Bri�sh invasion on to this Country — in what become known as Australia, Victoria and New South Wales — the Yorta Yorta people were le� out in the distribu�on of their lands and waters. Without the consent of the Yorta Yorta Na�on, the Bri�sh explorers, squatters and convicts trespassed on to our territory and claimed it as their own. The Yorta Yorta have fought for their rights, and even waged a fron�er war up against the colonisers, much of which happened around the Moira Lakes, which is now called the Barmah Lakes. Yorta Yorta people became the vic�ms of massacres, violence, rape and exploita�on. All without recogni�on of our rights, our loss of liberty, without jus�ce or repara�ons. These were days of great distress for the Yenbena, for what was once ours, as our paradise of living in harmony on our lands, with all the food and resources at our finger�ps, we were to become beggars in less than 20 years, reduced in numbers from being in the thousands to less than a hundred survivors.

Cummeragunja School circa 1890 (Records NSW)

There was no safe place to dwell, to hunt and to live, as all the Country was claimed by the white squatters; all our natural meats of kangaroo and emus were being herded and shot as pests, the waterways the dwelling place of our aqua�c creatures such as Murray Cod, perch and even leeches went to the townships and Melbourne markets. The hundred--year--old red gum trees which lined the rivers and tributaries for thousands of miles were being felled to supply these same townships and ci�es with building material, firewood for steamers and even transported to far--off places such as India for railway sleepers. Land was being cleared for sheep and cattle, which compacted and damaged the delicate structure of the ancient soils. Existence was made very precarious for our ancestors, who had to rely on the mercy and charity of the white man. And there would have been little achieved by colonial land owners in the early days without Aboriginal labourers, who were paid in ra�ons and misery. But the greatest effects were felt by the black women and their children, who were used to quell the lust of the white man and bartered as slaves. Yorta Yorta Na�on speaks this truth not to find guilt or for pity, but rather it is this truth that has forged the determina�on of Yenbena to fight for our righ�ul place for our Country. It has made our Yenbena what we are today, proud and resolute that we are here and we demand a say within our Country and on the way in which it is now managed. From these earliest colonial days, Yorta Yorta ancestors fought to protect the whole of Yorta Yorta Country, including the place that is now known as Barmah Na�onal Park. This fight took many versa�le and innova�ve forms and included fights for compensa�on for interference in fishing rights, pe��ons for rights to land, pe��ons to the King, applica�ons for fishing reserves at Barmah Lakes, and figh�ng to return Cummeragunja land. In 1975 and 1983 land rights claims were made for Barmah and Moira, Millewa State Forests which are both in New South Wales and Victoria, both sides being Yorta Yorta tradi�onal Country. In 1994 the Na�ve Title claim and Yorta Yorta elders such as Elizabeth Morgan (Hoffmann), Colin Walker, Ken Briggs, Alf Turner, Wayne Atkinson and Margaret Wirrapanda made a claim for the rights to have a say in their tradi�onal lands and waters. This campaign started with our claim over the Barmah forest, which was supported by many non-Indigenous people, both individual and environmental groups and ac�vist groups such as the Friends of the Earth. Our major campaign was for a Barmah–Millewa Na�onal Park on both sides of the river, and this campaign began in earnest in 1998 with the determina�on of the Na�ve Title, showing we needed to again rely on our own ini�a�ves with the sit-in protest at the Dharnya Centre by Yorta Yorta Na�on and supporters. In 2004 a historic partnership between the Yorta Yorta Na�on and the State of Victoria began when the Yorta Yorta Coopera�ve Management Agreement was signed at Echuca. Owing to the history of struggle, Yorta Yorta had for the first �me a role in the management of their Woka (lands) and Walla (waters).

The Na�onal Indigenous Fire Workshop, held in Barmah Forest in 2019 (Tim Neale, Fires�cks)

In 2010, a�er the establishment of Barmah Na�onal Park, the Yorta Yorta Tradi�onal Owner Land Management Agreement was signed to enable Yorta Yorta to set the management agenda for restoring the health of the park. This Dra� Joint Management Plan is a result of that agreement. Yorta Yorta people con�nue with a proud history of strong fighters for social and land jus�ce. This fight con�nues today as we head into a new era of self--determina�on. The Sovereign Yorta Yorta Na�on represents the 16 family groups of the surviving Apical Ancestors, with Yorta Yorta Na�on Aboriginal Corpora�on as our representa�ve body that provides for an interface between Victoria and Yorta Yorta.

Come here Today Together — Yakarrumdja Imilang yapameyeouka JOINT MANAGEMENT Barmah Na�onal Park is jointly managed by the Yorta Yorta and the State of Victoria through the Yorta Yorta Tradi�onal Owner Land Management Board. The Board comprises nominees of the Yorta Yorta community as well as members of the broader community, and a nominee of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. The objec�ves of joint management are to establish an equitable partnership between the Yorta Yorta and the State of Victoria which: • ensures innova�on and excellence • benefits the Yorta Yorta people by recognising, valuing, promo�ng and incorpora�ng their culture and knowledge, skills and decision-making processes • iden�fies opportuni�es for the involvement of Yorta Yorta people in the management of the park • benefits the community needs of all Victorians and visitors for public educa�on, and enjoyment through quality experiences, services and informa�on • conserves, protects and enhances natural and cultural values • enjoys widespread community support • ensures the well-being of country and the well-being of people. The strategies in the Dra� Joint Management Plan are aimed at protec�ng and restoring the health of the park’s environment, protec�ng and promo�ng the cultural heritage of the park, and providing for sustainable recrea�on and tourism. The Plan also contains strategies for increasing the role and capacity of Yorta Yorta in joint management. The Yorta Yorta Tradi�onal Owner Land Management Board works in partnership with the Yorta Yorta Na�on Aboriginal Corpora�on (the government-recognised en�ty represen�ng the Yorta Yorta people), Parks Victoria (which has responsibility for the opera�onal management of Barmah Na�onal Park), the Department of Environment, Land Water and Planning , the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority and other organisa�ons.

Yorta Yorta Turtle Survey: cultural conserva�on of freshwater turtle project (YYNAC) BARMAH NATIONAL PARK Barmah Na�onal Park and the adjacent Murray Valley Na�onal Park in New South Wales protect the largest River Red Gum forest in Australia. It is an excep�onally diverse environment with more than 420 indigenous plant species and more than 300 na�ve animal species. In a region where much of the original forest and woodland has been cleared for agriculture and settlement, Barmah Na�onal Park remains in a condi�on that most closely resembles Yorta Yorta Country during ancestral �mes and con�nues to be a very important Yorta Yorta place. Barmah Forest has also been an important place and resource for non-Indigenous Victorians since colonial settlement in the 1800s, and con�nues to be a place of heritage and important present-day ac�vi�es for visitors. The park provides very substan�al ecosystem service benefits to Victoria and communi�es in the Murray River basin. These include provisioning services such as clean water and pollina�on, regula�ng services such as flood regula�on and drought refuge, suppor�ng services such as carbon cycling and sequestra�on, and biodiversity services. In 1982, following advocacy by Yorta Yorta and environmental groups, Barmah Forest was listed under the Ramsar Conven�on on Wetlands of Interna�onal Importance, reflec�ng its significant wetland values. Barmah Forest is one of 66 Ramsar-listed sites in Australia, and one of 12 in Victoria. The Ramsar Conven�on obliges contrac�ng par�es to manage Ramsar sites in such a way as to maintain their ecological character in the state they were in at the �me of lis�ng. The Barmah–Millewa forest is also one of six ‘icon sites’ iden�fied within the Murray–Darling Basin for their high ecological significance and cultural value and are the focus of environmental health improvements through the joint na�onal-state Living Murray Program. The flows of water through the forest and across the floodplain are cri�cal to the health of this forest, the health of Yorta Yorta Country more broadly, and the environmental, social and economic condi�on of the downstream reaches of the Murray River system.

Barmah Na�onal Park is an interna�onally significant loca�on for waterbird nes�ng and breeding, listed under the Ramsar Conven�on on wetlands. (Keith Ward)

OBJECTIVES OF THE DRAFT PLAN • Recognise the Yorta Yorta as First Na�on People of Barmah Na�onal Park and enable them to enact their rights and cultural responsibili�es to manage, restore the health of, gather on and con�nue to use this part of their Country. • Develop and apply the combined skills and knowledge of Yorta Yorta and the State in caring for the park. • Conserve the park’s environment and cultural values with the support and ac�ve par�cipa�on of visitors and the community. • Welcome and provide services for all people to come together to enjoy, understand and respect a forest and wetlands of interna�onal significance. • Conserve, promote and interpret Yorta Yorta culture and the shared history of the park. • Improve the wellbeing and prosperity of Yorta Yorta people and communi�es across the region through employment, business and tourism opportuni�es. • Provide ins�tu�onal support and capacity for Yorta Yorta to effec�vely deliver joint management. VISION FOR BARMAH NATIONAL PARK Heal the Land, Heal the People — Healthy Country Yorta Itjumatj Woka At the centre of the Joint Management Plan vision is a change in the story of Barmah and the Yorta Yorta. For tens of thousands of years — long before the Murray River flowed along its present course — the Yorta Yorta have lived in the Barmah Forest, one of the richest parts of our Country. With the onset of colonial settlement the Yorta Yorta were forcibly removed from Barmah and other areas. In the 1990s that removal and dispossession was a reason why our tradi�onal connec�on and rights could not be legally recognised. Since then steps towards greater inclusion have been taken, but Yorta Yorta have struggled for recogni�on as the First Na�on People of their Country and for the right to fulfil the cultural responsibili�es we have to manage and care for the Barmah Forest. In recent �mes the wider communi�es of the Central Murray Region have gone through a great transi�on in their industries and the use of land and water resources, in the search for a sustainable future. The vision of this Joint Management Plan is to change the story of Barmah — to re-enable the Yorta Yorta to enact our rights and responsibili�es over this part of our Country, and to work in partnership with the State and the broader regional community, for the health of both Barmah Na�onal Park and all people.

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KEY MANAGEMENT DIRECTIONS The Joint Management Plan sets out strategies for: • developing the skills and capacity of Yorta Yorta to undertake joint management of the park and to apply Yorta Yorta cultural knowledge, including links to whole-of-Country programs and the Yenbena Training Centre • improving the health of Country in the park with priority on restoring Moira grasslands and marshes through a better water regime, removing feral horses and other pest animals, and controlling invasive wetland plants • managing a revitalised Dharnya Centre and the surrounding area of the park as a visitor gateway and cultural hub providing interpreta�on and educa�on, tourism services and events, and training programs • achieving more sustainable visitor use through improved access, camping and boa�ng facili�es, and reducing the impacts on cultural heritage and the environment • providing opportuni�es for Yorta Yorta cultural prac�ce and knowledge transfer including setting aside an area to gather and undertake tradi�onal prac�ces in the park • recognising and interpre�ng the shared history of the park since the colonial era • developing Yorta Yorta employment and business opportuni�es in park management, educa�on and tourism, and economic benefits for the region. CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE DRAFT PLAN The Dra� Joint Management Plan proposes that many aspects of the management and use of Barmah Na�onal Park will con�nue as currently occurs. It also proposes some key changes: • urgent ac�on to protect and restore the park’s marshes and grasslands – this includes removal of feral horses and control of other invasive animals such as pigs, goats and rabbits and invasive plants • improving the use of burning in the park to achieve greater environmental and Yorta Yorta cultural benefits • revitalising the Dharnya Centre and its surrounds to provide a gateway to the park, and a vibrant hub for the development of Yorta Yorta culture, visitor and schools educa�on and for tourism services and events • maintaining the popular dispersed camping opportuni�es in the Dhungalla zone, along the Murray River, and providing addi�onal boat ramps and toilets at key loca�ons to reduce environmental impacts and improve amenity for visitors. Inves�ga�ons to provide for improved trailer parking and a boat ramp at Rice’s Bridge are also proposed • improving the facili�es at designated camping areas and introducing bookings and fees for sites in these designated areas. A new designated camping area will be developed in the southern sec�on of the park to provide accessible camping opportuni�es during flooding when the park is at its most spectacular • expanding the mapping of cultural heritage in the park and taking protec�ve ac�on to re-align roads or relocate campsites where cultural sites are at risk • establishing a cultural and historic trail through the park suitable for vehicles, walkers and bicycling to promote and interpret Yorta Yorta cultural heritage and the post-colonial shared history of the park • increasing the educa�on of visitors to reduce impacts such as bank erosion and water contamina�on that threaten turtles, waterbirds and other na�ve animals and plants in the park • no longer allowing horseriding in the park (except along Sand Ridge Track from Rice’s Bridge to access the Dharnya Community Use Area for permitted events) consistent with many other Victorian na�onal parks • providing an area on Top Island for Yorta Yorta gatherings and cultural prac�ces • developing the tourism attrac�veness of the park in partnership with the Murray Regional Tourism through improved and new services and visitor experiences • developing a plan for the park’s road and track network in consulta�on with community stakeholders and emergency managers to close or rehabilitate unneeded tracks, and raise key roads and tracks in low areas to improve access during flooding • working with Moira Shire to improve waste disposal facili�es for campers.

Burning invasive Giant Rush at Steamer Plain (Keith Ward) PARK MANAGEMENT ZONES Zoning is used to iden�fy the management intent for different parts of the park, and the uses and ac�vi�es that are appropriate in those zones. The Dra� Joint Management Plan establishes five zones in the park. The loca�on of the zones is shown on the next page, and the management intent and priori�es for each zone are described below. Allowable ac�vi�es and condi�ons for each zone are shown in the following table.

GULPA GAKA (WELCOME) ZONE This zone takes in the Dharnya community use area, and the nearby camping area and day visitor area at Barmah Lakes. The management priority for this zone is the provision of gateway access to the park with services and facili�es for orienta�on, informa�on, interpreta�on, educa�on services including tourism commercial services, and designated camping with facili�es at Barmah Lakes. Any substan�al built facili�es would be located in the adjacent Community Use Area and linked to the Dharnya Centre.

WALLA (WETLAND) ZONE This zone contains most of the areas of floodplain marsh in the park, including sensi�ve vegeta�on communi�es and extensive breeding areas for birds and other animals. The zone provides for camping in designated camping areas only, day visitor ac�vi�es, and passive boa�ng. The management priority for this zone is on the conserva�on of Country and cultural heritage.

DHUNGALLA (MURRAY RIVER) ZONE This zone extends along the Murray River from Budgee Creek in the west to Morgans Beach in the east of the park, and also includes part of the northern sec�on of Ulupna Island. The southern boundary of the zone is River Road. The vegeta�on is mainly riparian River Red Gum woodland. The zone provides for riverside camping in both dispersed and designated camping areas, fishing, passive and motorised boa�ng, and other visitor ac�vi�es. The management priority in this zone is on providing for dispersed recrea�on while minimising impacts on Country and cultural heritage.

BIYALA (RED GUM) ZONE This zone takes in the areas of River Red Gum and Grey Box/Black Box forest and woodlands in the southern part of the park. It provides for camping in designated camping areas only, driving, cycling and walking on the track network and other recrea�on opportuni�es. The management priority for this zone is on the conserva�on of Country and cultural heritage, and also provides for low-intensity recrea�on.

REFERENCE AREA ZONE This is a zone covering areas proclaimed under the Reference Areas Act 1978 (Vic.) in which human interference is minimised so that, as far as prac�cable, the only long-term change results from natural processes. No access is permitted except that associated with natural processes, emergency opera�ons, and approved research. The zone may then be used for compara�ve studies against land where human ac�vi�es occur, showing the effects of human u�lisa�on of land. There are two reference areas in Barmah Na�onal Park: Top Island Reference Area and Top End Reference Area.

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G HOW TO HAVE YOUR SAY The Yorta Yorta Tradi�onal Owner Land Management Board wants to hear your thoughts on the dra� plan so that the final version reflects community views. You can provide comments in two ways: • send a written submission or a letter setting out your comments to: Execu�ve Officer Yorta Yorta TOLMB PO Box 1363 Shepparton VIC 3632 • send a submission or comments by email to: [email protected]

Submissions must be receivedno later than 6 October 2019 to be considered in the final plan.

WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR SUBMISSION? We will acknowledge and carefully consider all submissions when preparing the final Joint Management Plan for approval. If you want to make a submission on the Dra� Joint Management Plan, you are strongly encouraged to consult the full dra� plan, which can be read or downloaded atwww.yytolmb.com.au . A limited number of printed copies of the plan will be available to the public. Please check the website for details of where they can be obtained:www.yytolmb.com.au .

PRIVACY Names of individuals and groups submitting comments will be published in the final plan unless you mark your submission as CONFIDENTIAL. A�er publica�on of the approved plan, copies of all submissionsr eceived will be made available for public inspec�on unless marked CONFIDENTIAL.

Totem artwork Dixon Patten (Junior) Yorta Yorta ‘Home’ 2014

Cover photo Keith Ward Barmah Na�onal Park in flood.