CulpraMilli
AboriginalCorporation
CulpraStationViaMildura3500
R S D7 1 7 7N S W
(03t 50291390
28thof August2009
NaturalResources
Commission
GPOBox 4206
SydneyNSW 2001
"G-Day,Mr. JohnWilliams(Chairperson)
NRC NSW
Assessmentof Riverina Red Gum Forestsl Ausust 2009:
Our organization
CulpraMilli AboriginalCorporationo
havea numberof objectives
relatingto agriculturalfarmingand culturalsite land management.
We havebeen
involvedin the pastcommunityconsultation
throughthe localCMA, learningabout
environmental
mattersandotherissues.
As Malley Cliffs StateForestNSW, to whichthe ILC currentlyhavea Occupation
PermitovercertainareasandILC presentlyownsCulpraStationandaccordingto
theirpolicies,as it intendsto divesttitle in the nearfutureto CulpraMilli Aboriginal
Corporation.
Overthe pastthreeyearswe havebeeninvolvedin specificmappingandrecordingof
culturalsiteson Malley Cliffs andCulpraland,this hasbeendonewith the supportof
our localCMA andthatthis wouldbecomepart of our futureendeavors,
workingwith
othergroupsandto managethe forestryin a sustainable
mannerincludingits
biodiversities,
animalsandotherplantspecies.
We havebeeninvolvedin the allocationsof environmental
waterfor thesurvivalof
red-gumsalongthe TarpaulinCreekCulpraStationandMalley Cliffs StateForest,we
haveseentheresultsof whatwatermeansto thered-gumsandotherplantspecies
particularly,in timesof drought.
It is from the historyof humanoccupationof this very ancientlandandriver country
which extendsbeyondjustsix thousandyears.Thevery conceptsofsocial and
culturalwellbeingarelinkedto thephysicalandspirituallandscape
with its ever
changingseasonal
influenceof the landits environment..
The landsnaturalresources,
watercause'sriver systems,channelsandbillabongs
formslinksto our uniquenativeflora andfaunhereon malleyCliffs andCulpri
Stationandhassustained
a peoplesway of life in the pastbeforewe camealong
Culpra Milli Aboriginal Corporation
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Indigenous Land
visionfor the landandriver countrywhich relatesto community
Our organizations
accessing
the landfor socialreformandmovesawayfrom bothwelfaredependency
solutionsand
andto breakthe cyclicalof grog,harmfuluseof drugs,find appropriate
to mendthe causesof brake-downof families.
We seekto providelandaccessfor communityparticipationfor social,Cultural,
enjoinmentof country
EconomicalandEnvironmentally
We seekto be involvedin developingprogramsandprojectsthatleadto strengthen
IndigenousLandManagersrolesandculturalresponsibility
productivecommunitySocial
I We seekto developandestablish
appropreiat
decisionmaking
Indicators,Education,Capacitybuilding,Govemance,
practicesandor policieslinkedto
landmanagement
2 We seekto developappropriate
legislation,RE-CulturalHeritage
existingandfutureStateandCommonwealth
Caringfor Country
continuation
of CustodialResponsibility,
Biodiversity,REmonitor,andevaluatetheNaturalLandscape,
3 We seekto asses,
mapping
of theNativevegetation,
CulturalPlantsFoodandMedicines,recordingand
within a givenareaof the landscape
reproduction
andregeneration
watersupplygroundtanks,
4 We seekto identify,pastandpresentinfrastructures,
pumpssites,roadsor easements,
fencing,stockyards,powersupplyandother
structures,
detrimental
to culturalsites,artifacts,skeletalremains
5 We seekto preserveandprotectthe culturalIntellectualproperty,spiritualand
religiousbeliefs
6 We seekto obtaina levelof waterrightsthatcanbe separate
andidentifiedas
AboriginalCulturalWatersandto retainsuchlevelsfor futuregenerations
for
Culturalpurpose
In takingin to consideration
theESFMP-Riverina
Region,aswe furthercommend
ForestryNSW for its futureplans,we look forwardto hearingothercommunity
groups,commentsin the nearfuture.
Kind regards
fr-%t?r'
BarryPearce
CulpraStation