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The Wadawurrung Aboriginal Corporation, a Registered Aboriginal Party since 21 May 2009, represents the traditional owners for the Geelong and Ballarat areas. [4] The Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative, based in Geelong, also has a role in managing Wadawurrung cultural heritage, for example through its ownership of the Wurdi Youang Aboriginal stone arrangement at Mount Rothwell.
The Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative (BADAC) was established by members of the Ballarat and district Aboriginal community in 1979. It became a co-operative to deliver health, social, welfare and community development programs to local Aboriginal people.
The Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation, a Registered Aboriginal Party since 21 May 2009, represents the Aboriginal Australian people for the Geelong and Ballarat areas. Their responsibility includes ensuring that the Aboriginal culture is maintained there. The organisation trades as Wadawurrung or Wathaurung. [1] [2]
This is a list of people from Ballarat. Those included are notable past or present inhabitants originating from, or associated with, the Australian regional city of Ballarat, Victoria . Contents
Place names and land tenure : windows into Aboriginal landscapes : essays in Victorian Aboriginal history / Ian D. Clark. Published: Ballarat, Vic., Ballarat Heritage Services, c2003. ISBN 978-1876404079; Note: this is a list of major published writings, not a full list of research or publications. [5] [6]
Bonnie Chew was Cultural Heritage Coordinator at Wadawurrung (Wathaurung Aboriginal Corp) from 2008 to 2011. The Wadawurrung (Wathaurung Aboriginal Corp) are the traditional owners and Registered Aboriginal Party of the land encompassing Ballarat and Geelong. She worked with the community, archaeologists, developers, anthropologists, ecologists ...
He played a key role in setting up the Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative, which specialises in Aboriginal health, welfare and community development. He also worked with eye doctor Fred Hollows. [6] In 2017, Lovett was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to the Indigenous community in south-west Victoria. [6]
The most populated city in the Western District is the Ballarat region, with 96,940 inhabitants. ... in August 1836, some Aboriginal people killed the squatter ...