The Community Development Officer – Aboriginal attends the following groups to facilitate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community development across the Shire.
If you are working on a project that would benefit from the input or advice of the Aboriginal Advisory Committee (AAC) speak to the TSC Community Development Officer – Aboriginal.
Aboriginal Advisory Committee
The Aboriginal Advisory Committee (AAC) provide advice to Council in order to encourage and facilitate the development of the Tweed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community in the Tweed Shire.
The AAC consists of a range of Aboriginal community groups and organisations including:
- The Tweed/Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council (TBLAC)
- Tweed/Wollumbin Aboriginal Education Consultative Groups
- Tweed Aboriginal Cooperative Society
- Canowindra Aged Care Facility
- Tweed Corporation for Sport (Stingrays)
- Bugalwena Aboriginal Health Service
- As well as other community representatives who may provide advice and input when required
Members of the AAC are:
- Active and acknowledged members of the Tweed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community
- Willing to work with a diverse range of people and work towards the development of common goals
- Residents of the Tweed Shire
- Nominated by relevant groups
The committee meets on the first Friday of the month.
Tweed Goori Interagency
The Tweed Goori Interagency is a networking forum held for community service organisations working with our local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
These meetings help organisations share advice and support as well offer information on programs and initiatives undertaken by their respective organisations.
The networking forum meet every eight weeks.
Wollumbin Consultative Group
Wollumbin, comprising the Mount Warning mountain complex, has been a sacred place of great significance to the people of Bundjalung and other Aboriginal groups since time immemorial. Wollumbin, along with other significant sites in its surrounds, provides a traditional place of cultural law, initiation and spiritual education.
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) - Northern Rivers Region, work co-operatively with representatives of the local Aboriginal community in the management of Wollumbin National Park (NP), and Wollumbin State Conservation Area (SCA). The Wollumbin Consultative Group provides a formal opportunity for representatives of the Aboriginal community to have real and meaningful involvement in management of these reserves.
The Wollumbin Consultative Group makes recommendations to the Regional Manager, Northern Rivers Region NPWS on the plan of management for Wollumbin NP and Wollumbin SCA, including any future amendments to the existing adopted Plan of Management for Mount Warning National Park. They also advise on education and interpretative policies, operational issues including work programs and co-management options.
The Wollumbin Consultative Group is governed by Guidelines, similar to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Members include representatives from:
- Local Aboriginal Land Councils
- The Bundjalung Elders Council and adjacent Native Title Claimants
- Family groups with a cultural interest in Wollumbin, Northern Rivers Region NPWS
- The Cultural Heritage Division of Office of Environment and Heritage