I have just returned from a Wheatbelt Trails Forum at Beverley WA. It was a most informative session with keynote speakers from Dept for Sport and Recreation, National Trust of Australia (WA) and Lotterywest (who did I miss?).
One of the key discussion points throughout the sessions was that of interpretation of Aboriginal heritage when developing community initiatives including walk trails.
According to documents published by the National Trust the aim of the interpretation of Aboriginal heritage is for the material to be presented with an Aboriginal voice. This is Aboriginal people speaking for their own heritage, history, place, country and story. How true that rings to the points made by the Noongar representatives at the recent site meeting at Boyagin Rock.
I thought it may be of interest to various stakeholders to share a link to the National Trust web site . On that page is a link to “We’re a Dreaming Country” Guideline for Interpretation of Aboriginal Heritage (2012). I have downloaded this publication and will read with great interest when I have some slack time over the weekend. Maybe others would be interested also.
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