Looking After all of Madjandji Waters — Madjandji Aboriginal Corporation

Traditional Owner Healthy Water 1: 2021-2023

“Looking After all of Madjandji Waters”

The Traditional Owner Healthy Water Project has allowed Madjandji Aboriginal Corporation play a significant role culturally informing and participating in local Great Barrier Reef Regional Program to ensure our waters will be healthy into the long-term future, and our cultural values and knowledge of Madjandji places are shared and respected for generations to come.

A group of five people, including two children and three adults, poses outdoors in a forested area during a tree-planting activity. They are smiling, wearing casual and outdoor clothing, with some wearing hats and sunglasses. One person is holding a small potted tree.

Group of people planting trees in an outdoor area with mountains and trees in the background.

People planting a sapling in a small hole in the ground during a tree-planting event, with some participants crouching and others standing in an outdoor, rural setting.

Madjandji Rangers and Elders worked with a specialist to map and promote the spiritual, traditional, ecological, cultural values and knowledge of our Traditional waters and places. Rangers have also carried out successful land restoration activities in partnership with Mulgrave Landcare & Catchment Group and Greening Australia.

A man in a neon green shirt planting a tree in a field, surrounded by other people also planting trees.

Seed collecting for Landcare Dec 2021.jpeg

Elders _ community volunteers repair Traditional Country.jpeg

Mangrove Watch prep. 18.03.22.jpeg

Meeting with CRC Ray Rosendale to discuss Slipway signage..jpeg

TO Waverley restoring Deeral paddock. .jpeg

The Department of Environment and Energy and Great Barrier Reef Foundation funded our “Looking After all of Majay Waters” project

Madjandji Traditional Owners have played a significant role in culturally informing and actively participating in the local Great Barrier Reef Regional Program. This collaboration ensures that our waters remain healthy for future generations.

Madjandji custodians have collaborated with a cultural landscape planning specialist to document and promote the spiritual, traditional, ecological, and cultural values of Madjandji waters and places.

Improvements to the health of water sources and on-ground restoration activities have been delivered. This includes removing invasive Pond Apple trees from a degraded farm drain and revegetating the area with endemic native species, restoring ecological balance and reinforcing cultural custodianship.

Group of diverse adults gathered indoors, standing and sitting, smiling for the camera, with a red and yellow banner in the background that reads 'Nanyurr-Ma' and other text.

Madjandji Directors and Elders Steering commitee.

A rural dirt path running through green fields with trees and mountains in the background, bright sunny day.

Veg site before.

A person walking along a dirt path in a lush green field with trees, a small waterway on the side, and a mountain in the background under a clear blue sky.

Maintaining the trees along the farm drain.