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SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ROUNDTABLE This section gives an outline of what happened at the Roundtable. It mentions the speeches and presentations given by all the different people. A full copy of most of these presentations and speeches is included at the back of this report, after the page marked Appendix A. The big group sessions were aimed at giving information to people. The small group workshops were to let people have their say about things. These workshops were the main hard working part of the Roundtable. Day One First Big Group Session Opening speeches The Roundtable started with a welcome to country from Gooniyandi elder Neville Sharpe. Then Joe Ross, a Bunuba traditional owner and community leader, made an opening speech. Next, Wayne Bergmann, Kimberley Land Council Executive Director gave a keynote speech, to set the tone for the Roundtable. He was followed by Don Henry, the Director of the Australian Conservation Foundation, who thanked all the organisations and people that had provided funding and other assistance for the Roundtable. After that, presentations were made by representatives from the three Roundtable organisers - KLC Chairperson Tom Birch, ACF President Ian Lowe, and EK founding member and Secretary Pat Lowe. They all spoke about the partnership between their organisations, and the reasons for supporting the idea of the Roundtable. Presentations After a break for morning tea, people were given presentations on the work of three research projects being done by scientists and Kimberley people working together. Dr Andrew Storey from the University of WA gave an outline of the research findings that have been gathered on the natural and cultural values of the Fitzroy River area. That was followed by Ismahl Croft and Terry Murray, Walmajarri traditional owners, and Dr David Morgan from Murdoch University, who outlined the fish research projects being undertaken along the Fitzroy River and elsewhere in the Kimberley. In that research, traditional owners and scientists have been working closely together. Tanya Vernes, from World Wildlife Fund- Australia, and Desmond Hill, representing the Miriuwung Gajerrong people of the Ord Valley, joined Scott Goodson from the Department of the Environment, to look at the East Kimberley, especially the impact of agricultural development on the natural and cultural values of the Ord Valley. They finished by telling us about the partnerships that are being developed between the Aboriginal community and government agencies, working to restore and manage natural resources in the Ord Valley. 12
Small Group Workshops Day One — Presentations and Discussions In the afternoon of Day One, people broke off into six workshop groups. The different workshops were about: • Land Management • Art & Culture • Pastoralism • Agriculture • Tourism • Partnerships in Conservation In each workshop group, three short presentations were made by Kimberley people working in activities aimed at looking after the cultural and natural values of the region. A brief summary of each workshop is given below. Land Management Workshop This workshop was looked after by Patrick Sullivan from AIATSIS, and included scientists, regional organisations, traditional owners, the Chair of the Kimberley Water Source Expert Panel, and a representative from the Australian Wildlife Conservancy at Mornington Station. • Will Philipiadis from the Kimberley Regional Fire Management Project, gave an outline of the fire project’s plans to become a business providing land management services to landholders in the region, especially pastoralists. • Mervyn Mulardy Jnr spoke on a range of activities being developed by the Karajarri people south of Broome, including coastal management planning and landmark research into the commercialization of bush foods. • Anthony Watson and Hugh Wallace- Smith gave an outline of the range of activities being undertaken by the Yiriman Project with many Aboriginal communities and organisations. Tourism Workshop This workshop was looked after by Petrine McCrohan, a Kimberley TAFE tourism lecturer, and included representatives of traditional owner groups, overseas visitors, and other tour operators. Three Aboriginal tour operators made presentations on their experiences building and managing tourism enterprises. • Dillon Andrews, a Bunuba man, outlined the highs and lows of running tours in the Fitzroy Valley, and the establishment of a tour on his traditional country at Biridu. • Sam Lovell talked about establishing the first Aboriginal-owned and managed tourism enterprise in the Kimberley, which operated for eleven years. • Laurie Shaw, a Gooniyandi man, talked about the early stages he is going through in establishing his family tour on traditional country about 100 kilometres east of Fitzroy Crossing. 13
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