Reconciliation Action Plan (2012-2015) - City of Port Phillip

CONTENTS
MAYOR’S FOREWORD..................................................................................................................... 4
STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT............................................................................................... 6
OUR VISION FOR RECONCILIATION.................................................................................... 7
OUR RESPONSIBILITIES.................................................................................................................... 8
OUR RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN JOURNEY..................................................11
1. RELATIONSHIPS..............................................................................................................................12
Artwork name: ‘Boon Wurrung Country: Connection
to Terrestrial and Marine Landscapes’ by Adam Edwards
Magennis (2012).
Medium: Pastel and Chinagraph on board
Brief: Terrestrial and marine environments are
connected by an organic fusion functioning in tandem
to produce what we know as the natural landscape.
Within this landscape, Boon Wurrung people raised
their families and above all else, owned a developed
system for socio-cultural organisation.
2. RESPECT...............................................................................................................................................15
3. OPPORTUNITIES............................................................................................................................18
4. TRACKING PROGRESS AND REPORTING...................................................................20
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...............................................................................................................23
This is identified as the cultural landscape of Boon
Wurrung country. The cross section snapshot is from the
eastern flank of this waterway, heading from St Kilda to
Dromana. Integrated into this cross section of country
is the organic collective of fauna that inhabit the country.
This artwork represents sustainability in that the natural
order was not harmed or negatively impacted. It is
important to protect and preserve these cross sections
of country in order to understand the true nature and
identity of the place.