Northern Sydney Aboriginal Social Plan

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Acknowledgements The Northern Sydney Aboriginal Social Planning Funding Group for their consistent support: • Department of Community Services • Local Government of the Northern Sydney Area: Hornsby; Hunters Hill; Ku-ring-gai; Lane Cove; Manly; Mosman; North Sydney; Pittwater; Ryde; Warringah Council; and Willoughby. The Northern Sydney Aboriginal Social Planning Working Group including representatives from Reconciliation groups around Northern Sydney. Ms Jacqueline Smith, Manager, Manly Community Centre (MCC) for her day to day encouragement and ability to keep me going and the MCC Executive. At the time of completion of the draft which formed this Social Plan, the City of Ryde was an active member of the NSASP Funding Group. Ryde Council adopted and endorsed its own Aboriginal Needs Paper as part of its Social Plan 2005 having conducted local consultations and social research in partnership with Macquarie University. page iv Northern Sydney Aboriginal Social Plan 2007-2011
The Fish Story As told to me by my South Coast Elders A long, long time ago, long before humans became people as we know them today, the real old wise ones ruled this land. In the dark times of the human world things got tough and food was hard to come by. An old man went down by the sea to think of ways that he could help his people through these hard times. It was then that he heard splashing in the water. When he looked up he saw a Dolphin man who called out to him. “Old man you look sad, what troubles you?” The old man replied, “Times are hard and my people need food.” The Dolphin man said “Old man I can help you, but fi rst you must understand and agree to something and only then will I help”. The old man said “Yes, my people need food or we will die.” The dolphin man said “Old man go up to the top of the hill, look out to sea and when you see me jumping up in play, then send your people out to fi sh….. BUT, YOU MUST ONLY TAKE WHAT YOU NEED, that way there will be plenty for all. If you take more, I will not be able to help you again.” The old man went up to the top of the hill and waited for the Dolphin man to jump up out of the water and when he did, the people fi shed and were careful only to take what they needed. That night back at their camp there was plenty of tucker and all were happy. The old man stayed by the water’s edge and when he saw the Dolphin man swimming into shore, he went down to meet him. He walked out waist deep and put his arms into the water for the Dolphin man to swim into. The Dolphin man looked up at him and said “Old man your people did what they were told and for that there will be plenty of fi sh for them, now and forever.” The moral of this story is…… take what you need not what you greed. © Patrick Lock Former Sydney Region Chairperson Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) Advocate for the Aboriginal community in the Northern Sydney region. page v Northern Sydney Aboriginal Social Plan 2007-2011
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Population Growth Between 1996 and
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Computer Use • 45% of Aboriginal
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Lane Cove National Park May 7th 200
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Statutory Bodies in Indigenous Affa
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Appendix D New South Wales State Go
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The DADHC Aboriginal Policy Framewo
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Bibliography Australian Bureau of S
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