Please note that the information contained within the Aboriginal Community Profile was gathered in 2014. It is now out of date. A refresh of this data is currently being undertaken and the updated results will be available soon.

East Gippsland Shire Council’s Koorie community website 

Reconciliation Action Plan Webpage

Reconciliation Action Plan 2015-2018 PDF

Bataluk Cultural Trail

Our Commitment to Reconciliation (film)

East Gippsland Shire reported the following good practices in their response to the 2012 Victorian Local Government Aboriginal Engagement and Reconciliation Survey and subsequent updates.

• Flies both the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Island flags permanently in the Council Chambers and above the Town Hall
• Uses local Aboriginal language to name places and projects
• Engages with local Aboriginal organisations
• Engages with the Local Indigenous Network
• Engages with the local Reconciliation Group
• Includes specific Aboriginal policy statements in the Council Plan
• Supports Aboriginal arts and culture by: Displaying artworks in Council premises and holding exhibitions
• Has a documented local Aboriginal history
• Has facilitated naming of local sites in recognition of Aboriginal people
• Has Aboriginal specific library programs
• Supports local Aboriginal economic development
• Procures goods and services from Aboriginal businesses

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273 Main Street, BAIRNSDALE 3875,

PO Box 1618, BAIRNSDALE 3875

Tel: 03 5153 9500,

Fax: 03 5153 9576

E: feedback@egipps.vic.gov.au

www.eastgippsland.vic.gov.au

ABORIGINAL LIAISON CONTACT

Sascha Johns,

Community Development Coordinator,

Tel: 03 5153 9500

Ph: 5320 5882

E: SaschaJ@egipps.vic.gov.au