apmwarre homeland
ngwarle untyeye altyerre

corkwood dreaming country
looking after our country
our way

Apmwarre is our traditional homeland , which means Ngwarle Utyeye , our traditional title for our dreaming, Corkwood Dreaming , totem of the northenr Arrernte Anarpipe tride .

Magdeline sharing natures way with our grandchildren, these activities are always part of growing up in and around Black Tank homeland, our culture is important and always a new experience for our new little learners

The environmental restoration of traditional lands around Black Tank homeland utilizing modern land care and environmental management initiatives combined with traditional Aboriginal techniques and cultural knowledge of the land.

The environmental condition of the land around Black Tank is severely degraded having been subject to pastoral activities over the last 50 years or so. Vegetation and soil are seriously damaged in the area.

Elders participation and contribution in the delivery of cultural blocks is significant to the project in maintaining Aboriginal cultural and spiritual association to land and in providing guidance to work activities for the environmental care and management of land.

Undertaking of land care measures aimed at improving the natural environment in the homeland can have a focus for its presence on the country which will create a host of social and cultural benefits.

Environmental care

• Protect restore and manage remnant native vegetation including grasslands,
  shrub lands, woodlands, waterways, and wetlands for nature conservation benefit.
• Enhance sustainable production through establishing and managing native vegetation to tackle land degradation including salinity, rising water tables and soil erosion.
• Re-establish and manage indigenous vegetation especially to link native remnants and buffer planting around native remnants.
• Enhance, restore and manage the habitat of endangered and vulnerable species or species for which there are high levels of public concern.

Culture care

• Elders continue in their status of authority on cultural knowledge and spiritual association to land and share this in teaching the younger generation their responsibilities as future landowners and landcarers.
• Young men and women have the advantage of continued contact with elders who hold seniority in land ownership and responsibility thus gaining knowledge of their traditional rights to the land themselves
• Contact with elders and being involved in work activities on the land will inspire the young men and women to become responsible landowners and landcarers
• Increase occurrence of traditionally sought after food and including both flora and fauna.
  

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