This project is now closed. We would like to thank everyone who participated and shared their feedback. While updates will no longer be posted here, you can explore our active initiatives by visiting Shape Your Ipswich.
Ipswich, known traditionally in the Yagara language as Tulmur, has been home to Aboriginal people since before the beginnings of recorded European arrival. Aboriginal peoples owned, had sovereignty over and cultivated the lands, waters, flora and fauna of Ipswich.
The Indigenous Accord 2020 - 2025 is an agreement between Ipswich City Council and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities of Ipswich on how we will work together towards our common vision.
The Indigenous Soldiers Remembrance and Healing project focuses on Action 1.4.1 in the Indigenous Accord 2020 - 2025. This action item is the culmination of many years of engagement with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community and with Indigenous service men and women, past, present and their descendants. Read the Ipswich First news story about the projects.
Thank you to those who provided feedback on the project. Community feedback shaped both the concept and final designs for the Queens Park Ceremonial, Healing and Remembrance Place and the Indigenous Soldiers Memorial Plinths.
The Queens Park location is culturally significant as it was traditionally used by Aboriginal people as a place to meet and resolve interpersonal and inter-clan conflict.
This site is a space in Queens Park dedicated to Indigenous Healing and Remembrance.
Nine Plinths are to be placed in the RSL Garden, located on Nicholas Street. One of these Plinths is to specifically acknowledge the contribution and sacrifice made by Indigenous men and women who served in the Australian Armed Forces.
Locating this memorial with other memorials connects Indigenous service men and women and their descendants to all Australian service men and women past and present.
Ipswich City Council respectfully
acknowledges the Traditional Owners, the Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul People of
the Yugara/Yagara Language Group, as custodians of the land and waters we
share. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, as the keepers of
the traditions, customs, cultures and stories of proud peoples.
Phone: (07) 3810 6666
Email: communityengagement@ipswich.qld.gov.au
Postal: PO Box 191, Ipswich QLD 4305, Australia
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