City of Fremantle
Coastal Charm
The City of Fremantle is committed to reconciliation. Follow our path towards reconciliation with the traditional owners of Fremantle | Walyalup.
The City of Fremantle acknowledges the Whadjuk people as the traditional owners of the greater Walyalup area and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still important to the living Whadjuk people today. And respect the Whadjuk people’s spiritual relationship with their country.
We pay our respect to Elders past, present and future.
Our vision for reconciliation is to create an inclusive, caring community where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience the same life outcomes as other Australians, and where their special place in our nation and our City is recognised.
The purpose of the Aboriginal Engagement Plan is to build stronger relationships with the Aboriginal community and provide opportunities for Aboriginal people to contribute to the City’s decision-making processes.
Specific objectives of the plan are to implement best practice community engagement to:
The key underlying principle of the plan (illustrated below) is to establish two separate dialogues, including one for land and heritage matters with the representative native title body (currently SWALSC) and another for community matters, with Nyoongar community elders and leaders.
