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Home >Project Summaries > Wujal Wujal Community PlanWUJAL WUJAL COMMUNITY PLAN
Project details and location : Wujal Wujal is a remote community in Far North Queensland, situated on the Bloomfield River adjacent to the Daintree National Park/ Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The local people are the traditional owners of the Daintree, and they were living a largely traditional life until as recently as the 1970s. At that time, people were removed from their lands and relocated to a mission settlement at the present site of the township.
Wujal Wujal is governed by an Aboriginal Community Council, but the surrounding lands of the Bloomfield Valley are largely within Cook Shire, some also falling within Douglas Shire. The Community Plan for Wujal Wujal involved developing strategies for co-ordination between the Wujal Wujal Community Council, and Cook and Douglas Shire Councils.
There were several components of this project : the Community Plan for Wujal Wujal itself, a services plan for Cook Shire Council, a co-ordination plan for Wujal Wujal Community Council working with Cook and Douglas Shire Councils, and a funding strategy for implementing these plans. Support for the implementation framework was negotiated with an external reference committee comprising key Commonwealth and State Government agencies.
The Community Plan received two State awards and one national award for excellence from the Royal Australian Planning Institute.
Funding details : funding was provided through the Commonwealth Government's Integrated Local Area Planning (ILAP) program, via the Local Government of Queensland as program manager.
Value of project : the project was worth around AU$33,000.
Names of personnel members and number of months spent on the project : team members were Jane Stanley (FOCUS), Kim Campbell (Kim Campbell Town Planning Pty Ltd), and FOCUS associates Hector Hill and Mangala Khadpekar. The project involved around 5 person months.
Tenderer's role in the project : FOCUS and Kim Campbell Town Planning were jointly contracted for this project, FOCUS working with the Wujal Wujal Community Council and Kim Campbell working with Cook Shire Council.
Nominated referees and telephone contact details : references for this project are George Kulka and Agnes Walker, c/o Wujal Wujal Community Council - +61 7 4060 8155.
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