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Inaugural Salt to Dust Western Queensland Traditional Owner Workshop

Traditional Owners and Indigenous land managers from across western Queensland came together recently for the Inaugural Salt to Dust Western Queensland Traditional Owner Workshop.
 
Held at Dugalunji Camp, Camooweal in June 2009, this workshop was the result of collaboration between Southern Gulf Catchments, Desert Channels Queensland and South West NRM, bringing together Traditional Owners and providing a forum to build capacity, network and learn from a diverse range of presenters about issues, initiatives and research that support Traditional Owners’ participation in and decision-making about country, culture and community.
 

Desert Channels: Crossing the Bridge

A Cross Cultural program run by Desert Channels Queensland and the Longreach State High School with year eight students met with great success, with attendance rates in classes at an all-time high.
 
The program, funded through the Federal Indigenous Cultural Heritage program, worked with year eight students in Longreach to create a bridge between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, said Jeff Poole, DCQ’s Indigenous Engagement Officer.
 
“When a year eight student doesn’t want to miss a class, it is a pretty good sign that a program is working,” he said.
 

Uni comes to Longreach

 
The course attracted a diverse range of students – from producers and government agencies, through to local government and regional body officers – coming from as far away as Charleville as well as a visiting student from Oman.
 
Rangelands Australia, part of the University of Queensland, provides remote training in rangelands management across the outback of Australia. Course lecturer Professor John Taylor said the Rangelands course is about taking education to the people in the Rangelands. “The aim is to improve accessibility of relevant education that also accommodates students’ commitments, such as work and family, and minimises the cost of education,” he said.
 
Professor Taylor said the Rangelands course is unique in that it offers recognition for prior learning (RPL) where students with little or no formal qualifications who can demonstrate a solid background in land management have a good chance to gain entry.
 

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