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The Nyamal Healthy Country Plan 2025-2035 has been created in collaboration with Traditional Owners through the Healthy Country Planning process. This plan reflects our journey from yarnta (yesterday) to kuyarri (now), and shares our aspirations for making things wanpar (good) for warrumuntu (tomorrow). Over the next decade, we aim to see positive changes on Nyamal Country..
Read the Healthy Country Plan 2025-2035.
“..In the future – Your mind gotta think –– how it’s gonna look.. it’s time to learn them the value of all those things – the value of looking after that Country – there’s things you have to do on that Country.”
This plan outlines our vision for the future, what’s important to us, and the challenges we face. It also highlights the goals, strategies, and actions that will help us reduce these challenges and improve the health of our Country. The plan serves as a guide for NAC, the Ranger Program, Elders, and the broader community as we work together to care for Country.
While this is just the beginning, and the plan reflects where we are in 2024, we acknowledge that it will evolve over time. We will continue updating it as we learn and adapt on our journey forward.
Through consultation, the Nyamal Traditional Owners have identified the really important things that they want to look after to have healthy Country.
“A yinta is a special place, like a hill or a pool or a creek that belongs to a family. Yinta which are creeks or pools are associated with the snake katakatarra. This is a manguny being. All the yinta in the Nyamal Country are connected with the katakatarra.”
“When you pick bush medicine you gotta go a certain time/year – the next time you go the leaves grow more – Country in your own backyard – if you don’t care for that plant – he’ll die. I talk to plants when I harvest – tell them I’ll come back again.”
“Often when travelling around, with horses or whatever, the old people would call out the names of the Country. I learn like that.”
“You feel proud, just knowing that it belonged to your people before you and it brings so much peace to yourself and within.”
“We can’t introduce ourselves properly if we don’t know skin type.”
