Creative Capital – First Nations Digitisation Project
The four centres are Armidale Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place;
Wungunja Cultural Centre at Trangie; Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre
Aboriginal Corporation at Deniliquin; and Yarrawarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre at
Corindi.
The co-design funding model is supported by a collaborative partnership involving
Create NSW, State Library of NSW and NSW Aboriginal Culture, Heritage & Arts
Association (ACHAA), with each partner organisation providing support to the
cultural centres to ensure their success.
Steve Miller, General Manager ACHAA said the initiative helps close the gaps and
implement systems that are missing in collection management, while ensuring work
is carried out on Country and managed by the Aboriginal custodians of the
collections.
“These valuable cultural collections, some of national significance, connect the
centres and their communities to Country, knowledge and their heritage,” Mr Miller
said.
“The program has helped these centres enormously in terms of employment and
regional on-site training, community-country connections and understanding of these
collections.”
Jeanette Crew OAM, Chairperson of Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre
expressed the Centre’s excitement that funding for their digitisation project has been
extended for the next two years.
“This commitment will mean cultural information can be shared with schools, families
and the wider community ensuring Aboriginal culture is not isolated from the local
identity of our community,” Ms Crew said.
The collaborative partnership will create a timeless legacy, ensuring Aboriginal
communities have ongoing access to heritage, culture and language through
community collections. Importantly, as an Aboriginal-led collaborative initiative with
expert guidance from the sector, it sets a strong foundation for future projects.
NSW Government announcement 29 th November 2022