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Jenny Macklin MP Member for JagaJaga and Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
A Platform towards reconciliation
Years of co-operation, hard work and history have culminated in the completion of a Kangaroo Ground viewing platform and launch of Nillumbik Council’s Reconciliation Charter.
Bagpipes heralded the official launch of the long-awaited Moor-rul platform and the charter at the Kangaroo Ground Memorial Park and Tower of Remembrance on Thursday.
More than 100 people joined Indigenous Affairs Minister and Jaga Jaga federal Labor MP Jenny Macklin, Wurundjeri representatives and Mayor Warwick Leeson at the ceremony. Cr Leeson said the charter outlined the continuing journey towards reconciliation, while the viewing platform would provide easy access to “wonderful” views and historic information.
Interpretive panels on the viewing platform describe local indigenous history, geology, native flora and fauna, post-settlement activity and local military service.
The viewing platform was first mooted by the Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Park and Tower of Remembrance Advisory Committee in 1998.
Ms Macklin said the charter and platform were “a wonderful way to bring the community together”.
Diamond Valley Leader – 23/04/2008