Traditional Owners Grants

Traditional Owners Grants

Traditional Owners Grants helping to protect land and preserve knowledge. Five Traditional Owner groups in the Burdekin Dry Tropics region have been carrying out projects to manage landscapes and preserve cultural heritage thanks to NQ Dry Tropics’ Traditional Owner...
Grant funds recording of Indigenous history

Grant funds recording of Indigenous history

Grant funds recording of Indigenous history at Murdering Lagoon Murdering Lagoon, as the name suggests, has a dark history. Located on Vine Creek Station, south of Charters Towers, it was the scene of some brutal killings in 1864, an account of which is written in a...
Landscape Regeneration

Landscape Regeneration

Charters Towers workshop focuses on landscape regeneration More than 30 graziers and growers attended a two-day workshop at Wambiana Station near Charters Towers last week that focused on regenerating and restoring production landscapes. Renowned agrarian expert...
Community groups’ Townsville forum

Community groups’ Townsville forum

Community groups share knowledge and achievements at Townsville forum Landcare group representatives from as far afield as Barcaldine, Charters Towers and Bowen travelled to Townsville last week to share experiences, troubleshoot problems, and explore new...
Landcare Grants 2016-2017

Landcare Grants 2016-2017

Community groups in the Burdekin Dry Tropics region will share in over $110,000 to deliver a range of local on-ground environmental projects under the 2016-2017 NQ Dry Tropics Community Landcare Grants Programme. NQ Dry Tropics CEO, Dr Scott Crawford, thanked the...