Andry Sculthorpe is part of a Tasmanian Aboriginal group calling on private landowners to share information on known cultural sites on farms, and consider allowing access for knowledge sharing and reconnection.
A Northern Midlands farmer has opened his farm to local Indigenous groups to give access to significant cultural sites, prompting a call by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre for more farmers to do the same.
"You look at our family with 100 years on this property and feeling really connected," Julian von Bibra said. According to Mr Sculthorpe, it was also prime land for Tasmanian Aboriginals as was land on many other private rural properties. "It comes down to trust and relationship, and I've found the Aboriginal community in Tasmania has been really supportive of the work we're doing."The Tasmanian Aboriginal Community is urging more farmers to open their properties to Indigenous groups and share knowledge of cultural sites.
"Without a doubt, there are significant sites still in existence on lands throughout Tasmania that the Aboriginal community wouldn't know about."The Aboriginal community has been alienated from a lot of cultural heritage sites in Tasmania and there is a strong desire to reconnect with those important places."Mr Sculthorpe believes part of the secrecy lies in the fear that land could be taken off farmers.
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