22-575: Djarindjin is a medium-sized Aboriginal community located 170 km (110 mi) north of Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Broome . It is within the traditional lands of the Bardi and Jawi peoples. Djarindjin is located on the west coast of the northern Dampier Peninsula sub-region, north of Broome. Djarindjin is part of a single urban area that incorporates
44-498: A refugee camp after the state government announced plans to close some remote Western Australian Aboriginal communities . The camp was removed ten days later by City of Perth rangers, with police support, but gradually reassembled and was occupied by about 100 people when it was dismantled again by police and City of Perth rangers in late April 2015. In January 2016 a group of about 60 people – including some non-indigenous homeless people – were camping on
66-643: Is Kuljak Island , then Ron Courtney Island , with no islands in the Swan River downstream between Heirisson Island and the Indian Ocean other than the artificial islet in Elizabeth Quay . Before development, there were several small islands, surrounded by mudflats . Over the years, dredging and reclamation has created a single island, which is now a landscaped nature reserve, with a 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) walking path. The Noongar name for
88-934: Is being taught at the school by Bardi man Vincent McKenzie, who grew up speaking Bardi, along with development of strong literacy and numeracy skills, music, trade training certificates in hospitality and construction, various other subjects and a special needs program. The community is managed through its incorporated body, Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 10 September 1985. Aboriginal communities in Western Australia Aboriginal communities in Western Australia are communities for Aboriginal Australians within their ancestral country ;
110-551: The Government of Western Australia erected a statue of Aboriginal warrior Yagan on the island. In 1997 the statue's head was twice removed by vandals. In 1998, five female western grey kangaroos were introduced onto the island, followed by a female with a male joey in 2000. In 2008 a new master plan for Heirisson Island was adopted by the City of Perth which proposed establishing an international quality sculpture park on
132-586: The Lombadina Aboriginal community and the Lombadina Mission. At the 2016 Census , this single urban area had a total population of 397, including 312 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The township is approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) due west of Cape Leveque Road . Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation maintains a very large land holding surrounding the town. This land includes existing and proposed development that services
154-980: The Bardi and Jawi (WAD49/1998, WAD6001/2004) native title claim. The Djarindjin Layout Plan No.3 was prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.3 was endorsed by the community on 31 May 2007 and by the Western Australian Planning Commission on 1 July 2008. Children of school age at Djarindjin attend the Christ the King Catholic School (formerly Lombadina-Djarindjin Catholic Primary School). As of 2019 there were 88 students enrolled, from kindergarten to 17 years of age. The Bardi language and culture
176-542: The Bardi and Jawi people hold native title over the northern Dampier Peninsula. The Lombadina Catholic mission of the German Pallottine Fathers existed from 1911, taking over a mixed Filipino-indigenous community. In 1981 it had two St. John of God Sisters teaching, five lay missionaries, and an administrator appointed by the Bishop of Broome . The community located within the determination area of
198-636: The West Australian Government". Heirisson Island#Refugee camp Heirisson Island is an island in the Swan River in Western Australia at the eastern end of Perth Water , between the suburbs of East Perth and Victoria Park . It occupies an area of 285,600 square metres (70.6 acres), and is connected to the two foreshores by The Causeway and the under-construction Boorloo Bridge . The next upstream island
220-505: The area in 1827 just before the Swan River Colony was settled in 1829. Before becoming a reserve the islands had been host to a shanty town and animals were seen grazing on the islands as late as the 1920s. In the late-1940s plans were drawn for the development of an extensive sporting complex on the now singular island which was envisioned to feature an athletics stadium, an Olympic swimming pool, and 18 tennis courts; however
242-527: The area is Matagarup (meaning 'leg deep'), which has been retained for the single island after reclamation. Heirisson Island is listed on the Western Australia Department of Aboriginal Affairs' Register of Aboriginal Sites, as ID 3589. Heirisson Island originally consisted of six separate smaller islands surrounded by mudflats. By the 1940s, land reclamation and dredging of the Swan River to create two navigable channels saw
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#1732773412858264-468: The areas, or relocated under various Government acts. The Aboriginal Communities Act 1979 allowed Aboriginal councils to make and enforce by-laws on their land. Originally it only applied to the Bidyadanga and Bardi communities, but was subsequently extended to others. In the 1980s and 1990s, effort was made to support indigenous communities. In 2014 and 2015 the support of some of
286-460: The communities comprise families with continuous links to country that extend before the European settlement of Australia . The governments of Australia and Western Australia have supported and funded these communities in a number of ways for over 40 years; prior to that Indigenous people were non citizens with no rights, forced to work for sustenance on stations as European settlers divided up
308-472: The communities was questioned in Western Australian and Australian political discussions. In 2015 rallies were held across Australia and the world to protest the withdrawal of government support of the communities. A group of Aboriginal protesters set up a camp on Heirisson Island , as "... a place of retreat for all Aboriginal persons who have been and will be forcibly removed by
330-751: The island as well as constructing an amphitheatre and a footbridge that would link Point Fraser to Heirisson Island. The plan faced opposition from Aboriginal elders , and as of December 2022 the sculpture park and amphitheatre have yet to be established. In December 2022, the construction of the Boorloo Bridge was approved which will connect Point Fraser and McCallum Park in Victoria Park via Heirisson Island. The $ 100 million bridge project began construction in November 2023, with an opening schedule for 22 December 2024. Heirisson Island has been
352-550: The islands coalesce into one large island. The area around Heirisson Island is traditionally associated with the Beeloo people, a subgroup of the Whadjuk Noongar, who knew the small islands and mudflats as Matagarup, referring to the river as being "one leg deep". The island located on either side of the current causeway bridge was known as Kakaroomup. The Matagarup mudflats were the first major crossing point upriver from
374-593: The northern Dampier Peninsula sub-region, including an airstrip, multi-function police station, and drinking water protection area, all of which are located at the Cape Leveque Road junction into Djarindjin. Djarindjin is within the traditional lands of the Bardi and Jawi people and belongs to the Goollargoon country. This was recognised by the Government of Australia when it was determined that
396-731: The river's mouth (at Fremantle ) and were an important seasonal access way over which the Beeloo gave other groups right of passage across the river. The first European to visit the Heirisson Island area was the Flemish explorer Willem de Vlamingh in January 1697. He was exploring the Swan River in longboats but only got as far as the Heirisson Island(s) because the mudflats impeded any further progress. Heirisson Island
418-549: The site of a number of protests by Australian Aboriginal activists. In 2012, the island was the site of a tent embassy , set up in February by Noongar people to raise community awareness about problems with a government plan to extinguish most of the native title land in the southwest of Western Australia that was recognised in 2006 by Justice Murray Wilcox of the Federal Court of Australia . The Noongar Tent Embassy
440-443: The venture was dropped following a potential cost blowout. Other proposals for the island throughout the years include those for a motel, a golf course, a caravan park, and a cultural centre with museums and concert halls. In 1966, it was proposed to develop Heirisson Island into an aerodrome for VTOL aircraft. There were also plans to fill in the western channel of the Swan River and join the island to East Perth. In September 1984
462-614: Was intended to be a peaceful affirmation of native title to Noongar country and legitimate use of a state-registered Aboriginal Heritage Site, and was inspired by the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra . However, there were many claims made of rocks being thrown at passing boats. The tent embassy was removed by police in March 2012. In early March 2015, a group of Aboriginal activists set up what they referred to as
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#1732773412858484-575: Was subsequently named after French midshipman François-Antoine Boniface Heirisson, who was on the French ship Le Naturaliste on a scientific expedition led by Nicolas Baudin between 1801 and 1804. The expedition made several journeys up the river from Fremantle in longboats and made the first maps of the Swan River. The islands were named in June 1801. Captain James Stirling later investigated
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