Jury comment
On Tatungalung Country within Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park, Shoreline Drive Landscape Plan demonstrates the importance of collaboration, partnership, cultural mapping, archaeological surveys, community and Traditional Custodian consultation, and generational capacity-building in the development of planning and management recommendations for cultural heritage, local ecology and visitor experiences. The project balances an understanding of landscape cultural values, conservation and preservation with opportunities for visitor access and recreation to implement protection and care measures for generations to come. The team is commended for the plan’s contribution to the social, environmental and economic sustainability of the local community and the environment, and for delivering a culturally responsive outcome that places the Gunaikurnai community at the heart of decision-making.
Shoreline Drive Landscape Plan applies to Gippsland, Victoria on the land of the Gunaikurnai (Tatungalung) people.
Project credits
Design practice Aspect Studios First Nations cultural collaborators Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) Collaborators Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) in joint management with Parks Victoria Land surveyor Crowther and Sadler Quantity surveyor Zinc Cost Management Photographer GLaWAC
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