WHERE
IS KURADJI TENT EMBASSY?
The current dispute is related to a proposed 20 stage housing development
that will total, if not stopped, 1200 dwellings. Stockland Trust Group, a
Sydney-based property developer, is behind the proposal. Currently Stockland
are attempting to develop stages 1-6 of the proposal despite continuous and
ongoing Indigenous and community opposition.
As a result of public meetings and community pressure the state government
announced a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the 'balance of the site' in
October 2002. The sessions have now completed (June 2003), with recommendations
expected later this year.
The campaign to protect Sandon Point
has a long history, stretching back for almost 20 years. The Sandon Point
Aboriginal Tent Embassy (SPATE) was set up at McCauley's Beach in December
2000, and is staffed 24 hours a day. Indigenous people have come together
at the request of Uncle Guboo Ted Thomas to watch over the land and a sacred
burial site (approximately 6000 years old) that was uncovered during a storm
in 1998.
The local community have also made a stand - a community picket and information
centre was established in March 2001. It is also staffed 24 hours a day and
is a locus for many community activities, including weekly meetings/BBQ's
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