Article by National Indigenous Times, Image: Dechlan Brennan

The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung community has become the latest Traditional Owner group to formally begin preparing for treaty negotiations with the Victorian government, saying it will focus on the environment, health outcomes and education.

Following the Treaty signed last year between the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria and the state government, other Traditional Owner groups can now pursue their own agreements, overseen by the independent Treaty Authority.

The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation represents the Traditional Owners of large parts of Melbourne’s CBD, stretching from the Yarra Ranges in the east to the Great Dividing Range in the north and the Werribee River in the west.