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Weekend Courier, Rockingham: Joining the Dots on National Park Plan

Posted by Viviana Bernal on 12 October 2018

ABOUT 80 Rockingham residents created a giant community dot painting at the Rockingham Rotary Market.

The residents participated to support a proposal for five million hectares of new national parks in Outback WA.

The painting, led by Indigenous artist Grace Comeagain from Urban Indigenous, was a show of support for Create Ranger Parks.

The painting will be presented as a gift to Rockingham MLA and Premier Mark McGowan later this year.

 

Community dot painting

Giant community dot painting, led by Indigenous artist, Grace Comeagain.

 

Create Ranger Parks is a community-based initiative to create a major network of new national parks managed by Indigenous rangers in the Pilbara, Mid West and Gascoyne.

Ranger Parks initiative, five million hectares of former pastoral stations in WA’s Outback purchased by government for conservation 20 years ago would become national parks for all West Australians to enjoy.

Rockingham resident Jackie King said taking part in the dot painting had been a meditative experience.

“It gave me plenty of time to reflect on the Outback landscapes that we’re trying to protect,” she said.

“National parks are so important for people to connect with nature and have a break away from the stresses of city life.

“I really encourage the government to seize this huge opportunity for WA.” Comeagain said.

the painting represented many people from different groups talking about how to care for the land of the proposed Ranger Parks properties.

“The central circles represent a waterhole, with tracks of emu, kangaroo, lizard and snake coming to the waterhole to drink,” she said.

 

Originally published in Rockingham Courier, October 12, 2018. 

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