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Willala Aboriginal Area Plan of Management

Willala Aboriginal Area Community Conservation Area Zone 2

Willala Aboriginal Area is situated on the eastern edge of the Pilliga Forest about 70 kilometres east of Baradine and covers an area of 1,347 hectares. It was reserved in 2005 under the Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005 because of its significant Aboriginal cultural heritage values.
Publisher: Office of Environment and Heritage
Cost: Free
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-74232-636-8 / ID: OEH20130384
File: PDF 1.27 MB / Pages 32
Name: willala-aboriginal-area-plan-of-management-100384.pdf
 
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The reserve is managed under a memorandum of understanding with the Gawambaraay Pilliga Co-management Committee. The committee includes Elders and representatives from Baradine, Coonabarabran, Gunnedah, Gwabegar, Narrabri and Pilliga Aboriginal communities.

The reserve contains a range of Aboriginal sites, including etchings, hand stencils, ochre quarries, grinding grooves and stone artefact scatters that are of significance to local Aboriginal communities. It also contains sites of historic heritage value, including a section of the Pilliga Dog Proof Fence. Sixteen threatened animal species, 3 threatened plant species and 2 endangered ecological communities have also been recorded in the reserve.