2019 Indigenous Land Management Award – VIC

2019 Indigenous Land Management Award Winner for VIC
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Woka Walla Land Management Crew – Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation

Woka Walla Land Management Crew (Woka Walla) is an Indigenous business owned by Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation (YYNAC). YYNAC is a Registered Aboriginal Party and provides cultural heritage and natural resource management services.

Woka Walla have been operating for seven years completing works across Yorta Yorta Traditional Country and within state and catchment boundaries to deliver land management works on both public and private lands. Works include revegetation, fencing to protect remnant vegetation, pest plant and animal control, Cultural Heritage identification and protection, seed collection, cultural burning and flora and fauna surveying.

Five crew members have completed Certificate III in Conservation and Land Management and are established as an Indigenous contractors who continues to deliver broader environmental and social outcomes in the natural resource management industry of Northern Victoria.