NOOSAVILLE FORESHORE INFRASTRUCTURE MASTERPLAN · Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Master Plan

     Understanding Culture + Connection
     First Australians have called this land home for             · Partner on nature-based restoration work proposed         After the war, professional fishing and prawning                                                                         Legend
     tens of thousands of years. The Noosa River and                along the foreshore to improve resilience and             increased significantly. Boat hire businesses
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     the surrounding country belonged to countless                  natural values.                                           for amateur fisherfolk and holidaymakers were
     generations of the Kabi Kabi First Nation. The estuary       · Incorporating economic opportunities for long-            established on Gympie Terrace, along with yachting                                                                            Non-exclusive Kabi Kabi Native
     was full of fish and oysters, and the land was rich            term, sustainable and intergenerational benefit           and rowing clubs.                                                                                                             Title as per determination in June 2024
     with casuarina, ash, gums, mahogany, honeysuckle,              for Kabi Kabi, including through activities such as       Some of these early businesses such as Terrace Boat
     bloodwood, stringy bark, tea tree, scrub tree and box          cultural tours.                                           Hire (T Boats), O Boats and Maisie’s Restaurant still
     tree.
                                                                  Colonial interest in the Noosa region began with            operate on the foreshore. Ely Park and Massoud Park
     Extensive engagement including a Walk on Country             timber in the early 1860s. Tewantin was established as      are named for early families in the area and Chaplin
     was undertaken with the Kabi Kabi Peoples Aboriginal         a port for the local timber industry and to supply the      Park is named for former Noosa Shire Councillor
     Corporation to embed opportunities to recognise and          booming town of Gympie. In the 1870s and 1880s a            Frederick Chaplin.
     respect their deep cultural and spiritual connection to      small number of miners and families from Gympie built       The Noosa Cultural Plan 2019-2023 identified the
     the foreshore.                                               houses on the bank downriver from Tewantin. This            importance of adding to the network of heritage walks
     Across the entire foreshore, Council and Kabi Kabi           area became known as ‘Gympie Terrace’.                      in the Shire. At least 20 stories have been identified
     plan to partner on:                                          By 1933, there were about 60 houses and shops               that could be included in a ‘heritage walk’ or ‘story
                                                                  at Gympie Terrace. During the Second World War,             walk’, along the foreshore to bring the area’s history to
     · Embodying Kabi Kabi connection as a foundational
                                                                  troops from the 2/14th Battalion were stationed locally     life for the Noosa community and visitors.
       theme for community experience of the foreshore.                                                                                                                                                                                                               CE
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     · Incorporate Kabi Kabi stories, history and language        for training in amphibious vehicles on the river and        The master plan intends for interpretation signs                                                                                T       OR
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       on signage throughout the public space.                    Lake Weyba. They were fed by Maisie Massoud from            displaying stories of the rich history of the foreshore to                                                             GY T FO
                                                                  the wood fired ovens at her family’s café on Gympie                                                                                                                                EAS
     · Provide opportunities to create sculpture and public                                                                   improve cultural awareness and connection to place.




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