Nyagaroon, Cathedral Ranges
location: Central Victoria
for: Taungurung Land and Waters Council
with: REALM Studios
date: 2023
Nyagaroon is the cultural name given to a place on the Acheron River within the Cathedral Ranges Cultural Landscape context. We were been engaged to work within a co-design framework with the Taungurung Land and Waters Council to design the transformation of this landscape, its infrastructure, and its buildings into a thriving cultural place for the Taungurung community.
Previously a youth justice site on crown land, this 256-acre site has a complex and painful history, and has recently been gifted back to the Taungurung people.
Our team has been engaged to work with community, developing tools and frameworks to empower Taungurung people to make positive decisions for the future of this place. We operated within a collaborative network of architects, landscape architects, land management specialists and community groups to establish a Taungurung led vision for Nyagaroon, identify pathways to healing knowledge and healing Country and create learning opportunities through connecting to Country.
This project is guided by the Cultural Landscape Management Strategy and led by the Taungurung Land and Waters Council.
Previously a youth justice site on crown land, this 256-acre site has a complex and painful history, and has recently been gifted back to the Taungurung people.
Our team has been engaged to work with community, developing tools and frameworks to empower Taungurung people to make positive decisions for the future of this place. We operated within a collaborative network of architects, landscape architects, land management specialists and community groups to establish a Taungurung led vision for Nyagaroon, identify pathways to healing knowledge and healing Country and create learning opportunities through connecting to Country.
This project is guided by the Cultural Landscape Management Strategy and led by the Taungurung Land and Waters Council.