Aboriginal Culture

The Batavia Traditional Owners have maintained strong cultural links to this area. They have connection to landscapes within the park and the surrounding areas that signify customary lore, and they continue to practice customary lore today. Cultural practices such as collecting materials for traditional costumes, collecting bush medicines, and undertaking traditional hunting and gathering are carried out by the Batavia Traditional Owners within the park. The hunting and gathering skills of the Indigenous people are impressive, and they have been utilising these skills for many thousands of years.

Sites of material Indigenous culture and places of cultural significance exist on the park. Some sites of cultural significance have not been visited for a long time.

As per the Indigenous Management Agreement, the Corporation is responsible for protecting and maintaining the Aboriginal cultural resources and places on this NP (CYPAL). The Corporation also determines what Aboriginal cultural information should be presented to the public and advises QPWS about matters concerning Aboriginal tradition.