Media release – Craig Garland independent MHA for Braddon, 30 April 2024
Woolnorth for Sale
The iconic Woolnorth property, located at the western end of the north-west coast, is up again for sale.
“The sale listing of Woolnorth presents an opportunity for all three levels of government, local, state and federal, to ensure that the valuable heritage sites, many of which are also of great importance to the Aboriginal community are protected and highlighted,” Craig Garland said.
“The community must see some control and have some agency in the future maintenance and preservation of these historic sites with many Aboriginal cultural values, unique wildlife and habitat,” Mr Garland stressed.
Mr Garland also suggested that “there needs to be detailed and thorough archaeological assessments of the Woolnorth and Robbins Island area.”
“It must be a priority for the State Government to work with key organisations to increase community awareness of the significance of the sites and records that inform the origins of our present-day community as well as Aboriginal values associated with the Woolnorth & Mt Cameron area,” he said.
Mr Garland also remarked that this would be a strong investment and that “instead of the State and Federal Government committing to spending hundreds of millions on a new AFL football stadium instead they should spend a portion of that on preserving historic locations at Woolnorth while protecting that unique environment, the creatures and the actual Tasmanian devils.”
