Why our origin story is Important to us
The current community of over 520,000 people inhabiting the Northside area are just the present-day caretakers in a long chain of people going back millennia. From the First Nations inhabitants of the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara, and Turrbal peoples, through the colonial settlement period to modern suburban residents and businesses, we are part of an on-going chain of people who have valued their connection to, and cared for these lands, natural ecosystems and waterways.
We recognise and pay tribute to this sense of belonging, and its associated responsibilities, to past and future generations and to the land itself, its natural features and biodiversity.
One of the first projects NCV is undertaking is to fully and properly research and document the history and evolving stort of our community.If you are interested get engaged in this journey, please join our association and then join the Communications and Community Relations Working Group. That group will be documenting the Origin Story collaboratively online. We would be delighted to add early photographs and family stories and include the background history of the various localities that make up our area – from the mountains to the sea.
Please get involved!
If you would like to participate in the documentation of the story of all the different groups that have contributed to our ongoing origin story and family, we are looking for contributors with an interest in each of these eras:
- Indigenous occupants, their culture and connection to country
- Post-convict pasturalists and early settlement pioneers
- The spread of urban subdivisions, town and village development up to the turn of the century
- Recent rapid urban growth and the diversification of the demographic makeup of our resident population
If you would like to participate in this exciting and important project, please get in touch by emailing us at [email protected]