Caring for Country

Markwell and Associates are accomplished caring for country and Indigenous heritage specialists having worked with numerous Traditional Owner groups across Australia to achieve their caring for country aspirations.

Caring for Country Planning

Guided by our core cultural values, our style utilises best practice approaches to genuine co-design and Aboriginal engagement.

We empower Aboriginal people - the owners and experts on their Stories, heritage, cultures and knowledge systems - to inform and lead the development, implementation and review of their country plans.

This includes but is not limited to:

Comprehensive development, implementation and review of caring for country strategies
Oral history (Aboriginal and Traditional Knowledge) recording
Workshop and meeting facilitation to iterate and inform the plan
Guiding Aboriginal led caring for country governance
Professional graphic design and printing

See an example of a caring for country plan for the Bunya Mountains Bonye Buru Booburrgan Ngmmunge that was facilitated and developed by Markwell and Associates.

Assessing and Managing Cultural Values

This includes but not limited to:

Cultural values (identification) assessments
Developing cultural values management plans
Safeguarding Indigenous knowledge through access, benefit-sharing and data agreements
Cultural induction and education programs for Traditional Owner groups and their stakeholders