The site of the Brisbane Olympics stadium is the Victoria park golf course, its had various uses for over 100 years with not a whisper of complaint, it used to be a rifle range, also a camp for US soldiers during WW2, but its been named as the site of the stadium for the Brisbane Olympics its suddenly sacred and holds important cultural meaning, i think its another case of people getting a whiff of compensation, ie the scent of " something for nothing".
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A local Aboriginal corporation has lodged an application with the federal government for permanent legal protection of Victoria Park, also known as Barrambin, where the state plans to build a key Olympic stadium.
The Yagara Magandjin Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC) made the application under federal legislation that allows the Commonwealth to declare long-term protection of a significant Aboriginal area under threat of injury or desecration.
“It was a complete shock when the premier came out with his stadium plans,” YMAC spokeswoman and Yagarabul elder Gaja Kerry Charlton said.
“He said the park would be protected from stadiums; I thought the park was safe. Now the government wants to destroy it.”
Charlton said Barrambin was “living Country, possessing sacred, ancient and significant relationships within our cultural heritage systems”.
“We know this is a place of great significance and history, not only for Yagara people, but for other First Nations and non-Aboriginal people as well.
“We are very concerned there are ancient trees, artefacts and very important ecosystems existing there.
“There may be ancestral remains. We stand resolute in our responsibility to protect it.”
A Queensland government department previously recommended all of Victoria Park be heritage-listed, despite the government’s plans to build the main stadium for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the site.
However, Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie introduced state legislation this year overriding 15 existing planning laws – including the Queensland Heritage Act – to ensure any Olympic-related development would be considered lawful, even if it ran afoul of previous legislation.
A month ago, as Bleijie announced he had secured federal funding for the stadium at Victoria Park, he insisted there were provisions in state legislation for consultation with First Nations groups. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/aust...r-victoria-park/ar-AA1JUsJT?ocid=BingNewsSerp
