Moonaboola Bush Garden given First Nation’s Looking After Country grant

A new bush garden will be created in the Moonaboola Meeting Place after MACorp received a financial boost from the Queensland government.

Moonaboola garden is in for some big changes thanks to a $75k grant.

The garden at Moonaboola Meeting Place will get a makeover, with a greenhouse, a ceremonial area and a yarning circle on the way.

The project was made possible by a state government First Nations Looking After Country grant.

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The wheelchair accessible space will allow an “immersive educational and cultural experience for schools, tourists and NDIS clients to bridge the gap in cultural knowledge in non-Indigenous people,” a Maryborough Aboriginal Corporation for Housing & Cultural Development (MACorp) spokesperson said.

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Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon visited Maryborough to announce the First Nation Looking After Country Grant recipients on January 16, 2023.

The $75,000 grant will also assist in training and employing Indigenous people and further development of sustainable Indigenous business on the Fraser Coast, the spokesperson said.

More than $1.5 million has been given to over 20 First Nations organisations across Queensland under the grant program.

The grant program previously helped ecological restoration around Mullett Creek and the use of mobile technology for Port Curtis Coral Trust to record and promote cultural heritage values.

Originally published as Moonaboola Bush Garden given First Nation’s Looking After Country grant