Wadjemup truth-telling

The State Government’s Wadjemup Project – designed to deliver truth-telling strategies to acknowledge the history of First Nations incarceration on Rottnest Island (Wadjemup) – is continuing to move forward.

Many First Nations people sent to Rottnest came from YMAC’s representative regions including the Mid West, Gascoyne and Pilbara. The State Government and project stakeholders met with YMAC in August 2022 and February 2023 to discuss the Wadjemup Project and seek further input.

In late 2022, the Whadjuk-Noongar Cultural Authorities endorsed the Wadjemup Project Progress Report (tinyurl.com/wadjemupreport) to support and inform community consultation on memorialising the Wadjemup Aboriginal Burial Ground and future use of the Quod (the island prison), while keeping culture at its heart.

Additional resources are available at tinyurl.com/ wadjemuptruth . For more details and to get involved, email wadjemupproject@dpc.wa.gov.au .