Note that CSV operates as Crag Volunteers in Wotjobaluk Country.
Crag Volunteers acknowledges the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk peoples of the Wotjobaluk Nations as the Traditional Owners of the land described below and their ongoing connections with it. We acknowledge the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of the Wotjobaluk peoples and we pay respect to their Elders, past present and emerging.
Popular Climbing Areas in Wotjobaluk Country
Wotjobaluk Country covers a North West region of Victoria as show in the map below. Popular climbing areas in this region include:
- Dyurrite / Mt Arapiles
- Gariwerd / Grampians (Note that this area is shared with Eastern Maar and Gunditdj Maar peoples and is covered in it’s own section on this website)
Traditional Owners
The Wojobaluk peoples are represented by the Barengi Gadjin Land Council who are appointed as a Registered Aboriginal Party. Native title was determined for the Wotjobaluk Nations in 2005, the first in Victoria. In October 2022, BGLC signed a Recognition and Settlement Agreement (RSA) with the Victorian Government that recognises the Wojobaluk People’s Traditional Owner rights in approximately 10,540 square kilometres.
“The RSA will advance self-determination for Wojobaluk people by embedding Traditional Owners in government decision making and though systemic and structural changes in public land and natural resource management”
DEECA Website https://www.forestsandreserves.vic.gov.au/joint-management/agreements-with-traditional-owners
The Barengi Gadjin Land Council published Country Plan: Growing What is Good in 2017.
