The land that will house Cockburn’s new regional recreational aquatic facility, including the Dockers new training ground, has been cleansed in a traditional Aboriginal smoking ceremony.
The traditional ritual was conducted onsite ahead of the commencement of works to develop the City of Cockburn’s new state-of-the-art recreational facility.
The facility will also become the new home of the Fremantle Dockers.
The land was cleansed by representatives of the Nyungar Whadjuk region in a ceremony that used smoke of the Balga tree to cleanse and purify the area to bring unity and good spirits to the land in preparation for its new beginning.
“The City of Cockburn values and respects Nyungar culture and this ceremony is an important milestone for the development in showing respect and the blessing bestowed upon the land by the Nyungar people,” said Mayor Logan Howlett.
“As a mark of this respect, an exhaustive relocation program to protect the native flora and fauna in the area ahead of site works is occurring.”
The innovative, 13-hectare mixed-use LandCorp development will incorporate diverse apartments and townhouses as well as the new $106 million Community Recreation and Aquatic Facility.
The City of Cockburn’s new facilities will include outdoor and indoor pools, waterslides, recovery pools and a water playground in addition to training facilities, function rooms and an AFL standard oval.
Enviable sport and recreation facilities will ultimately be accessible for the community and boost local job creation.
Cockburn Central West will extend the existing community created by the nearby Cockburn Central Town Centre and will attract new residents and businesses in the area that will significantly increase local employment opportunities.
