The Hail Creek Mine is in Central Queensland inland from the coast around Mackay. The land that the mine and surrounding communities in the Mackay region occupy will always be part of the Birri Gubba Nation and home to the Wiri, Yuwiburra and Barada Barna Peoples.
We are mindful that First Nations Peoples across Central Queensland were decimated in the dispersals, dispossessed and removed from country, thus limiting opportunities for caring for country by First Nations Peoples who never left their homes in heart, mind and spirit.
The Wiri, Yuwiburra and Barada Barna Peoples have been regathering over the years and hold aspirations for their families as part of the broader Birri Gubba Nation.
Through the Wiri Yuwiburra Community Benefits Trust (“WYCBT”), descendants of the First Nations Peoples in the Hail Creek Coal Agreement Area have an opportunity to build and sustain the present and future aspirations of the children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great- great grandchildren of the First Nations Peoples of and in this region.
This opportunity, represented by the Trust, will be part of a more positive future for the Wiri, Yuwiburra and Barada Barna Peoples.
