OBI OBI HALL

Our Cultural heritage obligations

Contact with the Jinibara People regarding cultural heritage was a condition of our preliminary approval for building work.

We have received confirmation from the Department of Environment and  Resource Management, that the Jinibara People will be notified, and that no further action is required.

The Jinibara people, consisting of the Dungidau, Dal:a (Dallambara or Dalla), and Nalbo clans, were known as the inland people. Mwoirnewar was the name used by the coastal people, a collection of the Dulingbara, Gabi Gabi (Gubbi Gubbi) and Undumbi clans.

The Dal:a clan occupied the area from the head of the Mary River at Conondale to the Obi Obi and Kenilworth areas , where the Gabi Gabi  boundary started.  The establishment of a cattle station in 1853, displaced the Dal:a clan who moved to the Kilcoy area.

The Cattle grid. A cattle grid has been purchased  from J Hooper of Montville and delivered to the Obi Hall by Ross Hopper of Maleny. Both were generous in in their dealings. Sunshine Coast Regional Council has been notified, and will be installing the grid when it eventually stops raining.

The Obi Obi Hall ownership.

The Obi Obi Hall property is jointly owned by Trustees: the Obi Obi & Kidaman Creek District Community Hall Inc, Hermann Schwabe and Barry Johnson.  Obtaining the consent of all Trustees  for the  legal and financial dealings  associated with ownership of the property, adds complications to the running of our association .

The Management Committee, with the hope of having the Association act as sole Trustee, recently  sought an opinion from our Solicitor on the possible removal of Trustees from the ownership. Their advice was that neither Herman nor Barry can be removed as Trustees, only replaced, and also advised that in the case of any claims of public liability the Trustees should be given insured indemnity.

The history of the ownership of the Obi Obi Hall property.

In 1994, with the Kidaman Creek hall blown down and the Obi Obi hall in the control of the Public Trustee, the Obi Obi and Kidaman Creek communities combined together to resolve the situation. This began  at a meeting of the Kidaman Creek Hall Association in November 1995, where a motion to investigate the transfer the Obi Obi property from the Public Trustee  to the Association was passed.  There was a problem in  that the Public Trustee did not have the power to transfer sole ownership to an Association incorporated under their 1981 Act, including our Association.  Two Trustees were required to share the ownership with the Association.

Hermann Schwabe and Barry Johnson, both members of the Association at the time, elected to become Trustees with the origional intention that ownership be later transferred solely to the Association . On the 01.04.99, the ownership was transferred via a Deed of Appointment of  Trustee, to Herman, Barry, and the Association in equal shares.

It should not be forgotten that decision of Hermann and Barry, to take on the responsibility of trustees, greatly simplified the return of the Obi Obi property to our community.

Please note. A new page has been added. This page contains application forms for membership to the Association and the Management Committee.

Our Annual General Meeting AGM) will be held at 7.30pm on Thursday, the 25^th of March, 2010, at Kenilworth Hall, Kenilworth.

The agenda for the meeting will be to elect a new Management Committee.

Nominations for Management Committee positions should be made in writing, signed by the candidate, their nominee and seconder and lodged with the Secretary 14 days before the meeting.

Current financial members can renew their membership on the night, before the meeting.

For applications for new membership, contact the Secretary. Applications for membership have to be considered at a Management Committee meeting.

The renovation.

A search of the records of the Department of Environment and Resource Management has not revealed any Aboriginal cultural heritage on the hall property, but this does not finalize the matter, it only means that no Aboriginal cultural heritage has been reported to the Department. Therefore; the Department of Environment and Resource Management has recommended that our Association contact a representative of the aboriginal party for our area, the Jinibara People, for their opinion as to whether or not Aboriginal cultural heritage exists on the property.

Sunshine Coast regional Council has informed us the a cattle grid can be placed in Staves Road. Cr Paul Tatton and Cr Jenny McKay have allocated $10,000.00 for the placement of a grid that will be supplied by our Association.

Ebis has been asked to make minor modifications to our hall drawings. There will a external door added to the north west wall of the kitchen, this will allow easier transfer of catering supplies. An external access door for the loading of stage equipment is to be placed in the wall between the disabled ramp access deck and the left storage area on the stage. To provide a storage area for water and hall equipment, a concrete slab will be placed at ground level under the stage area.

The Matryoshka Principle.

Success. Our application for preliminary approval for building work has been approved

Page 1 of the approval.

But, another application is required before a Building Development application can be made.

The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 203.

Page 2 of the approval.

The Department of Environment and Resource Management require us to fulfill our duty of care obligation by requesting  a search of their records for any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage that may be affected by the proposed extension of the hall building and facilities. This application is being carried out.