Boorabee Songline
Connecting the Mountains and the Sea
What is the Boorabee Songline Project?
In partnership with WWF Australia, the Boorabee Songline Project was led by Jagun Alliance over two years to restore culturally significant koala habitat along the Boorabee (Koala) Songline on Bundjalung Country.
The project reintroduced cultural fire practices, right fire, right country, guided by Elders and Rangers to care for over 30 hectares of key koala habitat along the Boorabee Songline. The songline, which follows the ridgeline and traditional grassy pathway of the MacKellar Range and reaches from Kyogle in the west all the way to Evans Head in the east, has become sick, and consequently so has the health and wellbeing of Boorabee.
Image: Boorabee songline project areaKey Activities
The Jagun Ranger team worked alongside Madhima Gulgan bush regenerators and rangers from Minyumai, Jali, and Western Bundjalung to restore habitat and build climate resilience for the Boorabee through Cultural fire, habitat restoration, knowledge sharing and reinforcing kinship connections within these IPA areas as well as on private properties.
Through bush regeneration, Cultural burns, and deep community engagement, the project has:
Delivered over 39 hectares of weed control and regeneration,
Conducted 25+ hectares of cultural burning (with more planned),
Engaged 100+ landholders through workshops and demonstrations,
Supported employment and training for 35 Indigenous people, including Rangers, cultural advisors, and regenerators.
The Boorabee Songline Project is part of WWF Australia’s vision to reimagine, restore and revitalise Country through the Regenerate Australia program.
