There are plans underway for a First Nations precinct in Melbourne.
Melbourne City Council and the First Peoples of Victoria are backing a proposal for a multimillion- dollar development in the heart of the CBD that could house the nation’s first “Black Parliament” and become a keeping place for repatriated artefacts and serve as a symbol of reconciliation.
The idea is supported by First Nations groups and a Victorian government official says state involvement in the project is also being considered.
First Peoples’ Assembly member and elder Carolyn Briggs says "it will be for international Indigenous Peoples around the world to come to, it will be somewhere the Elders will have their place, it’ll be central to Melbourne, it’ll be our own parliament".