Acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Trangie LALC lies and respecting all Elders past and present
News and Updates
The Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council currently own and manage 20 properties.
The houses owned and managed by the Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council are provided to house members of the Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council under the NSWALC Community Benefits Social Housing Scheme.
These properties vary in sizes with 4 x 2 bedroom units, 6 x 1 bedroom units, 5 x 3 bedroom homes, 4 x 4 bedroom homes and 1 x 5 bedroom home. The homes are all of very high standard and have recently had solar power installed under the Aboriginal Community Housing Investment Fund program to help tenants better manage their energy costs.
All houses have undergone painting, internally and externally during 2021/2022. During 2013 the properties all underwent backlog repairs and maintenance under the Aboriginal Housing Office Build and Grow program. This funding allowed the properties to have extensive works carried out that included painting, new floor coverings, bathroom and kitchen upgrades.
The Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council are a registered housing provider under the New South Wales Local Scheme registration program. The management carried out by the Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council of the Social Housing is reviewed by the Registrar for Community Housing every 3 years.
Members wishing to apply for housing can find the Applications for Housing here
Wungunja Cultural Centre Opening
On the 14th of July 2023 the Trangie local Aboriginal Land Council officially opened the new section of the Wungunja Cultural Centre with help from Driver Reviver Funding to install more restroom facilities and New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council Community Fund Grant to extend the building to include an exhibition space and office space, this has allowed the LALC to move into the Wungunja Culture Centre office spaces and opened up the Cultural Centre to more of the travelling public offering Driver reviver all year round.
6 New One Bedroom Units Open for our Senior Members
On the 14th July 2023 the Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council had the pleasure of opening the 6 new one bedroom units that were built under the Aboriginal Community Housing Investment Fund program through the Aboriginal Housing Office. The units were built by Hibbard’s and have been built to allow our senior members the ability to have room for mobility items such as walkers. Each unit has been appointed with high grade finishes and include air conditioning, solar energy, fans, garage with automatic roller door and beautiful landscaping.
New tenant, Jacqueline Heterick met Dugald Saunders when he visited the new complex in August 2023.
6 New One Bedroom Units to be Built for the Senior Members of the Trangie LALC
Uncle Bill Phillips and Auntie Marg Phillips turned the soil on the development site at 17-19 Mullah Street, Trangie for the building of 6 new units for our senior members. Richard Stubbs from Hibbards and Stephen James from the Aboriginal Housing Office were in attendance for the event that took place on 18th February 2022.
Trangie LALC has been successful in obtaining funding from the Aboriginal Community Housing Investment Fund Program
Some exciting times are ahead for the Trangie community with the injection of funding from the Aboriginal Community Housing Investment Fund Program(ACHIF). Two programs will be run by the Trangie LALC which will see upgrades to driveways, installation of new floor coverings to 4 properties, painting of all properties and the installation of solar power to all properties. This project will improve the quality of the homes owned by the Trangie LALC and reduce energy costs for the tenants. The funding being over $200,000 is part of the $212 million NSW government Aboriginal Housing Office Economic Stimulus Package which was announced in November 2020. The aim of the program is to help safeguard jobs in the face of COVID-19
Work to commence on the establishment of 6 new units to accommodate senior members of the Trangie LALC
Work will commence in May 2022 for the new build of 6 x 1 bedroom units to house senior members of the Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council. The build costing over two million dollars is being funded by NSW government Aboriginal Housing Office Economic Stimulus Package which was announced in November 2020. The units will be erected in Mullah Street Trangie opposite the Trangie Multi Purpose Health Centre allowing tenants easy access to medical services provided at the Centre.
The Building is being carried out by Hibbards Pty Ltd, a building company with a reputation of providing good quality homes of a high standard. This project is expected to be completed in December 2022
Wungunja Cultural Centre is moving forward to be bigger and better
The Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council has been fortunate in obtaining funding to make improvements to the Wungunja Cultural Centre that will improve the services provided by the Centre and improve experiences for people visiting the Centre.
Three projects will be completed at the Centre and include:
Driver Reviver Funding to install more restroom facilities costing over $100,000
New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council Community Fund Grant of $150,000 to extend the building to include an exhibition space and office space
Create NSW has funded a pilot Digitisation project to the value of $100,000 where the collections held at the Cultural Centre will be identified and catalogued into the Mukurtu program. These records will be held in the program and will be able to be accessed by the Trangie staff at the Wungunja Cultural Centre and the State Library of NSW.