Fiona Gray

Dr. Fiona Gray is an architect, urban researcher and local government leader. In her role as Executive Manager Catalyst Project at the City of Ballarat, she is responsible for leading an ambitious design-led agenda for strategic urban renewal sites and major regional infrastructure projects across Ballarat. Fiona is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Centre for Regional and Rural Futures at Deakin University and an advisor on the Heritage Advocacy Committee for National Trust of Australia (Victoria).

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.