The rebuild project for the Mogo Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) is progressing rapidly since the ceremonial turning of the sod in July 2023.
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Plans for the new LALC office were submitted to the Eurobodalla Shire Council in June 2022 and will include an exhibition space, cafe and meeting rooms which will be available for hire.
The previous Land Council offices burned down in the Black Summer bushfires which swept through Mogo on December 31, 2019.
Mogo LALC CEO Linda Carlson said construction was progressing quickly and generating excitement amongst the community.
"It is providing a real point of interest and has captured the attention of the community," she said.
Ms Carlson said a community member has been arriving at the site every day to take pictures and record the progress of the new building.
"Our artists are inspired and painting and creating in anticipation of the opening of the building and the opportunity to exhibit their work again."
Local builder Nick Minato of South Building Co. is leading the project and hopes to complete the building in 2024.
The rebuild was jointly funded by the Federal and NSW State governments who granted the LALC just over $2 million through the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund. Funds from insurance and the Land Council also helped to initiate the project.
"It is wonderful how this building is already healing some of the loss felt by the community. Even before it is finished, it is providing hope and showing people that we have a bright future," Ms Carlson said.
She said the building will be an "explosion" of art and cultural activities once it opens and it will mark the resilience and resurrection of the local community in the aftermath of the bushfires.
