A site has been chosen to develop Australia's first Aboriginal Cultural Centre in Perth.
Land behind the Perth Concert Hall will become home to a state Aboriginal Cultural Centre by 2028.
Premier Mark McGowan, surrounded by members of the Whadjuk Cultural Authority, said the site had been chosen over five other locations following months of consideration.
"It's a long overdue initiative and will showcase Aboriginal culture and be a place of learning, art and hopefully some great architecture," Mr McGowan said. "It will be a great tourism attraction."
The new centre will back onto the existing concert hall and be developed down to the Swan River, or Derbarl Yerrigan, in the language of the Noongar people.
This will mean at least part of the Terrace Road car park, which is managed by the City of Perth, will be built over.
"We have a process we'll need to go through, but it is state government land," Mr McGowan said.
So far the state and federal government have committed $104 million to get the development started.
"We'll work through the further funding details over coming years, but we would expect major private sector and philanthropic contributions towards this potentially magnificent facility that will be of world standard," Mr McGowan said.
Federal MP for Perth, Patrick Gorman, said if the development was done right, the building could be talked about in the same way the Sydney Opera House was revered.
"This centre will give Aboriginal people the opportunity to tell their truth in their words, and through their culture," Mr Gorman said. "We see this as a nation-building program."
Aboriginal leader Barry Winmar said the site's signifcance was timeless given the 65,000 years of Aboriginal culture and ties to land alongside the river.
"It's not to say the other sites weren't significant," he said. "It was a hard choice, but we took the recommendation back to the Whadjuk community. We can showcase Aboriginal culture to the world."
