A partnership between an Aboriginal organisation and a Western Australian university will see farmland near Mandurah restored while training Noongar students in land management.

Winjan Aboriginal Corporation and The University of Western Australia are working together on the project at Keralup, south of Perth, where 924 hectares of land along the Serpentine River will be rehabilitated.

The site borders the Peel-Yalgorup wetlands, a wetland system recognised internationally and culturally significant for Noongar people.

A training and research centre will be established on the site where Elders, researchers and students will work together on restoration projects.

Winjan Aboriginal Corporation chief executive, Kallan Nannup, said the project brings together cultural knowledge and scientific research.

"This is about restoring Country the right way, guided by the knowledge our old people have carried for thousands of years and supported by modern science," he said.

"Working together with UWA means our young people can build careers while caring for the lands and waterways our ancestors have always looked after."

Students will complete an 18-month program learning native grass farming, wetland restoration and environmental monitoring on Country.

The course has been developed with support from UWA's School of Biological Sciences and botanist Professor Kingsley Dixon.

Participants will learn how to grow and manage native grasses such as kangaroo grass and wallaby grass, which are used in land restoration and mine-site rehabilitation.

Training will cover site preparation, seed collection, harvesting and land management, as well as the use of drones and environmental monitoring tools.

Winjan Aboriginal Corporation deputy chair, Uncle Brett Hill, said the program would support Noongar people to lead restoration work on their own Country.

"This partnership gives our mob the tools, the training and the recognition to lead restoration work on our own Country," he said.

"It strengthens culture and it strengthens futures."

The site will also be used as a research base linked to UWA's Shenton Park Field Station.

UWA deputy vice-chancellor, Professor Guy Littlefair, said the partnership would create training opportunities while supporting environmental research.

The first group of students — nine Bindjareb Noongar rangers — will begin the program later this month.