Land council

Land councils, also known as land and sea councils, are Australian community organisations organised by region that represent the Indigenous Australians who occupied that region before the arrival of European settlers. They have historically advocated for recognition of traditional land rights, and also for the rights of Indigenous people in other areas such as equal wages and adequate housing.

Most Land Councils provide representation and organization of native title for Indigenous Australians, and receive funding from the Australian Commonwealth Government to do this work. Most land councils were formed since the late 1970s to gain native title, and most propositions for land councils have been put forth to the state governments since the 1990s, particularly after the downfall of the terra nullius legal precedent in Mabo v. Queensland (1993).

Some land councils can be governed by other, larger councils, which federate multiple local land councils for representation at the state and federal level.

List of current councils by state

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

The current Registered Aboriginal Parties are:[1]

Western Australia

References

  1. ↑ "Registered Aboriginal Parties". State of Victoria, Department of Premier and Cabinet. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

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