A landmark $1.3 billion native title settlement with Western Australia’s Noongar people — the biggest in Australian history — was today given the green light by the Native Title Registrar. “We are delighted with the […]
The Nyiyaparli people in Western Australia’s north have been granted native title over 40,000 square kilometres of traditional country that includes the town of Newman and the Aboriginal communities of Jigalong and Parnpajinya, the Yamatji […]
In 1978 Aboriginal people faced off against a convoy of police and miners to protect their sacred land at Nookanbah in Western Australia’s far north. On Monday, a re-enactment of the historic Nookanbah march marked […]
Lawyers challenging Australia’s biggest Native Title settlement say the passing of time has become a “live issue” as the National Native Title Tribunal prepares to hand down a decision on the controversial $1.3 billion deal […]
The Kimberley Land Council in Western Australia’s north has called for a complete overhaul of the state’s Aboriginal Heritage Act as a government review of the legislation begins in the region. KLC acting chief executive […]
The Robe River Kuruma community in Western Australia’s Pilbara is celebrating its second Native Title determination after a federal court hearing at Pannawonica Hill in Robe River last week. It follows the community’s first Native […]
Three Aboriginal groups have failed in competing claims over Australia’s second biggest salt lake, the 250km Lake Torrens in central South Australia. The Full Court of the Federal Court this month dismissed separate appeals by […]
The Ngurrara People in Western Australia’s Kimberley have been recognised as the Native Title holders of about 20,455 sq km of land and water in Broome, Derby, Halls Creek and East and West Kimberley. Federal […]
An ancient valley in a region of Australia found to hold secrets of Aboriginal occupation dating back to the Ice Age is at risk of being destroyed by a rail line planned by billionaire Andrew […]
Traditional owners of the Mount Jowlaenga area in Western Australia’s Kimberley have won a landmark court battle with miner Sheffield Resources over one of the biggest mineral sands deposits to be discovered in three decades. […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018
