Lake Eyre returns to Traditional Owners
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Elders have returned to the ruins of their childhood homes at an abandoned mission in remote South Australia to end a 14 year Native Title battle over a vast area incorporating Lake Eyre.
About 300 Arabana people gathered under a marquee at Finniss Springs Mission beside Lake Eyre last week to receive the Native Title determination from Federal Court judge Paul Finn.
The determination...
Last Updated on Friday, 01 June 2012 10:03
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Newman delivers justice after 38 years
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After a 38 year battle, Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has given Cape York Traditional Owners the land one of his predecessors would not let them buy.
In 1974, John Koowarta tried to buy the Archer River cattle station for the benefit of the Wik peoples but was thwarted by then-premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who declared the area a national park.
Mr...
Last Updated on Friday, 01 June 2012 10:02
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