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Native Title and Indigenous Land Use Agreements
The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal people negotiate with the NSW State Government to settle their first Native Title claim not long after the historic “Mabo” High Court decision in 1992
The Arakwal elders Lorna Kelly, Linda Vidler and Yvonne Graham made the first Native Title Application on behalf of the Arakwal people in 1994.
Their Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) reached in 2001 was the very first of its kind and a landmark agreement in Australia.
It won an International award acknowledging the agreement and the conservation and protection of country. The NSW Government and the Arakwal People were awarded the prestigious Fred M. Packard award for distinguished achievement in wildlife preservation by the International Union for the Conversation of Nature, at the 5th World Park Congress held in South Africa in 2003.
Two more Indigenous Land Use Agreements followed soon after.
Government and Native Title Claimants throughout Australia have used the Arakwal negotiations as a best practice model in their own respective negotiations.
For mor detailed information on these historic agreements please visit the Arakwal website see link below http://arakwal.com.au/