Lardil, Yangkaal, Gangalidda and Kaiadilt Peoples have become native title holders of 121,775 hectares on 23 islands in Queensland’s Gulf of Carpentaria, following a consent determination on Mornington Island today.
Gulf Region Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
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The Gulf Region Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (GRAC) is the native title body representing the interests and aspirations for the Lardil, Yangkaal, Gangalidda & Kaiadilt clans of the Wellesley islands and coastal mainland within the lower Gulf of Carpentaria region.
The community that the GRAC supports is made up of raditional custodian groups, the Lardil, Yangkaal, Gangalidda & Kaiadilt language groups who belong to the Wellesley Islands, Mornington, Bentinck, and Forsyth Islands and the stretch of the mainland from Massacre Inlet to the Albert River. Today, most of the Lardil, Kaiadilt, and Yangkaal people live in the community township of Gununa on Mornington Island with a majority of the Gangalidda language group residing in the mainland communities of Burketown and Doomadgee.
The GRAC manage the Thuwarthu-Bujimulla Indigenous Protected Area (IPA), located off the coast of North Queensland in the Southern Gulf of Carpentaria. Dedicated in 2013, the IPA comprises over 1.6 million hectares of sea country and 120,000 hectares of land.
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Agent
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| Contact name |
Benjamin McDermid
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| Contact number |
07 4041 3833
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| Postal address |
PO Box 6662, CAIRNS QLD 4870
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| Office address |
Suite 2, Level 1, 104 Mulgrave Road, CAIRNS QLD 4870
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| PBC size |
Medium
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| Region |
QLD
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| Date of incorporation |
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| ICN (Indigenous Corporation Number) |
7139
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Justice Jeffrey Spender of the Federal Court made the determination on Mornington Island on Tuesday, recognising exclusive and non-exclusive native title rights on the Wellesley, South Wellesley, Forsyth and Bountiful Island groups, around 400km north of Mount Isa.
Queensland's seafood industry has praised a Federal Court decision protecting its fishing rights in the Gulf of Carpentaria, in the state's north.
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