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The Kurundi consent determination was made by Reeves J on the 14th July 2011. The determination relates to an area of land covered by a pastoral lease known as kurundi station. The applicants include four land-holding groups: the Mirtartu, Warupunju, Arrawajin and Tijampara People.

The rights and interests specified in the order cover access; residence; hunting, gathering and fishing; taking and using natural resources and water; lighting fires for domestic purposes (but not for clearing vegetation); access, maintenance and protection of important sites; conducting ceremonies, cultural activities, meetings, teaching (with a qualified right to privacy); making decisions about the use and enjoyment of the land and waters by aboriginal people who recognise themselves as governed by traditional law and custom; sharing or exchanging natural resources including traditional items made from the natural resources; and being accompanied by non-native title holders under some circumstances.

Mpwerempwer Aboriginal Corporation is the registered native title body corporate for the consent native title determination in Rex on behalf of the Akwerlpe-Waake, Iliyarne, Lyentyawel Ileparranem and Arrawatyen People v Northern Territory of Australia [2010] FCA 911 (7 September 2010). The determination area covers 2,949 square kilometres of the Singleton pastoral lease area. The native title rights and interests are the rights possessed under, and exercisable in accordance with, the native title holders’ traditional laws and customs, including the right to:

• access and travel on land and waters;
• the right to live on the land for all purposes;
• the right to hunt, gather, take and use the natural resources of the land and waters, including the right to access, take and use natural water resources;
• the right to access, maintain and protect places and areas of importance;
• the rights to engage in cultural activities, conduct ceremonies, hold meeting, teach the physical and spiritual attributes of places and areas of importance;
• the right to make decisions about the use and enjoyment of the land and waters; and
• the right to share and exchange natural resources obtained on or from the land and waters, including traditional items made from the natural resources.

Mt Denison Aboriginal Corporation acts as an agent for the native title rights and interests of the Rrkwer/Mamp/Arrwek, Yinjirrpikurlangu, Janyinpartinya, Yanarilyi/Anerely and Ngarliyikirlangu landholding groups. The groups have non-exclusive native title over the Mt Denison pastoral lease.

The native title application was originally filed in December 2013. The traditional owners’ native title rights and interests were recognised in the Mt Denison Pastoral Lease determination of 16 June 2016. Central Land Council chair Francis Kelly said he hoped the determination over the lease, which is still being run as a cattle station, would improve the relationship between the traditional owners and the lease holders, and make it easier for them to share the country.