The Ayapathu Aboriginal Corporation holds native title in trust for the Ayapathu people. The Court recognised the Ayapathu people’s native title rights and interests on 6 July 2022. That proceeding formed part of the Cape York United #1 claim. 

The Ayapathu people have, other in relation to water, the exclusive right to possession, occupation, use and enjoyment of the determination area.

The Guwa-Koa Aboriginal Corporation (GKAC) was established to hold and manage the native title rights and interests of the Koa People. On 6 October 2021, we were formally recognised as Native Title Holders over about 8,678 square kilometers of our traditional land and waters in Queensland’s north-west region. The native title determination area lies in the upper Diamantina River catchment area and includes the towns of Winton, Kynuna, Corfield and Middleton. The significance of achieving native title provides justice for our ancestors who were removed from their birth land.