Native title claim lodged in central Queensland
| 13/09/2006 |
People with interests in a central Queensland area under a native title claim have an opportunity to respond to the Barada Barna Kabalbara and Yetimarla people's native title application and take part in any future negotiations to resolve the claim.
The National Native Title Tribunal is placing advertisements in newspapers this week to let people know about the native title application.
The application covers 5,968sq km of land and waters 200km north-west of Rockhampton. The area includes Coppabella in the south-west, Elphinstone and Nebo in the north-west and Koumala in the north-east and falls within the Belyando, Broadsound, Nebo and Sarina shires.
The Tribunal registered the application on 20 April 2001.
Tribunal regional manager, Ms Andrea Olsen, said people with interests in this area who wanted to take part in the process could apply to the Federal Court to become a registered party.
‘If they have legitimate interests in the area and the Federal Court refers the application to the Tribunal for mediation, they will have the opportunity to participate in meetings with the applicants and other parties, conducted by the Tribunal.’ she said.
‘The aim of these meetings is to resolve issues and reach voluntary agreements that respect everyone's rights and interests.’
Not all areas of land and water within the application's external boundaries are claimed as the application excludes private freehold land. In almost all cases native title rights, if recognised by the court, co-exist with existing land uses.
Any person or organisation with an interest in the claim has until 27 December 2006 to apply to the Registrar of the Federal Court to become a party to the application.
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