Yuibera people seek native title recognition
| 13/09/2006 |
People with interests in a central Queensland area under a native title claim may have the chance to mediate with the Yuibera People about how their rights will exist alongside native title rights.
The National Native Title Tribunal is placing advertisements in newspapers this week to let people know about the Yuibera people's native title application.
The Yuibera people lodged a native title application with the Federal Court over 1,232 square kilometres between Whitsunday in the north, Eungella in the east, Greenhill in the south and some adjacent islands.
The claimed area is over reserves, national parks, unallocated State land, State land in the Mackay area and islands surrounding Mackay. It falls within the local government areas of Boradsound Shire, Mackay, Mirani Shire and Sarina Shire. The Tribunal registered the application on 8 July 1998.
Tribunal regional manager, Ms Andrea Olsen, said people with interests in this area who wanted to work out how their rights could coexist with native title holders 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,’ she said.
‘The Tribunal conducts mediation, aiming 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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