People with an interest in native title and related matters are now able to conduct their own searches of the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUA Register) through the National Native Title Tribunal’s website. To date, 417 ILUAs have been finalised across the country. 

Registered ILUAs can be searched, and copies of extracts from particular ILUAs, attachments, and maps, can now be viewed online and downloaded.

The ILUA Register is an electronic document library located in the Tribunal’s information systems which recently has been upgraded to facilitate online searching by members of the public.

Tribunal Registrar Stephanie Fryer-Smith

Tribunal Registrar Stephanie Fryer-Smith said the new online service was a very important one for anyone who required, or was interested in obtaining, information about registered ILUAs.

“The ability to search and view the Register online is a great step forward as it permits people who are seeking information about a particular ILUA, or ILUAs generally, to access that information at their own convenience," Ms Fryer-Smith said.

"Relevant information is now quickly and easily available to anyone who has access to a computer and the web.

Previously, it was possible to search a log of registered ILUAs, but if people required more than basic information about a particular ILUA, they had to approach the Tribunal personally to obtain it.

“The Tribunal is confident that the information relating to registered ILUAs now available online will be valuable to many people who are participants in the native title system, including the public. We hope that the availability and use of the online Register will increase public awareness of the nature and importance of ILUAs in the native title system,” Ms Fryer-Smith said.

Use the link on the right of this page to view and search the ILUA Register. Alternatively, go to the home page of the Tribunal’s website and select ‘Search Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements’ from the ‘Indigenous land use agreements’ drop down menu.