Queensland: Handover Of Land Supports Traditional Ownership On Remote Aboriginal Community

Queensland: Handover Of Land Supports Traditional Ownership On Remote Aboriginal Community   The Aboriginal people of Hope Vale have been granted 110,000 hectares of freehold title land under the State's Aboriginal Land Act. They will also receive an ex-gratia payment of $6.5 million in compensation for the mining royalties collected by the Government from the site.   Natural Resources Minister Rachel Nolan said handing over the Hope Vale Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) formally...

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