{"id":21660,"date":"2023-07-04T15:06:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T15:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=21660"},"modified":"2023-07-04T15:06:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T15:06:43","slug":"40th-anniversary-of-aboriginal-land-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/07\/04\/40th-anniversary-of-aboriginal-land-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"40th anniversary of Aboriginal Land Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NSW Government is working to approve more Aboriginal land claims to support social, cultural, and economic benefits for Aboriginal communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The celebration of NAIDOC Week this week follows last month\u2019s 40th anniversary of the commencement of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Monday 10 June 1983, a total of 4396 land claims have been granted or partly granted by Crown Lands, and 168,438 hectares of land has been returned to Aboriginal land councils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far in 2022\/23, Crown Lands has assessed 596 land claims with 403 granted in whole or in part, and 3932 hectares of land returned to 56 different Aboriginal land councils. Some recently approved land claims have included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2 blocks of land covering 209.2 hectares at Miandetta will be returned to Nyngan Local Aboriginal Land Council<\/li><li>88.5 hectares of bushland, formerly part of Kingsgate Mines, bordering the Yarrow River will be returned to Glen Innes Local Aboriginal Land Council<\/li><li>3 blocks of land with a combined size of 6.47 hectares around Narromine will be returned to Narromine Local Aboriginal Land Council<\/li><li>1082 square metres of land adjoining Hay Courthouse including an unoccupied 3-bedroom former residence returned to Hay Local Aboriginal Land Council.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty David Harris:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe NSW Aboriginal Land Council and Local Aboriginal Land Councils have a right to lodge land claims under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, which are assessed to statutory criteria to determine if the land is lawfully used or occupied or needed for an essential public purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the land is not occupied or needed the claim can be granted, which supports the social, cultural, and economic wellbeing of Aboriginal communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Lands and Property Steve Kamper:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese land claims have delivered fantastic results to local communities across the state, as land is not just a physical asset but also deeply connected to cultural identity and spiritual beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCrown Lands is working closely with the NSW Aboriginal Land Council and Local Aboriginal Land Councils to deliver tangible outcomes for Aboriginal communities and peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government is working to approve more Aboriginal land claims to support social, cultural, and economic benefits for Aboriginal communities. The celebration of NAIDOC Week this week follows last month\u2019s 40th anniversary of the commencement of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983. Since Monday 10 June 1983, a total of 4396 land claims have &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/07\/04\/40th-anniversary-of-aboriginal-land-rights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;40th anniversary of Aboriginal Land Rights&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21661,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21660\/revisions\/21661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}