A body appointed to represent Aboriginal land interests.
land councils identify those who, by traditional succession, inherit rights to particular land
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The Kooma people had been granted a sheep property through the indigenous lands council.
Because we developed our Wotjobaluk traditional land council, we had seven families there, and each have representatives, so they each have a say.
The Central Land Council says that it has only had one request for commercial development (other than the railway) since it has been in existence.
Although an independent organisation, it appears to have sought extensive assistance from the land council.
There was a conflict over demands made by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council for the return of archaeological materials on the basis of their spiritual values.
The idea that Aborigines could obtain rents from those industries as the price for access to the land has been promoted by the Aboriginal industry and the land councils.
Subject to particular categories of exception, land can be claimed by a Land Council if it is, at the time of the claim, vested in the Crown.
Resource developments tend to proceed more efficiently where negotiations are conducted by land councils, representing the traditional owners under land rights regimes.
Last week, he attended a national native title conference along with a hundred or so other native title lawyers from Australia's 25 native title representative bodies or land councils.
Land councils must find the money, must make the effort, to preserve the evidence prior to trial, whether by video recording or whether by taking early evidence.