Australia returns 50,000 hectares of land to Aboriginals:
Excerpt: In April an agreement was finally reached. On Tuesday the title deeds to the 55,000 hectares of the Kenbi land claim, covering the Cox peninsula on the western side of Darwin harbour, were officially handed back....
It was awarded to just six individuals, known as the Tommy Lyons group, and a separate group of Larrakia people have maintained their claims of ownership and unhappiness at the decision.....Long negotiations with government over the cost of cleaning up toxic waste and arms materials on the land also caused delays and tension......was the fourth land handback ceremony this month, totally more than 200,000 hectares. More than 40% of the Northern Territory, including 85% of its coastline, now officially belongs to its traditional owners.
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jun/21/at-last-kenbi-land-returned-to-aboriginal-owners-after-37-year-fight
Excerpt: In April an agreement was finally reached. On Tuesday the title deeds to the 55,000 hectares of the Kenbi land claim, covering the Cox peninsula on the western side of Darwin harbour, were officially handed back....
It was awarded to just six individuals, known as the Tommy Lyons group, and a separate group of Larrakia people have maintained their claims of ownership and unhappiness at the decision.....Long negotiations with government over the cost of cleaning up toxic waste and arms materials on the land also caused delays and tension......was the fourth land handback ceremony this month, totally more than 200,000 hectares. More than 40% of the Northern Territory, including 85% of its coastline, now officially belongs to its traditional owners.
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jun/21/at-last-kenbi-land-returned-to-aboriginal-owners-after-37-year-fight