Appendix 14: Local Aboriginal land councils & Indigenous areas 1.1 Local Aboriginal land councils There are 31 local Aboriginal Land Councils, 17 Aboriginal Places and 5 Aboriginal Areas in the Region. A list of the local Aboriginal Land Councils in the Region and their general location is provided in Table 1 and shown in Figure 1.

Table 1 Local Aboriginal land councils Map Id Local Aboriginal Land General location Council 1 Amaroo Walcha 2 Armidale Armidale 3 Baryulgil Baryulgil 4 5 Birrigan Gargle Yamba 6 Bogal Casino 7 Bowraville Bowraville 8 Bunyah Wauchope 9 Casino Casino 10 Coffs Harbour 11 Dorrigo Plateau Dorrigo 12 Glen Innes Glen Innes 13 Grafton–Ngerrie Grafton 14 Gugin Gudduba 15 Guyra Guyra 16 Jali Ballina 17 Jana Ngalee Kempsey 18 Jubullum 19 Kempsey Kempsey 20 Moombahlene Tenterfield 21 Muli Muli Urbenville 22 Nambucca Nambucca 23 Ngulingah Lismore 24 Purfleet/ Taree 25 Stuart Island Tribal Elders Nambucca Heads Descendants 26 Tamworth Tamworth 27 Thunggutti Bellbrook 28 Tweed Byron Tweed Heads 29 Unincorporated Evans Head 30 Unkya Macksville 31 Yaegl Maclean

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Figure 1 Local Aboriginal Land Councils

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1.2 Indigenous areas A list of the Aboriginal Areas and Aboriginal Places declared under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 in the Region and their general location is provided in Table 2. A map of the location of Aboriginal Areas and Aboriginal Places is provided in Figure 14 of the Plan.

Table 2 Aboriginal areas and places Name Tenure Area General location (ha) Aboriginal Area Dubay Nurahm National Parks & Wildlife 6 Wardell Jubullum Flat Camp National Parks & Wildlife 7 Tabulam Nunguu Mirral National Parks & Wildlife 123 Valla Nambucca National Parks & Wildlife 2 Nambucca Lennox Head National Parks & Wildlife 0.3 Lennox Head Aboriginal Places Burrel Bulai Bellbrook Carrai Waterholes Private land 2 Carrai plateau Casino Ground Private land 33 Casino Chinamans Creek Forests NSW & private land 18 Timbarra plateau Devils Chimney National Parks & Wildlife 135 National Park Jubullum Flat Camp National Parks & Wildlife 7 Tabulam Long Gully Private land 34 Bellbrook Mimiga Gaungan (St National Parks & Wildlife & 10 Woolgoolga Marys Waterhole) Forests NSW Nymboida Aboriginal Crown lands & private land 7 Nymboida Place Goorumbil (Parrots Nest) Private land 1 Lismore Waratah and Sugarloaf National Parks & Wildlife 1040 Gibraltar Range & Washpool Trig National Park The Three Brothers National Parks & Wildlife, 2275 Laurieton Mountains Crown lands & private land Ti Tree (Taylors) Lake Crown land and private land 68 Tooloom Falls Crown land and private land 4 Urbenville Ukerebagh Island National Parks & Wildlife 83 Tweed Heads Woolool Wooloolni Private land 414 Tenterfield (Wellington Rock) Indigenous protected areas and Indigenous land use agreements There is one Indigenous Protected Area within the Region at Wattleridge, north-east of Guyra. It was declared in 2001 and is part of ’s National Reserve System (DEWHA 2008). Four Indigenous Land Use Agreements have been registered within the Region. Two Indigenous Land Use Agreements have been registered at Byron Bay, the first in 2001 with from northern NSW and the second in 2008 with the within the Byron Shire Council region.

The other Indigenous Land Use Agreements were registered with the Githabul Nation Aboriginal Corporation in the Kyogle– district and at Ti Tree Lake (Taylors Lake) south of Byron Bay in 2008 with the Bundjalung People of Byron Bay and Arakwal Aboriginal Corporation.

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References Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 2008, Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Areas - Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area, Canberra. Available at

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