28 March 2013 Bendigo, Victoria Recognition and Settlement Agreement - Volume 1 of 2 under the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 (Vic) between Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and The State of Victoria Recognition and Settlement Agreement.indd 1 25/03/13 4:54 PM Cover artwork by Dja Dja Wurrung artist, Sam Kerr, entitled ‘Mindye’s pathway guides us though our struggles’. © Sam Kerr Recognition and Settlement Agreement.indd 3 25/03/13 4:54 PM Recognition and Settlement Agreement under s 4 of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 (Vic) between The Honourable Robert Clark, MP, Attorney-General for and on behalf of the State of Victoria and Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation Indigenous Corporation Number 4421 1134074_11\C Table of Contents 1. Commencement ..................................................................................................5 2. Recognition.........................................................................................................5 2.1 Traditional Owner Rights............................................................................5 2.2 Notification by the State .............................................................................6 2.3 Protocol on acknowledgements and welcomes to country............................6 2.4 Interpretive information ..............................................................................6 2.5 Other recognition measures – Lake Boort ...................................................6 2.6 Local Government Engagement Strategy ....................................................7 3. Land ....................................................................................................................7 3.1 Grant of estate in fee simple ......................................................................7 3.2 Grant of Aboriginal title ..............................................................................7 3.3 Transfer of rights to the State over Aboriginal title ......................................7 3.4 Condition of the land ..................................................................................8 3.5 Land Agreement component of Initial Outcomes Review .............................8 3.6 Letter of support ........................................................................................9 4. Land Use Activity Agreement .............................................................................9 5. Funding...............................................................................................................9 5.1 Payment of the Funds ................................................................................9 5.2 Participation Agreement .............................................................................9 5.3 Economic Development Funds .................................................................10 5.4 Grant Funding Agreement ........................................................................12 5.5 Mount Barker Property .............................................................................12 6. Natural Resources ............................................................................................13 6.1 Ministerial consultation.............................................................................13 6.2 Land to which this clause 6 applies ..........................................................13 6.3 Natural Resource Management Participation Strategies ............................13 6.4 Access And Use Provisions ......................................................................13 6.5 Authorisation Order area ..........................................................................14 6.6 Operation of Authorisation Order ..............................................................14 6.7 Principles of Sustainability Provisions.......................................................14 6.8 Variations and new Authorisation Orders etc ............................................15 6.9 Exercise of Traditional Owner Rights........................................................15 6.10 Fisheries exemption .................................................................................15 6.11 Confirmation of membership.....................................................................15 6.12 No fetter on statutory discretion................................................................15 6.13 Corporation liability ..................................................................................16 7. Economic Development ....................................................................................16 7.1 Acknowledgement ....................................................................................16 26/03/2013 i 1134074_11\C Table of Contents 7.2 Employment.............................................................................................16 7.3 Other economic development ...................................................................16 7.4 Economic development component of Initial Outcomes Review .................17 8. Consideration and State to deliver benefits under the Settlement Package ...17 9. Compliance by Corporation's members ...........................................................18 10. Implementation Plan .........................................................................................18 11. Review...............................................................................................................18 11.1 Implementation review .............................................................................18 11.2 Initial outcomes review.............................................................................18 11.3 Periodic outcomes review.........................................................................18 12. Notice of Breach ...............................................................................................19 13. Dispute resolution ............................................................................................19 13.1 Parties must follow dispute resolution procedure ......................................19 13.2 Notice of Dispute .....................................................................................19 13.3 Meeting of the panel ................................................................................20 13.4 Mediation.................................................................................................20 13.5 Agreement continues ...............................................................................20 14. Variation............................................................................................................20 15. Agreement to bind the Corporation's successors ...........................................20 16. State's Obligations Conditional........................................................................21 17. General..............................................................................................................21 17.1 Communications ......................................................................................21 17.2 Entire understanding ................................................................................21 17.3 Counterparts............................................................................................21 17.4 Governing Law.........................................................................................21 17.5 Compliance with Laws..............................................................................22 17.6 Time to act...............................................................................................22 17.7 Severability..............................................................................................22 18. Definitions and Interpretation ..........................................................................22 18.1 Definitions ...............................................................................................22 18.2 Interpretation ...........................................................................................26 Schedule 1 Agreement Area .....................................................................................29 Schedule 2 Notification by the State (Clause 2.2) ....................................................44 Schedule 3 Specific Notifications (Clause 2.2).........................................................47 Schedule 4 Protocol on Acknowledgements and Welcomes to Country (Clause 2.3) 49 26/03/2013 ii 1134074_11\C Table of Contents Schedule 5 Interpretive information Protocol (Clause 2.4) ......................................54 Schedule 6 Local Government Engagement Strategy (Clause 2.6) ..........................55 Schedule 7 Grant of estate in fee simple (Clause 3.1)..............................................57 Schedule 8 Ministerial consent to the grant of land (Clause 3.1 and 3.2)................58 Schedule 9 Grant of Aboriginal title (Clause 3.2) .....................................................59 Schedule 10 Information regarding condition of land (Clause 3.4)............................68 Schedule 11 Land Use Activity Agreement (Clause 4) ...............................................75 Schedule 12 Participation Agreement (Clause 5.2) ....................................................76 Schedule 13 Grant Funding Agreement (Clause 5.4)..................................................77 Schedule 14 Natural Resource Ministerial consultation