25 January 2022
Commemorating January 26, 2022
January 26 is our Day of Mourning, Invasion Day. The day we reaffirm our survival.
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) calls on governments to abolish the date. For too long, we have had to endure a day that symbolises pain and suffering for our people.…
19 January 2022
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) would like to congratulate university student Luke Hodge, who has been awarded the 2022 NSW Aboriginal Land Council Educational Scholarship.
The $10,000 Scholarship is aimed at penultimate year students at a tertiary institution in NSW.…
26 November 2021
Special Event Grant Funding Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy
On 26 January 1972, four young men set up a beach umbrella on the lawns opposite Parliament House in Canberra.
Describing the umbrella as the Aboriginal Embassy, Michael Anderson, Billy Craigie, Bertie Williams and Tony Coorey were protesting the-then McMahon Government’s approach to Aboriginal Land Rights.…
30 November 2021
New Chairperson and Deputy to lead the NSW Aboriginal Land Council
Councillor Danny Chapman has been elected Chairperson of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC), the largest member-based Aboriginal organisation in Australia.
Cr Chapman, representing the South Coast Region, was elected by the nine Councillors who met today for the bi-annual Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson election.…
26 November 2021
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) is pleased to inform the Land Rights network that the NSWALC Annual Report 2020-2021 is now available online.
The NSWALC Annual Report was submitted to The Hon. Don Harwin, MLC Minister and has been presented to the NSW Parliament on 23 November 2021.…
24 November 2021
The NSW Minister for Aboriginal Affairs has tabled a report on the 5-yearly review of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983NSW (ALRA) in NSW Parliament today.
The report canvasses opportunities to strengthen Aboriginal Land Rights to deliver social, cultural and economic outcomes, reflecting Aboriginal Land Council network and community feedback.…
12 November 2021
Today the Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) and Minister for Water, Property and Housing, Melinda Pavey, announced an historic Aboriginal Land Agreement over land and land claims in Orange, NSW.
The agreement negotiated between the NSW Government, Orange LALC, Orange City Council and the NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) will see 86 hectares of land returned to the Aboriginal community providing both cultural and economic benefits.…
9 November 2021
Recently, the ABC Four Corners program reported on the sale of two parcels of land at Hawks Nest by the Karuah Local Aboriginal Land Council (KLALC).
The decision to sell the land was taken by KLALC members at a meeting held in December 2016.…
