After 15 years and a commitment of over $20 million, the NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) will be ceasing financial contributions to the Aboriginal Communities Water and Sewerage Program (ACWSP or ‘the Program’) from 1 July 2023.…
Recipients Chosen for the NSW Aboriginal Land Council 2023 Educational Scholarship
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) congratulates university students Abby Newlin and Nathan Weldon-Bowen, who have each been awarded the 2023 NSW Aboriginal Land Council Educational Scholarship.
The $10,000 Scholarship is aimed at penultimate year Aboriginal students at a tertiary institution in NSW.…
NSWALC Council Communique – Meeting 440
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) met for its 440th meeting in Parramatta from Wednesday 15 March to Thursday 16 March 2023.
A number of topics were discussed, including a review of the Land Dealings Policy, a revised 2022-2023 Budget and expansion of the Aboriginal Community Connector initiative, to include four additional communities.…
NSWALC Council Communique – Meeting 439
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) met for its 439th meeting in Parramatta from Wednesday 15 February to Thursday 16 February 2023.
A number of topics were discussed, including areas below.
NSWALC Educational Scholarship
The NSWALC Council has made a decision on the two successful applicants for the 2023 NSWALC Educational Scholarship.…
Bringing Their Spirits Home: Aboriginal Soldiers in World War Ⅰ
35,000 kilometres is a very long way to travel.
That’s the distance Joe Flick clocked up, to complete his work with the Winston Churchill Trust on a project called “Bringing Their Spirits Home”, to increase the recognition of World War Ⅰ Aboriginal soldiers in Australia and internationally.…
Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Bill 2022
25 November 2022
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) would like to inform the Land Rights Network that further to the 9 November 2022 Network Message, the Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Bill 2022 (the Bill) has now passed the NSW Parliament.…
NSW Reconstruction Authority to be created
24 November 2022
The Reconstruction Authority Bill 2022 passed NSW Parliament on 17 November 2022.
The Bill will establish an NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSWRA) and is modelled on a similar agency established in Queensland 11 years ago. The Bill is the NSW Government’s response to a key recommendation of the NSW Flood Inquiry held earlier this year.…
Collarenebri’s Community Spirit in Flood Crisis
11 November 2022
The roar of the helicopter overhead echoes across town as it prepares to land near Collarenebri Central School, laden with essential supplies for a community isolated by floodwaters.
Collarenebri’s a small town on the Barwon River northeast of Walgett, and like many other parts of NSW is continuing to deal with rising floodwaters in what’s known as “Blue Sky Floods”.…
A New Life for Peat Island
4 November 2022
A bright new future is ahead for Kooroowall-Undi, or Peat Island, on the NSW Central Coast, following an historic ownership transfer to the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council.
The island and a portion of the mainland foreshore at Mooney Mooney on Deerubbin, or the Hawkesbury River, are now owned by the DLALC, following an eight-year process and 10 months of intense negotiations.…