Monthly native title updates
South East Consent Determination
On Friday, 24 October, First Nations of the South East (FNSE) and Ngarrindjeri peoples came together at 42 Mile Crossing in Coorong National Park – where the Federal Court of Australia formally recognised both groups as native title holders over a shared area in South Australia’s south-east.
This important determination covers land from the southern tip of the Coorong National Park, stretching east towards Gum Lagoon Conservation Park, and includes the culturally significant site of Sandy’s Hut, a place deeply connected to generations of families and Ancestors.
Both groups paid tribute to Elders past, whose resilience and leadership made this recognition possible – a testament to their enduring connection to Country, culture, and community.
Photos: First Nations South East and Ngarrindjeri native title holders following the consent determination on Country.
Look out for an Aboriginal Way podcast episode about this next week.
Future Leaders Road Trip
A group of Aboriginal young people have just returned from SANTS’s inaugural youth leadership program, learning how to lead on Country.
Starting in the heart of Australia for the 40th anniversary of the handback of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park to its Aṉangu Traditional Owners, participants then travelled back to Kaurna Country by bus. Camping along the way, they met with Traditional Owners to learn about Country, culture and the work of PBCs.
The Future Leaders Road Trip has been endorsed and supported by many PBCs and discussed at forums across the state over the past year. It aims to strengthen young people’s connection to Country and culture, while supporting them as future leaders of their own land and waters.
Join us for Nauo Fest
Join the Nauo community for a celebration of their community, culture and native title on Country at NAUO FEST this November.
Proudly presented by Nauo Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC, this celebration comes after the Nauo people’s final native title application concluded in September 2024, when Justice O’Bryan from the Federal Court of Australia recognised their native title rights and interests over the southern
tip of the Eyre Peninsula.
Prominent musicians Electric Fields, the Warren Milera Band and the Ellie Lovegrove & Tony Minnecon band will perform at the Coffin Bay Foreshore on Saturday, 15 November from 4pm onwards. There’ll be a jumping castle, face painting and orb soccer for the little ones, and food and bar facilities available for all.
Free entry and everyone is welcome.
The fourth Kaurna Ancestor reburial at Wangayarta
The Kaurna community (alongside friends and allies) came together on Tuesday, 21 October for a fourth and final reburial ceremony of their Ancestors at Wangayarta.
The southern mound, one of four reburial mounds at Wangayarta, was created for the reburial of Kaurna ancestors disturbed from the southern areas of Kaurna Country over the last century.
Wangayarta is a memorial/reburial park that was designed by the Kaurna community in 2019-2020 as a pilot repatriation project here in South Australia. Led by the Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation, the park was created to re-inter disturbed Ancestors held for decades at the South Australian Museum and the Adelaide University.
Emotional ceremonies have already been held at Wangayarta for Kaurna Ancestors from the northern, western and eastern parts of Kaurna Country since the first in December 2021.
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