Indigenous Land Corporation gpo box 652 Adelaide sa 5001

Table 10: Properties Granted 2013–14

Property Name	Location	State	Size (ha)
Cultural and/or Environmental Values
Alice Springs Railway Yard	Alice Springs	NT	0.6
Malimup Springs	Malimup Springs	WA	40.49
Culpra	Mildura	NSW	15,884
Socioeconomic Development
Kywong	Morisset	NSW	19.83
Bilwon Downs	Mareeba	QLD	38.8

Table 11: Divestment Schedule

Divestment schedule			Total
2013–14			10
2014–15			10
2015–16			10

Table 12: Properties approved for grant awaiting settlement

Property Name	Location	State	Size (ha)	Board Approval Date	Proposed Title Holding Body
Level 3, Black Theatre Building	Redfern	NSW	0.051	20 February 2013	Gadigal Information Services Aboriginal Corporation
Highland Park	Dorrigo	NSW	75.48	28 August 2013	Dorodong Association Incorporated
Jooldarno Farm	Nabawa	WA	795.66	18 December 2013	Naaguja Warangkarri Aboriginal Corporation
Lake Pleasant View	Manypeaks	WA	6.010	18 December 2013	Albany Heritage Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation
Kalamunda Road (24)	South Guildford	WA	0.251	23 April 2014	Burnna Yurral Aboriginal Corporation
Mt Barker, Lot 2	Harcourt North	VIC	46.00	23 April 2014	Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation
Maidenwell Acres	Maidenwell	QLD	127.36	23 April 2014	Bunya Wakka Wakka Cultural and Heritage Aboriginal Corporation
Hoddle Street (292)	Abbotsford	VIC	0.011	18 June 2014	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation Family Violence Protection Legal Service Victoria
Eurool Station	Walgett	NSW	4,518.00	18 June 2014	Eurool Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation

Programme Highlight

Jooldarnoo Farm

Western Australia

A grant ceremony was held for Jooldarnoo Farm near Nabawa in Western Australia (Naaguja Warrangkarri Aboriginal Corporation). The acquisition has enabled Traditional Owners from 
the Geraldton region to re-establish their cultural and spiritual links to the land.

Jooldarnoo Farm takes its name from the ancestral history of the property. Jooldarnoo gave birth to two children at the Jones Swamp site that runs through the property from the Chapman River and sits adjacent to the farm.

The ILC purchased Jooldarnoo Farm for $1.7m and provided funding for capital improvements, capacity development, soil testing, purchase of plant and equipment, and repairs and maintenance to infrastructure.

The property provides opportunities for the 94 Naaguja members to maintain their strong links with the land and their culture through activities such as regular working bees, gatherings, native title meetings and bi-annual family reunions, which 200 family members regularly attend.

ILC assistance helped complete a cultural centre in October 2013. This was a major milestone for Naaguja, providing ongoing opportunities for employment, training, economic, social and cultural benefits.

The cultural centre is also used by Weeara Pty Ltd to deliver cultural awareness workshops to Oakajee Port and Rail personnel, contractors, local schools and rural medical students.

Naaguja has invested considerable money and labour in improving the property and carrying out land management activities to conserve and regenerate the biodiversity and improve infrastructure on the property.

Since the acquisition, the property has generated employment, training and social benefits. These include one full-time caretaker, one part-time position and 12 casual positions. Remote Jobs and Communities (RJCP) opportunities allow participants to work on the property in fencing, windmill maintenance, land care and water management. Sixteen RJCP participants undertook work on the property in 2014–15.

Naaguja members have an ongoing working relationship with Chapman Valley Shire and Landcare which assisted with environmental management. Naaguja members carried out work to improve biodiversity and minimise potential environmental risks by fencing creek lines and rivers, revegetation work, removal of vermin and weed control. In 2013–14, 10 sites were protected across the property.

Collaboration with a range of other agencies was crucial to the successful development of the property. Support was provided by Lotterywest, the Department of Regional Development and Lands, Department of Indigenous Affairs, Chapman Valley Shire and the Northern Agricultural Catchment Council. The ILC and Naaguja have executed the relevant documents to transfer the land and the legal process is under way.

The land grant and ILC assistance has helped address dispossession; given people a sense of belonging and ownership; and pride in cultural connection to our Ancestors’ land, where we walk with dignity and determination to a future of self-sufficiency of our own making.

Naaguja Warangkarri Aboriginal Corporation, Board of Directors 2012.