Experts are calling it Australia’s first treaty with Indigenous people.
A group of six claimant groups across Perth and south-west Western Australia have been granted a historic land rights settlement. Experts say it’s Australia’s first treaty with Indigenous people.
The settlement covers 200,000 square kilometres and formalises six land-use agreements which recognise Noongar people as traditional owners of the land. It’s worth an estimated $1.3 billion and covers nearly 30,000 Noongar people.
University of NSW constitutional lawyer and native title expert George Williams told Crikey the settlement was historic.
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