Australian Local Government Association

Determinations

The Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagalk native title determinations in western Victoria

In December 2005, the first consent determination of native title in south eastern Australia was handed down by the Federal Court of Australia. The claim was first lodged in 1995 and following many years of intense negotiations, was finally resolved in 2005.

The terms of the settlement involve a determination which recognises native title rights to hunt, fish, gather and camp for personal, domestic and non-commercial communal needs along approximately 153 km of the length of the Wimmera River, and a determination that native title does not exist over the remainder of the claim area.

» Read more about the Wotjobaluk determination.