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Welcome...
to the NSW Aboriginal Land Council website.
This site provides up-to-date information on the objectives, services and activities of the NSWALC and its members and information on issues affecting Aboriginal people in NSW and around Australia.
The nine-member New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council was elected following a statewide poll on May 19, 2007.
The newly elected Council met for the first time on May 30 and 31 and elected Central Coast Councillor Bev Manton as Chairperson, and Northern Region Councillor Tom Briggs as Deputy Chairperson. Click here for details of each Councillor by region.
NSWALC'S EDUCATION REVOLUTION
NSWALC has announced a $30million Education Endowment Fund which is targeted at providing Aboriginal People in NSW with a broad range of educational and vocational opportunities. The new education endowment fund will run in conjunction with the existing Freddie Fricke scholarship which is targeted soley at tertiary education. Click here to access the application forms for both scholarships.
COMMUNITY LAND AND BUSINESS PLAN
Under the 2006 amendments to the ALRA, it is mandatory for all Land Councils to prepare and implement a community, land and business plan. Click here to access the community, land and business plan package.
CONTACT DETAILS FOR LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCILS
Please click here for a list of all the contact information of the Local Aboriginal Land Councils.
June 10, 2008 marked the 25th anniversary of the proclamation of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act in New South Wales.
The anniversary was marked with a special sitting of NSWALC’s Governing Council in the NSW Parliament. For more information click here
An election for the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council was held on May 19, 2007.
A full list of candidates, polling places, results and other electoral information is available here at the NSW Electoral Commission website.
Please click here for information on memberships of Local Aboriginal Land Councils.
