Book: Welcome to country spoken in Dhauwurd Wurrung / Vicki Couzens -- Introduction : Gunditjmara country; the arrival of the British colony and the Federation of Australia; Onus v. Alcoa -- Agreeing on native title -- Recognising Gunditjmara -- Land justice -- Having a row -- Gunditj Mirring traditional owners Corporation
Summary
Tells the story of the Gunditjmara's fight for their land from the early 1800s to the consent determination for their country, celebrated in March 2007; contact history of the area including the Eumerella Wars; setting up of Lake Condah Mission; discusses the legal significance of the court case undertaken by Sandra Onus and Christine Frankland against Alcoa, which resulted in the mission land being handed back to the Gunditjmara; how native title for the area was negotiated; establishment of the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Corporation; Tyrendarra Indigenous Protected Area; Lake Condah Sustainable Development Project and the work towards the re-flooding of Lake Condah
Analysis
Native title
Victoria
Land tenure
Native Title Act 1993
Gunditjmara (Aboriginal people)
Notes
AIATSIS Native Title Research Unit
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 40)
Notes
Copy held is a photocopy and does not include DVD VDU
