Djabugay

In December 2004 Justice Jeffrey Spender of the Federal Court of Australia made a native title determination for the Djabugay people, the Traditional Owners of Barron Gorge National Park, with the Queensland Government and Cairns City Council.

The determination orders that Djabugay people have non-exclusive native title rights and interests in the 2,800 hectare park, 9 km north-west of Cairns.

The Djabugay people made their application for a determination of native title on 26 May 1994. The consent determination was the first to be made over a national park in Queensland without litigation.

The Djabugay people have expressed their willingness to exercise their rights in a manner compatible with the management of the national park which has 1.6 million visitors each year.

The determination will come into effect through an indigenous land use agreement (ILUA) between the applicants on behalf of the Djabugay people, the State of Queensland and the Djabugay Native Title Aboriginal Corporation.

You can read more in the National Native Title Tribunal backgrounder.

You can read more in the National Native Title Tribunal brochure.

You can see the area covered by the agreement in the location map.

Thanks to the National Native Title Tribunal for some of this information. For comprehensive information about Native Title and Indigenous Land Use Ageements, visit the National Native Title Tribunal website.