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Ewamian People #2 Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)

Date: 23 December 1999
Sub Category:Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) (Native Title Act)
Place:Forsayth
State/Country:Queensland, Australia
The ILUA covers an area of four hectares on part lot 7, USL 311, Parish of Castleton, Etheridge Shire, Queensland. The ILUA is within the Etheridge Shire Council and the Cairns & District ATSIC region.
Legal Status: Registered with the National Native Title Tribunal
Legal Reference: National Native Title Tribunal File No: QIA1999/001
Subject Matter:Future Act | | Land Use | Native Title
Summary Information:
The Ewamian People #2 Indigenous Land Use Agreement (the ILUA) gives the consent of the Ewamian People for the State to grant a lease to Telstra on which to construct a radio facility in Forsayth, northern Queensland. Without this consent, the future act provisions and longer time frames of the right to negotiate process under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) would apply to the grant. The lease is granted for twenty years with an option to renew for a further twenty years. The agreement allows Telstra to construct the facility prior to the agreement being registered as an ILUA.

Related Entries

  • Ewamian - Etheridge Shire Council (Charleston Dam Project) Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)
  • Organisation
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
  • Etheridge Shire Council
  • National Native Title Tribunal
  • Telstra Corporation Limited - Signatory
  • North Queensland Land Council (NQLC)
  • Tatampi Puranga Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC - Signatory
  • Legislation
  • Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)
  • Native Title Amendment Act 1998 (Cth)
  • Native Title (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Regulations 1999 (Cth)
  • People
  • Ewamian People
  • Ronald Richard & others - Signatory

  • References

    Resource
    National Native Title Tribunal (30 September 2010) Registered ILUAs by Name

    Documents

    Ewamian People #2 Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) Map - ( Image | Thumbnail | PDF)

    Glossary

    Native Title (Australia) | Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) (Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)) (Australia)

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