Kowanyama Aboriginal Community

Category: People
Place:Kowanyama
State/Country:Far North Queensland, Australia
Summary Information:
'The Kowanyama community is a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) land which comprises the direct descendants of the Indigenous habitants of the Lower Mitchell and Alice Rivers and neighbouring areas now held by pastoral tenants. These include the Kokoberra, Yir Yorant (or Kokomnjen) and Kunjen clans. The Kowanyama community has a population of approximately 1,200 (as of June 2001), with about 93 per cent of the total population being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin.' (Queensland Government, January 2007)

Related Entries

  • Pormpuraaw 'Rowoarr Community Justice Rehabilitation Service' Shared Responsibility Agreement (SRA)
  • Kowanyama People v State of Queensland [2009] FCA 1192 (22 October 2009) - Native Title Claimant
  • Kowanyama People - Child Safe House Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)
  • Errk Oykangand National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)
  • Kowanyama Pastoral Area Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)
  • Carpentaria Shire Council Kowanyama Area Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) (Part B)
  • Greenwool & Ors on behalf of the Kowanyama People v State of Queensland [2012] FCA1377 (Kowanyama People Part C)
    • People
  • Inkerman Traditional Owners

    • References

    Resource
    Meeting Challenges, Making Choices Kowanyama

    Glossary

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Australia) | Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) (Australia)
    Created:Monday, 15 January 2007
    Modified:Monday, 15 January 2007

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    Published by the Indigenous Studies Program, The University of Melbourne, October 2007.
    Photographs © Odette Mazel 2007.