Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council

Category: Organisation
Sub Category:Aboriginal Community Council | Local Government
Place:Mapoon
State/Country:Queensland, Australia
URL: http://www.mapoon.com/
Summary Information:
The Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council is the local government body for the Mapoon area. It was officially opened on 18 November 2003. Council elections under the auspices of the Aboriginal Coordinating Council (ACC) were held for the first time in March 2000, following which the ACC formally recognised Mapoon as a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) community.
Detailed Information:
The township of Mapoon was formerly a Presbyterian mission established in 1891 with the aim of preventing the local people, in particular the children, from maintaining language and culture. By 1907, under the Reformatories Act, it was operating as an industrial school with dormitories filled with forcibly removed children from all over the Cape. In the 1950s, the discovery of bauxite saw mining leases given to Comalco Limited and Alcan. The Mission announced closure and residents were told to go elsewhere. Many refused to go, which in 1963 led to the Department of Native Affairs deploying police to burn the houses and remove the people to New Mapoon. By 1973 people were returning to the site.

Related Entries

  • Comalco Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) (Western Cape Communities Co-existence Agreement) - Signatory
  • Alcan South Pacific Agreement
  • Western Cape Regional Partnership Heads of Agreement - Signatory
  • Ely Bauxite Mining Project Agreement - Signatory
  • PNG Gas Pipeline Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)
  • Northern Cape York Group #2 and Ergon Energy Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)
  • Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council Northern Cape York Group #2 Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) - Signatory
  • Coconut on behalf of the Northern Cape York #2 Native Title Claim Group v State of Queensland [2014] FCA 629 - Respondent
  • Mapoon Township Community Development Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) - Signatory
    • Organisation
  • Comalco Limited
  • Alcan Incorporated
  • New Mapoon Community Council
  • Department of Native Affairs (QLD)
  • Aboriginal Co-ordinating Council
    • People
  • Mapoon Aboriginal Community

    • References

    Resource
    Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation (2002) Old Mapoon
    Aboriginal Co-ordinating Council (2002) Mapoon Aboriginal Community and Council

    Glossary

    Aboriginal Community Council (Australia)
    Created:Friday, 7 June 2002
    Modified:Thursday, 28 June 2012

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