The Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council was constituted under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW). It has formed partnerships with a range of government and non-government organisations for the provision of various services to the Aboriginal community. These include:
-housing;
-economic, employment and educational programs;
-acquisition and maintenance of land and assets; and
-protection and maintenance of cultural heritage sites.
The Council is also a party to the Bunjalung of Byron Bay (Arakwal) Indigenous Land Use Agreement 2000. |