| Details of the Agreement
The Pitta Pitta People/Westward-Ho Indigenous Land Use Agreement takes effect on the date that a determination of native title in favour of the Pitta Pitta People is made, and continues until either:
- the date of expiry of the lease term
- the date of surrender, resumption, forfeiture or termination of the lease
- the date of removal of this ILUA from the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements
Native title in the ILUA Area
The native title rights of the Pitta Pitta people was recognised on 28 August 2012 over 66 parcels of land covering over 30,000 square kilometres in western Queensland around the town of Boulia.
The non-exclusive rights other than in relation to water are:
- be present on, by accessing, traversing and camping on the area
- hunt and gather on the area for non-commercial; personal, domestic, social, cultural and communal purposes
- take and use Natural Resources from the area for non-commercial; personal, domestic, social, cultural and communal purposes
- maintain places of importance and areas of significance to the native title holders under their traditional laws and customs and protect those places and areas from physical harm
- conduct ceremonies on the area
- teach on the area the physical and spiritual attributes of the area
- light fires on the area for domestic purposes including cooking, but not for the purpose of hunting or clearing vegetation
In relation to water, the non-exclusive rights pertain to:
- hunt, fish and gather from the Water for personal, domestic, social, cultural and non-commercial communal purposes
- take and use the Water for personal, domestic and non-commercial communal purposes.
Consent to the determination was reached with the Queensland government, the four local governments, Ergon Energy, two mining companies and 15 pastoralists.
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