| An Act to provide for the grant of leases in perpetuity and other title in land to members of communities of Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders and for related purposes. In 1982, the Queensland Government decided that control of Aboriginal reserve and mission land should be handed to Aboriginal councils in the form of a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT). This granted an estate in fee simple to local Aboriginal councils who operated as trustees for the Aboriginal inhabitants of that settlement. The land could no longer be held as Crown Land but rather, would be considered as freehold title held by the councils. |
