The Taungurung Traditional Owners' compensation package
Grants of Freehold title
The Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation has the option of being granted any or all of five surplus public land properties. If any of the properties are not granted, the value of the property will be provided instead. The properties are: - a former Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) depot in Alexandra;
- two former DELWP offices, in Alexandra and Broadford;
- a former police station and residence in Woods Point; and
- two allotments in Nagambie.
Grants of nine parks and reserves The Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation will receive nine parks and reserves as Aboriginal Land, to be jointly managed by the State and the Taungurung through a Traditional Owner Land Management Board. These places are:
- the parts of the Alpine and Kinglake National Parks that lie within the TSRA area;
- Heathcote-Graytown National Park;
- Lake Eildon National Park;
- Mt Buffalo;
- Mt Samina and Cathedral Range State Parks;
- Wandong Regional Park; and
- Mount Wombat-Garden Range Flora and Fauna Reserve.
Land Use Activity Agreement A negotiated Land Use Agreement provides a regime for managing activities on public land that may impact the rights of the Taungurung. This allows the Taungurung the opportunity to have a say or consent to activities on public land and replaces the future act regime
of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Natural Resouce Agreement A negotiated Natural Resource Agreement provides the Taungurung with the access, use, and management of natural resources. Funding Agreement
A negotiated Funding Agreement provides the Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation with support to undertake economic development, and manage the TSRA's benefits and obligations.
(Department of Justice Victoria, Taungurung Recognition and Settlement Agreement) Further details are available from the Victorian Department of Justice via the url above.
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