Decades of struggle in Western Australia's Goldfields has come to an end today with the Federal Court formally recognising the native title rights and interests of the Nyalpa Pirniku claim group.
Emergency warnings are in place for fires burning near Tenterfield, Cooks Gap and Stanthorpe, NSW; Wallangarra, Dalveen and south of Bundaberg, QLD.Laurel Cooper has spent decades fighting to have her native title rights recognised in law and, today, under a white marquee in Western Australia's Goldfields, that finally occurred.
The words "Nyalpa Pirniku" mean "old people" in Wongai, which is believed to be in recognition of those who passed on.Wongatha traditional owner Rayma Morrison hopes Aboriginal people both in the Goldfields and around the country take note of the Nyalpa Pirniku claim group's success."Being a traditional owner is one of the most powerful things that could happen to an Aboriginal person.
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