Judge says court is not giving Wakka Wakka people anything, ‘simply recognising … that this has always been and will always be your land’
A 25-year legal battle is finally over for the Wakka Wakka people after the federal court recognised their native title claims in southernThe federal court has recognised the Wakka Wakka people’s native title claim for parcels of land and waters located west of Maryborough and Gympie and northeast of Dalby.
“It is important to emphasise that the court is not giving the Wakka Wakka people anything,” Justice Darryl Rangiah said. He cited the Cherbourg community itself which was first established in the early 1900s, with Aboriginal people forcibly relocated from Queensland and northern NSW to the settlement.They were used as slave labour, children were forcibly removed from families and authorities would punish those who used traditional language or customs, usually with floggings.
“It is a tribute to the culture, to the strength and vitality of the Wakka Wakka people that you continue the same traditions on the same land as those of your ancestors from 50,000 or 60,000 years ago.”Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning
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