Noongar (Koorah, Nitja, Boordahwan) (Past, Present, Future) Recognition Act 2016 (WA)

Western Australia Noongar (Koorah, Nitja, Boordahwan) (Past, Present, Future) Recognition Act 2016 Western Australia Noongar (Koorah, Nitja, Boordahwan) (Past, Present, Future) Recognition Act 2016 Contents Preamble 2 1. Short title 3 2. Commencement 3 3. Noongar lands 3 4. Purpose 3 5. Recognition of the Noongar people 3 6. Effect of this Act 4 Schedule 1 — Noongar recognition statement Schedule 2 — Noongar lands: description Schedule 3 — Noongar lands: map Notes Compilation table 10 Western Australia Noongar (Koorah, Nitja, Boordahwan) (Past, Present, Future) Recognition Act 2016 An Act for the recognition of the Noongar people as the traditional owners of lands in the south‑west of the State.

Preamble A. Since time immemorial, the Noongar people have inhabited lands in the south‑west of the State; these lands the Noongar people call Noongar boodja (Noongar earth). B. Under Noongar law and custom, the Noongar people are the traditional owners of, and have cultural responsibilities and rights in relation to, Noongar boodja. C. The Noongar people continue to have a living cultural, spiritual, familial and social relationship with Noongar boodja. D. The Noongar people have made, are making, and will continue to make, a significant and unique contribution to the heritage, cultural identity, community and economy of the State. E. The Noongar people describe in Schedule 1 their relationship to Noongar boodja and the benefits that all Western Australians derive from that relationship. F. So it is appropriate, as part of a package of measures in full and final settlement of all claims by the Noongar people in pending and future applications under the Native Title Act 1993 (Commonwealth) for the determination of native title and for compensation payable for acts affecting that native title, to recognise the Noongar people as the traditional owners of the lands described in this Act. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: