Aboriginal communities

A series of maps available as downloadable pdf files showing the location of the Aboriginal Lands Trust Estate, Aboriginal communities and layout plan map-sets.

The Aboriginal Lands Trust (ALT) is a statutory board convened under the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972.

Aboriginal sites are of immense cultural, scientific, educational and historic interest and provide Aboriginal people with an important link to their present and past culture.

Public lands are referred to as Crown land, including land set aside for nature conservation and various government or public purposes, as well as vacant land.

Pastoral land is Crown land in the rangelands generally used for the purpose of grazing authorised livestock on natural vegetation.

The South West Native Title Settlement is the most comprehensive native title agreement negotiated in Australian history.