Land access licence

The department  will administer land access licences, under the Land Administration Act 1997, to the six Noongar Regional Corporations to provide the Noongar people, member(s) of a Noongar Regional Corporation, with lawful access to state owned land for:

• visiting and caring for sites and country
• gathering, preparing and consuming bush tucker
• gathering and preparing and using traditional medicine
• conducting ceremonies and cultural activities
• camping temporarily on country
• lighting camp fires or ceremonial fires
• having meetings on country

The licence does not provide access to certain land including land that is leased, or where public works are underway, land subject to a resource tenement and other conditions. See Annexure O of the ILUAs for full details including what activities are not permitted and the obligation of the Noongar Regional Corporations under the licence.