6th May 2021 - Parks Australia commits to work with traditional owners following move to close Kakadu’s Gunlom Falls
24th December 2020 - NSW Government returns 15,000 hectares of land returned to traditional owners to form new national park
30th October 2020 - Historic native title settlement agreement reached with Gibson Desert Nature Reserve traditional owners
28th August 2020 - Parks Australia Director James Findlay resigns after Kakadu traditional owners call for sacking
6th July 2020 - Traditional owners in Kakadu National Park call for resignation of Parks Australia executives
6th April 2020 - 88,000 hectares of NSW wetland returned to indigenous owners
11th July 2019 - Traditional Owners partnership delivers new way forward for Cape York’s national parks
2nd July 2019 - Traditional owners say heritage is ‘non-negotiable’ in Grampians rock-climbing dispute
12th January 2019 - Traditional owners withdraw support for National Aboriginal Art Gallery in Alice Springs
15th October 2018 - Traditional owners to jointly manage six Victorian National Parks
24th May 2018 - Traditional owner appointed as Tjapukai General Manager.
28th August 2017 - Tjapukai promotes Traditional Owner to senior role
20th May 2016 - New laws for National Parks recognise Traditional Owners and improve tenure resolution on Cape York
20th June 2016 - Cape York and Fraser Island World Heritage nominations to progress
2nd August 2016 - Aboriginal Development Benefits Trust acquires Daintree Discovery Centre
18th April 2016 - Indigenous community opens Olkola National Park to tourism
29th January 2015 - New community partnership to develop small group tourism in Olkola National Park
10th December 2014 - ACF welcomes land handover and new Olkola National Park
31st May 2010 - National park returned to traditional owners
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