Gumbaynggirr Wenonah Head Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC

On 8 December 2017, Collier J made a positive native title determination in relation to the Gumbaynggirr People. The area subject to this determination consisted of all Crown land, encompassing waters east of the North Coast Railway line, west of the mean high-water mark of the Pacific Ocean, with the southern boundary being at the Nambucca Shire. In this judgment, Collier J acknowledged that the Gumbaynggir Wenonah Head Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC were the nominated prescribed body corporate to hold native title in trust for the native title holders. 

Kariyarra Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC

The Kariyarra Aboriginal Corporation is the Registered Native Title Body Corporate of the Kariyarra People. Established in 2016, our focus as a not-for-profit organisation is to provide native title and related services, to support the Kariyarra People in managing their native title rights and interests. 

The Kariyarra people live in and around town of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region, in the north-west of Western Australia, encompassing country from Port Hedland west to the Sherlock River and south to the Yule River.