Anmatyerr people signed an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) on the Pine Hill Pastoral Lease, south east of Ti Tree, in March 2007 which gives the traditional owners compensation in the form of a living area on the Pine Hill Pastoral Lease, an art centre at Mulga Bore and a horticultural block to develop.
In return, native title will be extinguished on two other blocks on the pastoral lease the Government wanted to develop for horticulture and gave the Government certainty for two other blocks which were created many years ago without the native title process.
Now the blocks can become Crown leases and the owners will be able to convert them to freehold.
The process was by agreement and didn’t involve lengthy court cases.
The agreement will provide employment opportunities for young people in the area and potential economic opportunities for the native title group. Aboriginal horticultural company.
Centrefarm has been assisting with plans for the development of the native title holders’ horticultural block.
In addition, native title holders were given a new Community Living Area on the pastoral lease. A new organisation, the Ilkewartn Ywel Aboriginal Corporation, has been incorporated in accordance with the requirements of the Native Title Act. Its name reflects the two estate groups - Ilkewartn and Ywel - involved.
The claim was lodged in 1999 in response to a non-claimant application by Pine Hill Pastoral Company which wanted to develop the area to grow grapes.
The Government bought the lease in 2000 to secure horticultural development over the Ti Tree Basin.
