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Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP, has announced four new appointments to the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) Board.  Mr Ian Hamm will commence as Chair on 1 December for a three-year term. Mr Hamm, a Yorta Yorta man, has spent more than three decades in the public sector, across a variety of roles at federal and state levels, including Executive Director of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria.   Ms Gail Reynolds-Adamson has also been appointed as an ILSC Director …

Diana’s Basin, an ecologically sensitive and culturally significant parcel of land in north east Tasmania, has been returned to Aboriginal ownership. The acquisition of the 195-hectare property was financed through a partnership between the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC), Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) and the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC). More than 70% of the property, which is situated near the coastal town of St Helens, is covered in old growth forest and is home to at …

LSC offices will close at 1pm, Friday 24 December 2021 reopening on Tuesday, 4 January 2022 … ILSC wishes all our partners a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year …

The Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) was recently informed by its external payroll software provider, Frontier Software Pty Ltd (Frontier), that they were the victim of a ransomware cyber-attack directed at Frontier’s systems. A direct consequence of this is that some individuals, such as employees, related to the ILSC during October-November 2006 have been directly impacted by this breach. To be clear, there has been no incursion into the ILSC’s servers or systems, and the ILSC is …

Yawuru Traditional Owners will build on the legacy of their ancestors as they forge a new era for their people in taking over the pastoral operations at Roebuck Plains Station on Gumaranganyjal near Broome. Roebuck Plains Station and Roebuck Export Depot were handed back to Nyamba Buru Yawuru (NBY) by the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) in 2014, with the ILSC managing the two operations since then via a lease agreement. In 2006, the Yawuru people were granted native title over more …

The Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) is deeply saddened by the recent floods that have devastated communities in eastern Australia, resulting in the tragic loss of human life and damage to property, businesses, livestock and wildlife.  In response to the recent flood disaster in eastern Australia, and recognising the impact on Indigenous lands, assets and communities, we have released the 2022 East Coast Emergency Response Grants Program  to support Indigenous corporations.  The ILSC …

Being granted a permanent home base in St George will be a game changer for the Queensland Murray Darling Catchment Ltd (QMDCL), enabling the group to better care for country and bring its community together to strengthen culture. QMDCL represents eight Traditional Owner groups and cares for 101,177 km2 of country across the nationally significant Northern Murray-Darling Basin catchment in Queensland. The group has been granted new premises in St George by the Indigenous Land and Sea …

The return of a property to Traditional Custodians in the revered Bunya Mountains in southern Queensland will pave the way for a connection to a gathering, dating back tens of thousands of years, to be re-established. The Bunya Mountains have always been a sacred place where thousands of Aboriginal people from hundreds of kilometres away would follow songlines to gather every three years to coincide with the harvesting of bunya pine nuts. During the gathering Aboriginal people from surrounding …

The Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) is set to launch the most comprehensive engagement process in its history, consulting with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about the return and management of country. Indigenous Australians across the nation will be asked to have their say about how they want to engage with the ILSC and how the organisation can best partner with them to meet their aspirations for country. The ILSC is a corporate Commonwealth entity which manages the …

Closed – East Coast Floods Emergency Response Grants Program 2022 East Coast Floods Emergency Response Grant Program has now closed. The Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation’s  2022 East Coast Floods Emergency Response Grants Program  closed on 15th of June 2022. Applications received on or before 15 June have been assessed against the eligibility criteria and are currently being actioned. If you have enquiries for urgent health and safety matters on Indigenous held land please contact your …