I, John Joseph Herron, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, acting
under subsection 203AD(1) of the Native Title Act 1993, recognise the Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation as the representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body for the area described in Schedule 1.

 

I am satisfied that the Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation:

(a)   will satisfactorily represent persons who hold or may hold native title in the area
described in Schedule 1; and

(b)   will be able to consult effectively with Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders living in that area; and

(c)   satisfactorily performs its existing representative body functions; and

(d)   would be able to perform satisfactorily the functions of a representative body.

 

This recognition takes effect on 1 July 2000.

 

 

 

Dated   23 May 2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOHN HERRON

 

Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs


 

Schedule 1  Description of area (Queensland West)

 

  1. The area is the area of land and waters bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the centre thread of the Staaten River and the coastline of mainland Australia, and then proceeding generally easterly along the centreline of that River to the intersection with
    the boundary of the 1991 Local Government Area (LGA) of Carpentaria, then generally southerly, westerly and southerly along the eastern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with McKinlay LGA, then generally southerly along the eastern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with Cloncurry LGA, then generally southerly along an eastern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with Boulia LGA, then generally southerly along the eastern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with Diamantina LGA, then generally south-easterly, southerly, westerly and southerly along the eastern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Queensland and South Australia State border, then west along that border to its intersection with the Queensland State border and Northern Territory border, then north along that border to its intersection with the coastline of mainland Australia, then northerly along the Queensland and Northern Territory adjacent area boundary as defined in Schedule 2 of the Petroleum (Submerged Land) Act 1967 to its intersection with the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone of Australia (EEZ), then generally north-easterly along that outer limit to its intersection
    with longitude 141 degrees east, then south along that meridian to a point latitude 11 degrees south longitude 141 degrees east, then east along that latitude to a point due north of the point where the line began, and then due south by a straight line to the point where the line began.

 

2.      In this Schedule:

exclusive economic zone means the exclusive economic zone within the meaning of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973.