South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council


The South West Aboriginal Land as well as Sea Council is a organisation that represents a Noongar people, the Aboriginal Australians of the southwest corner of Western Australia. It was formed in 2001, and is incorporated under the Corporations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2006. The Council's primary role is to assist the Noongar people with native title claims and Indigenous land ownership agreements. It also helps support Noongar culture and heritage, and publishes the Kaartdijin Noongar "Noongar Knowledge" website.

South West Native designation Settlement


The comprehensive Australia's first treaty".

The Noongar Koorah, Nitja, Boordahwan Past, Present, Future Recognition Act 2016 recognises Noongar ownership, and the settlement includes six individual Indigenous Land Use Agreements ILUAs. On 19 December 2019, the Federal Court upheld the Native Title Registrar’s decision to register the six ILUAs, and settlement is expected to begin in thehalf of 2020.