Registered Aboriginal Party
A Registered Aboriginal Party (RAP) is a recognised representative body of an Aboriginal Australian people per the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (Vic.). These bodies act as the "primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage". They protect and manage the Aboriginal cultural heritage in Victoria, Australia.[1][2][3]
Registered Aboriginal Parties in Victoria are the approximate equivalent to land councils (mostly in the Northern Territory) or Aboriginal or Indigenous corporations in the other states. If the body registers a claim with the National Native Title Tribunal under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwth), they are referred to as a prescribed body corporate (PBC) until such time as a determination is made, when they become a Registered Native Title Body Corporate, or RNTBC, registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cwth).[4][5][6] The Victorian Registered Aboriginal Parties are mostly or all RNTBCs.
Registered Aboriginal Parties
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Aboriginal people apply to the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council (VAHC), who determines which applicants will be registered as Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs).[1][7]
As of March 2020[update], current registered parties are:[2]
- Barengi Gadjin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation
- Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation
- Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation
- Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation
- First People of the Millewa Mallee Aboriginal Corporation
- Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation
- Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation
- Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation
- Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation
- Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation (previously Wurundjeri Tribe Land and Compensation Cultural Heritage Council)
- Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation
Aboriginal cultural heritage
According to the Department of Premier and Cabinet, "RAPs have responsibilities under the Act relating to the management of Aboriginal cultural heritage, including:[1]
- evaluating Cultural Heritage Management Plans
- providing advice on applications for Cultural Heritage Permits
- making decisions about Cultural Heritage Agreements
- providing advice or application for interim or ongoing Protection Declarations"
See also
- Aboriginal sites of Victoria
- Land council, community organisations for Indigenous Australians
- Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Register
References
- ^ a b c "Registered Aboriginal Parties". State of Victoria, Department of Premier and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Victoria's current Registered Aboriginal Parties". Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "RNTBCs". Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations. 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Map of NTRBs and NTSPs around Australia (PDF) (Map). NNTT.
- ^ "Land and Housing". National Indigenous Australians Agency. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Marie Hansen Fels (May 2011). I Succeeded Once: The Aboriginal Protectorate on the Mornington Peninsula, 1839-1840. ANU E Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-921862-13-7.