Greater Jaru
Claim status:
Jaru has a new claim and the Lamboo claim has been discontinued. The grouped Jaru claim which includes Lamboo and Koonjie Elvire claims was lodged in 2011. Further anthropological research was undertaken and field work continued to prepare for the lodgement of this new claim, across a large part of Jaru country.
Claim history:
The Greater Jaru claim was identified in 1997 and covers all the traditional land of the Jaru people. Preliminary investigations suggest the claim area is generally identified as land to the north of the Tjurabalan Native Title determination area, as well as land to the south and east of the Halls Creek township. The Greater Jaru claim was to combine the Lamboo and the Koonjie-Elvire claims, as the Jaru people also belong to these areas.
The move towards creating one large claim, instead of having several smaller claims, is based on the shift to define claim boundaries on cultural areas rather than pastoral borders.
Lamboo:
The Lamboo native title application was lodged with the National Native Title Tribunal in 1999 and covers the Aboriginal-owned Lamboo pastoral lease. It was discontinued in 2010, to become part of the Greater Jaru claim.
Koonjie-Elvire:
The Koonjie-Elvire native title claim is about 1000 square kilometers and takes in the Koonjie Park and Elvire pastoral leases. The claimed was lodged with the National Native Title Tribunal in 1999. As the claimants are the Jaru people, this claim will also be absorbed into the Greater Jaru application.
