The ILUA provides for the creation of the Noongar Land Estate to provide benefits for Noongar people.

Two land parcels at Lot 220 and Lot 221 Hardy Street Cranbrook sit within the Noongar Boodja Trust.

The board now invites Aboriginal Corporations who would like to lease one, or both, of these lots to forward an “Expression of Interest” by 19 September 2025.

Further information is provided in the attachments.

Wagyl Kaip Southern Noongar Aboriginal Corporation is seeking members with Cultural Authority to serve on the Cultural Advice Committee to provide cultural advice to the Board of Directors.

Nominations will be sought from male and female elders with Cultural Authority in the five wards of Kaneang ,Menang, Goreng, Wilman and Wadjari.

The nomination period for the positions will commence on 15 August 2025 and close on 8 September 2025.

Should a ballot be required it will start early in October 2025.

Nominations form available on WKSN website as a download

https://wagylkaip.org.au/elections

We pass on our thanks to John Penny, Wendy Hayden and Graeme Miniter who served on the WKSN Liaison Committee for the Galaxy Mt Cattlin Mine.

These three individuals ensured that the Annual Payment of $90,000 under the Agreement was held by the mine until a WKSN Charitable Trust could be formed.

Thankfully, this has now been finalised and Arcadium Lithium invoiced for the funds.

These funds will be held by the WKSN Charitable Trust, until a Trustee is appointed, and they can be distributed according to the Agreement.

If you would like more information, please contact us.

By resolution of the directors, the Wagyl Kaip Southern Noongar Aboriginal Corporation (‘WKSNAC’) (ICN 7876) is seeking experienced and skilled corporation members to be Member Directors. A ballot is scheduled to open on 1st August 2025 for four (4) Member Director Positions that are elected by the members of the Corporation.

The nomination period for the above positions will commence on 01 August 2025 and will close on 22 August 2025 at 5:00pm.

The ballot for the election will be counted on 21 November 2025 at 3:00pm, and the result announced at the WKSNAC’s AGM on 22 November 2025.

DBCA is advertising 2 permanent full time Ranger Jobs, one based in Albany and in one in Gairdner (Fitzgerald National Park).

For more details please follow this link:

WA Government Jobs | Ranger x 2

If you are an Aboriginal person and would like to have a chat about the jobs and/or preparing a job application, please contact Sara Hands-May on 0447 153 165 or Karl Hansom on 0427 533 132.

 DBCA has an Aboriginal Employment Policy to increase the number of Aboriginal people employed.

Welcome Fergus Anderson who has joined our Land Services Team as Land Officer.

Fergus is a Humanities and Commerce graduate with experience in surveying, mapping, drone operations, and information systems. After spending time in Perth for university and work, he has returned to the Great Southern and is excited to bring these skills to his new role at Wagyl Kaip Southern Noongar Aboriginal Corporation, working alongside Noongar communities to care for country across the region.

Cultural fire puts the needs of Country first and uses fire to keep Boodja healthy, rather than just aiming to reduce the hazard, which is the wadjela way of burning. We can’t just go and start burning though, first we need to make sure any burns we do are legal, that all the people who do the burns are properly trained, that we have the right equipment, and that burns are overseen by Elders to ensure they are done the right way.

2 July

The Wagyl Kaip Southern Noongar Aboriginal Corporation (WKSN AC), the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (SWALSC) and the other South West Native Title Settlement Noongar Regional Corporations successfully lobbied the Western Australian Government to ensure Noongar customary hunting rights are recognised and protected under the new Firearms Act 2024.

WKSN AC has delegated to SWALSC the ability to be able to provide people who are eligible to be WKSN AC members with Property Hunting Permission letters for their Gun License applications. 

The WKSN AC would like to thank the SWALSC for providing this important service to the Noongar community.      

If you are seeking a Property Hunting Permission Letter for your Firearms Act 2024 Firearm Licence renewal or application, visit the SWALSC website at noongar.org.au/hunting-rights.