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The Barengi Gadjin Land Council was formed in 2005 to represent the
, Victoria Government: Registered Aboriginal Parties
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The Barengi Gadjin Land Council was formed in 2005 to represent the Wotjobaluk
The Wotjobaluk are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Victoria. They are closely related to the Wergaia people.
Language
R. H. Mathews supplied a brief analysis of the Wotjobaluk language (now known as Wergaia), describing what he ...
, Jardwadjali
The Jardwadjali (Yartwatjali), also known as the Jaadwa, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Victoria, whose traditional lands occupy the lands in the upper Wimmera River watershed east to Gariwerd (Grampians) and west to Lake Bri ...
(also known as Jaadwa), Wergaia
The Wergaia or Werrigia people are an Aboriginal Australian group in the Mallee and Wimmera regions of north-Western Victoria, made up of a number of clans. The people were also known as the Maligundidj (in the Wotjobaluk language) which mea ...
and Jupagalk
The Jupagalk or Jupagulk are an Aboriginal people of northern Victoria, Australia. They may have been a Wergaia clan.
Language
The language of the Jupagalk was related to Jaara, according to remarks by Alfred William Howitt, as interpreted by No ...
peoples. The Council manages native title rights across Western Victoria in an area "roughly described as the Wimmera River from the head of the Yarriambiack Creek through to Outlet Creek at the northern end of Lake Albacutya". The Council is governed by a board of directors representing various family groups and has offices in Wail and Horsham
Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...
. The current chairperson is Dylan Clark.
The Land Council recently condemned graffiti
Graffiti (plural; singular ''graffiti'' or ''graffito'', the latter rarely used except in archeology) is art that is written, painted or drawn on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from s ...
at Aboriginal sites in the Grampians National Park
The Grampians National Park commonly referred to as The Grampians, is a national park located in the Grampians region of Victoria, Australia. The Jardwadjali name for the mountain range itself is Gariwerd.
The national park is situated betwee ...
and lodged a native title claim for permission to hunt inside the Park in 2016.
See also
*Pink Lake
A pink lake is a lake that has a red or pink colour. This is often caused by the presence of salt-tolerant algae that produces carotenoids, such as ''Dunaliella salina'', usually in conjunction with specific bacteria, which may vary from lake ...
References
External links
, Victoria Government: Registered Aboriginal Parties
Organisations serving Indigenous Australians Aboriginal land councils Native title in Australia Indigenous Australians in Victoria (Australia) {{VictoriaAU-stub