Where the Outback Meets the Sea (Kurtijar Land, Queensland's Gulf Country)

            The Kurtijar People are the Traditional Owners of the land, rivers, and saltwater country in the south-east Gulf of Carpentaria between the Norman River and the Staaten River, and extending about 100 km inland, in Queensland Australia.

The neighbouring Traditional Owner group to the west are the Gkuthaarn and Kukatj People. To the north is the Kowanyama Community which is home to several Traditional Owners groups from that region. To the south is the country of the Tagalaka and Ewamian People. Traditionally, Kurtijar interaction with their neighbours included trading networks and kinship ties through marriage. These links continue to the present day and have expanded to include governance of the Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, collaboration between Ranger groups, participation in the pastoral industry, sporting competitions and other cultural, social and economic activities.

Kurtijar People also took care of and sustainably used resources of the extensive woodlands, grasslands, escarpments and sandstone ranges of the Gulf plains, as well as the saltpans, mangrove forests and marine environments. It is this combination of terrestrial, freshwater and saltwater resources that provided such sustainable livelihoods for our people over countless generations. The rich natural resources of Kurtijar Country have also attracted other people to settle and establish pastoral, fishing, mining, and tourism enterprises in the Gulf region over the last 150 years. While
the Kurtijar Aboriginal Corporation state they accept that they must share their country with these new industries, they also expect people in these industries to acknowledge their need to maintain culture and livelihoods from the country now share. This Land and Saltwater Country Plan lays the foundation for how these mutually respectful partnerships can develop and flourish.

The Kurtijar Aboriginal Corporation (KAC) was established in 1994 and is the owner of Morr Morr Pastoral Company which operates Delta Downs Station. KAC is a not for profit corporation endorsed by the Australian Charitable Not for Profit Commission and serves the needs of the Kurtijar community.

In July 2022 the Kurtijar People had a win when the Federal Court recognised the Kurtijar people's non-exclusive native title rights over more than 1.2 million hectares of land stretching from the east of Normanton up to Yagoonya in the north-west, encompassing the Miranda Downs pastoral station.

Source: Kurtijar Aboriginal Corporation, ABC.

Taken on: January 1, 2020

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