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land councilnoun AustralianA body appointed to represent Aboriginal land interests: land councils identify those who, by traditional succession, inherit rights to particular land...- The Kooma people had been granted a sheep property through the indigenous lands council.
- There was a conflict over demands made by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council for the return of archaeological materials on the basis of their spiritual values.
- Subject to particular categories of exception, land can be claimed by a Land Council if it is, at the time of the claim, vested in the Crown.
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