Indigenous Land Use Agreements: Registered Australian ILUAs

National Native Title Tribunal data catalogs registered and notified Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) across Australia. These voluntary, legally binding agreements are made between native title groups and other parties, such as governments or pastoralists, concerning land and water use. The dataset is available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON and ESRI Shapefile.

Use Cases

• Mapping the spatial boundaries of ILUAs based on the provided geospatial data formats.
• Analyzing relationships between native title groups and other land interest holders as described in the agreement definitions.
• Tracking the registration status of ILUAs (registered vs. notified) as referenced in the platform descriptions.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative National Native Title Tribunal.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Cross-platform presence on data.gov.au suggests official importance and maintenance.

Limitations

• Column names and a precise row count are not provided in the input, limiting understanding of the data's granularity.
• The input contains duplicate entries with identical descriptions, which may indicate metadata management issues.

Provenance

Source

National Native Title Tribunal

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official legal registrations as per the Native Title Act.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-05-12.

Geography

Australia