{"id":177,"date":"2026-06-10T12:09:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:24:13","slug":"177-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPORTANT CLAIM GROUP MEETING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-contrast-2-color has-contrast-3-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-fca7137f635bd42c3fe3663653ed2e2c has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9a917e93 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center alignwide wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);\">The Applicants and Instructing Group have received legal advice about the best pathway for<br>progressing the current joint native title application for the Dhudhuroa, Waywurru and Ngurai-Illum Peoples.<br><br>The proposed pathway is for the Applicant to seek leave from the Federal Court to discontinue the<br>current joint application and to move forward with the preparation of three separate native title<br>applications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>one for the Dhudhuroa People;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>one for the Waywurru People; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>one for the Ngurai Illum People.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center alignwide wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);\"><br>An online Claim Group meeting will be held by Zoom on Thursday 18 June 2026 at 5:00pm.<br><br>At this meeting, the Dhudhuroa, Waywurru and Ngurai-Illum Native Title Claim Group will be asked to consider a formal motion concerning the current joint native title determination application, proceeding No VID945 of 2023.<br><br>The legal team and Counsel will attend the meeting to explain the proposed pathway and answer questions.<br><br>The proposed motion is that the Claim Group authorises and consents to the Applicant seeking the Federal Court\u2019s leave to discontinue the current joint native title determination application and, if leave is granted, to discontinue the application by filing a notice of discontinuance.<br><br>This proposal does not mean that the native title process is ending. Rather, it is intended to allow the current joint application to be brought to an orderly conclusion, with leave of the Federal Court, so that the Dhudhuroa, Waywurru and Ngurai-Illum groups can move forward with the preparation of separate native title applications.<br><br>The proposed separate applications would allow each group to focus on its own country, ancestors, history, language, customs, connection evidence and continuing identity.<br><br>The meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss the next steps for preparing and progressing the proposed separate applications, including mapping, claim group descriptions, apical ancestors, evidence, funding and future authorisation meetings.<br><br>This meeting will not replace the formal authorisation meetings that will be required before any separate native title application is filed.<br><br>To register, please click the \u201cTO REGISTER\u201d button below and follow the directions.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-0aa01211 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/?page_id=190\">TO REGISTER<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter has-link-color wp-elements-126188c0f66a659a60bf13b4cae9cfea\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ddb8088b-65a7-473f-80ae-ae3ee536854d\" href=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/?attachment_id=320\">DWNI_Newsletter 11 June 2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DWNI_Newsletter-11-June-2026.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ddb8088b-65a7-473f-80ae-ae3ee536854d\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-91d684ea wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-parallax\" style=\"min-height:156px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-288 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gorge-View-Mount-Buffalo-National-1920x800-1-1024x427.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-contrast-3-background-color has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\">Our Claim Groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The following Claim Groups are represented through our work, engagement, and commitment to Country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-992d7ff6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-top-center\" style=\"min-height:271px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-336 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Why-Mt-Buller-popular-tourist-spot-scaled-1-1024x562.webp\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Why-Mt-Buller-popular-tourist-spot-scaled-1-1024x562.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Why-Mt-Buller-popular-tourist-spot-scaled-1-300x165.webp 300w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Why-Mt-Buller-popular-tourist-spot-scaled-1-768x422.webp 768w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Why-Mt-Buller-popular-tourist-spot-scaled-1-1536x844.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Why-Mt-Buller-popular-tourist-spot-scaled-1-2048x1125.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#a5889d\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-averia-gruesa-libre-font-family wp-elements-13136668b7adedcbba193e8adeca4214 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.146rem, 1.146rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.09), 1.8rem);text-transform:uppercase\">Dhudhuroa<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-top-center\" style=\"min-height:273px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-337 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wangaratta-bullawah-cultural-trail.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wangaratta-bullawah-cultural-trail.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wangaratta-bullawah-cultural-trail-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wangaratta-bullawah-cultural-trail-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#717e8b\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-averia-gruesa-libre-font-family wp-elements-fff1b0d98e441f0b984d1106a368840a wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.146rem, 1.146rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.09), 1.8rem);text-transform:uppercase\">Waywurru<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-top-center\" style=\"min-height:274px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-338 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2025_Goulburn_NeishaBreen_Polly_McQuinns-11-1-683x1024.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2025_Goulburn_NeishaBreen_Polly_McQuinns-11-1-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2025_Goulburn_NeishaBreen_Polly_McQuinns-11-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2025_Goulburn_NeishaBreen_Polly_McQuinns-11-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2025_Goulburn_NeishaBreen_Polly_McQuinns-11-1-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2025_Goulburn_NeishaBreen_Polly_McQuinns-11-1-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2025_Goulburn_NeishaBreen_Polly_McQuinns-11-1-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#91968e\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-averia-gruesa-libre-font-family wp-elements-9ed7a197a60ad641532fd83550f267d5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.146rem, 1.146rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.09), 1.8rem);text-transform:uppercase\">Ngurai-Illum<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-contrast-3-background-color has-background is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ed3d834c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-right:0.3rem;margin-left:0.3rem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10-1024x620.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover;object-position:42% 54%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10-1536x929.png 1536w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-right:0.3rem;margin-left:0.3rem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-1024x620.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-1536x929.png 1536w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-right:0.3rem;margin-left:0.3rem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9-1024x620.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9-1536x929.png 1536w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-right:0.3rem;margin-left:0.3rem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-1024x620.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-163\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-1536x929.png 1536w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-right:0.3rem;margin-left:0.3rem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-1024x620.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-1536x929.png 1536w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-right:0.3rem;margin-left:0.3rem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-1024x620.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-1536x929.png 1536w, https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Applicants and Instructing Group have received legal advice about the best pathway forprogressing the current joint native title application for the Dhudhuroa, Waywurru and Ngurai-Illum Peoples. The proposed pathway is for the Applicant to seek leave from the Federal Court to discontinue thecurrent joint application and to move forward with the preparation of three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":288,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-177","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions\/352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwni.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}