Our Heritage Department can organise:



• Ngarluma heritage surveys
• Cultural heritage management
• Negotiations and facilitation
• Desktop studies
• Archaeological excavations
• Cultural heritage awareness training
• Cultural heritage impact assessments
• Production of educational material

For additional cultural heritage guidance, contact our Heritage Department on 08 9182 1351.

Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation (NAC) represents the Ngarluma community on Future Act matters.

A ‘Future Act’ is a term used in the Native Title Act 1993 to describe a proposed activity that may affect Native Title. Future Acts give Ngarluma people the right to be consulted on any development activities that affect Ngarluma Country. Since our formal inception in 2007, the NAC board and legal team have negotiated and entered into numerous heritage agreements with companies that have operations on Ngarluma land.

It is essential that companies and government organisations contact NAC if any of their proposed developments involve ground-disturbing activities.

If you have a Future Act enquiry, please phone 08 9182 1251.

We actively advise mining and government bodies on heritage areas of Ngarluma Country.

It's vital discussions take place with us prior to any ground-disturbing or clearance activities being carried out.

If we are not engaged and a Section 18 (Application to disturb and Aboriginal Site) is applied for, the ACMC (Aboriginal Cultural Materials Committee) may not approve the application.

An Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) is a voluntary agreement between a Native Title group and another party that details the use and management of land and waters. We have entered numerous ILUAs with industry partners and government agencies.

Mining, commercial and ground disturbance.

Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation (NAC) is the legal body conducting business on behalf of Ngarluma people.

NAC should be your first stakeholder in all discussions and decisions around any Future Acts or heritage matters that could impact Ngarluma lands. The most effective way to contact us is through our ‘Standardised Heritage Agreement’, which can be tailored to your specific industry or organisation. It is a condition of NAC that no ground-disturbing work occurs until a formal agreement process has begun.

For your reference, our responsibility is to manage the Native Title rights and interests of Ngarluma people, determined to exist by the Federal Court of Australia in Daniel vs Western Australia [2003 FCA 666].