Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council

Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council (GLALC) is one of 120 Local Aboriginal Land Councils in NSW. The objectives of GLALC are governed by the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) and include engaging with Members, promoting Aboriginal culture and heritage, celebrating and educating Aboriginal identity, culture and heritage, providing and managing community benefit schemes and services and providing and sustaining business enterprises and investment. Primary methodologies are land acquisition, creation of a sustainable economic base and preserving and sharing traditional culture, identity and heritage. Currently, GLALC is the largest single landowner in the Sutherland Shire, owns/manages 28 rental properties, 3 business sites and pursues undecided land claims. Claims have been made for a total of 4,700 hectares of land and most claims are yet to be decided. Our membership has grown to more than 780 and the parent body, Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council (GLALC), is th...