Members
The Aboriginal Land Rights Act states that to be a member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) you must be an Aboriginal person.
A person is qualified for membership if:
(a) the person is an adult Aboriginal person who resides within the area of the Local Aboriginal Land Council concerned and is accepted as being qualified on that basis to be a member by a meeting of the Council, or
(b) the person is an adult Aboriginal person who has a sufficient association with the area of the Local Aboriginal Land Council concerned (as determined by the voting members of the Council at a meeting of the Council) and is accepted as being qualified on that basis to be a member by a meeting of the Council, or
(c) the person is an Aboriginal owner in relation to land within the area of the Local Aboriginal Land Council concerned and has made a written application for membership in accordance with subsection (3).
Note: To be a member you have to be of 18 years of age.
Download membership application form from the box on the right of this page.