Native Title Quiz Winners Announced
The two lucky winners of our Cultural Festival Quiz have been drawn: Congratulations to Michael Mosby (First Prize - pictured) and Peter Mills (Second Prize). Both received a meat tray. Peter's prize was collected by his mother Roberta Mills (pictured) The correct...
The Native Title Story launched
GBK has published "The Native Title Story of the Torres Strait Region" This booklet is for all First Nations People in Zenadth Kes. It explains how native title has been recognised in the Torres and Endeavours Straits Region (Torres Strait Region) and what this...
Celebrating Culture through Weaving at GBK’s stall at the Cultural Festival
At the 2023 Winds of Zenadth Cultural Festival on Thursday Island, GBK’s stall celebrated the work of Aunty Flora Warria – both as an artist and a cultural educator. Visitors picked up a beautiful weaving kit, which includes raffia, a weaving needle and instructions...
GBK: Voice must be listened to, not just heard
Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council's Chair, Ned David, joined other leaders from Torres Strait Islander communities to tell inquiry First Nation's people want an Indigenous Voice to Parliament "to be listened to, not just to be heard". Extract...
Statement on the passing of Yunupingu AM
News of the passing of political warrior Yunupingu AM has left Torres Strait Traditional Owners grieving. The Gur A Baradharaw Kod Sea and Land Council Torres Strait Islander Corporation (GBK) paid tribute to the Gumatj clan leader, acknowledging his life-long...
Warral and Ului judgment delivered
On Monday, 27 February 2023, Justice Mortimer of the Federal Court of Australia delivered her judgment in the Warral and Ului native title claim. Her Honour decided that: ‘the Badulgal and Mualgal hold joint native title in Warral and Ului, in the same way they hold...