NOTICE OF WORKSHOP ABOUT PRESCRIBED BODIES CORPORATE
WESTERN YALANJI NATIVE TITLE GROUP
THURSDAY 23 APRIL 2026
CANCELLED DUE TO SORRY BUSINESS
CAIRNS
This notice is to advise that Cape York Land Council (CYLC) will convene a workshop on behalf of the Cape York United #1 (CYU#1) Claim Applicant on Thursday 23 April 2026 in Cairns for the purpose of providing information about Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs) to the Western Yalanji Native Title Group.
Date: Thursday, 23 April 2026
Time: CANCELLED DUE TO SORRY BUSINESS
Venue: Rydges Esplanade Resort, 209-217 Abbott Street, Cairns
PURPOSE OF PBC WORKSHOP
The purpose of the PBC workshop is to provide information to the Western Yalanji Native Title Group about PBCs to enable the group to make informed decisions at an authorisation meeting.
The Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA) requires a PBC to be appointed by the Federal Court to represent native title holders whenever a native title determination is made. It is a matter for each native title group under the CYU#1 Claim to nominate an eligible corporation to be their PBC.
The Western Yalanji Native Title Group may choose to establish a new corporation or nominate an existing PBC to be the PBC for the proposed Western Yalanji determination area.
For an existing PBC to become the PBC for the proposed Western Yalanji determination, it must amend its rules to accommodate the new determination.
The Western Yalanji Native Title Group will be asked to nominate their PBC at the Authorisation meeting which is scheduled to take place on Friday 15 May 2026. No decisions are proposed to be made at the PBC workshop.
Representatives of the Western Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC, and the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) have been invited to attend and present. Staff from CYLC’s PBC Unit will also be in attendance.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND?
All members of the Western Yalanji Native Title Group as described below are invited and eligible to attend the PBC workshop.
The Western Yalanji Native Title Group are the descendants by birth or adoption in accordance with traditional law and custom, of one or more of the following apical ancestors (listed alphabetically):
- Alena Ida (mother of Bernard Castors)
- Biddy Mango (aka Biddy Looney)
- Billy (father of Jimmy Riley and others)
- Buiku Buiku
- Bula Burton
- Charlie Curraghmore
- Charlie Fox
- Charlie Jubilee
- Charlie Lee Cheu
- Danyulgulga Lizzie
- Dianna (Dinah) (sister of Mary (Maggie) Anderson)
- Dolly (mother of Alice Roberts and others)
- Dolly (mother of Charlotte Palmer and others)
- George Dodd (aka George Maytown)
- Hilda (mother of Jessie Pauletta Davis and others)
- Jack Burton
- Jangga Dolo (aka George Maytown)
- Jimmy (father of Jack Lawyer and others)
- Jimmy Snider
- Johnnie Cake (aka Johnny Stewart)
- Jukumu George Pegus
- Kitty (mother of Jimmy Riley and others)
- Maggie (mother of Dave Crowley and others)
- Maggie (mother of James Andrew Mossman and others)
- Mary (Maggie) Anderson
- Molly (mother of Annie Green and Dolly Walker)
- Mother of Rosie Simpson nee Murray
- Mujilabu Sandy Tippo (aka Deppo King)
- Nellie (mother of Doris Choikee and others)
- Ngamu Minkidji
- Ngamu Yarrkin Mitchell Earl
- Ngamukaia Billy Carroll
- Palmer McLean (aka Old Palmer)
- Railu aka Mary
- Rob Miller Snr
- Rosie (Ross) Palmer
- Ruby Barney Maytown (aka Ruby Meldrum)
- Sambo (father of Dave Crowley and others)
- Wautalunggu Maggie
- Wur’purdam (aka Ngarrabulga)
Agreement by the State of Queensland as to the addition of the proposed apical ancestor Maggie (mother of George Sibley Snr and others) is not yet confirmed. Descendants of Maggie (mother of George Sibley Snr and others) are invited to attend the PBC workshop and will be advised of the State’s decision in advance of the workshop.
To enquire as to whether you are a member of the Western Yalanji Native Title Group as described above and are eligible to attend, please contact CYLC Anthropologist Hannah Nott by email HNott@cylc.org.au or on free call number 1800 623 548.
If you have any queries about the purpose of the PBC workshop, please contact CYLC Deputy Principal Legal Officer Louise Keepa by email LKeepa@cylc.org.au or on the free call number.
For all other enquiries, please contact CYLC Senior Business Support Officer Clementine Rushford by email CRushford@cylc.org.au or on the free call number.
THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO SORRY BUSINESS AND WILL BE RENOTIFIED IN DUE COURSE
IMPORTANT – Attendance, Travel Assistance & Teleconferencing
For travel assistance, to confirm your attendance or for any general queries about the meeting, please contact Clementine Rushford at CYLC on free call number 1800 623 548 or by email CRushford@cylc.org.au. Note that there is limited funding available for travel assistance and requests must be made by 16 April 2026.
Please note that teleconferencing facilities will not be made available at the PBC workshop.
