The Kabi Kabi Traditional Owners' non-exclusive rights to an area of 10,280 square kilometres along the Sunshine Coast were recognised in Brisbane on Monday.
The determination is the first on the east coast to recognise native title in a heavily urbanised area. Kabi Kabi Elder Michael Douglas said this would mean the right to access the resources his ancestors had been using for thousands of years. Tim Wishart, chief executive of Queensland South Native Title Services, which assisted Kabi Kabi people with their claim, said the decision was an acknowledgment of the rights of traditional owners.
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