NOTICE OF KOKATHA COMMON LAW HOLDERS’ AUTHORISATION MEETING BHP OAK DAM RETENTION LEASE INDIGENOUS LAND USE AGREEMENT SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2025 at 10:00am to 2:00pm WEST AUGUSTA FOOTBALL CLUB, 13 GARDINER AVENUE, PORT AUGUSTA
PURPOSE:
To consult with and seek the consent of the Kokatha Common Law Holders for the Kokatha Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC ICN 8093 (KAC) to enter into an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) with BHP Olympic Dam Corporation Pty Ltd (BHP) and the State of South Australia over the Oak Dam Retention Lease area. The ILUA allows BHP to carry out advanced exploration activities under a Retention Lease within the Oak Dam Retention Lease area (map below) and outside of that area provided that the activities are associated with, for the purpose of or in connection with activities under the Retention Lease. The activities include building a decline down to the ore body, continuing exploration drilling, building a camp, obtaining water (pipeline) and building a road in the Oak Dam location from the Olympic Dam Highway. In consideration for consents for these activities, BHP will provide certain financial and nonfinancial benefits to KAC (for and on behalf of the Kokatha People).
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Those Kokatha Common Law Holders and KAC members as defined in Starkey v State of South Australia [2014] FCA 924, being those Aboriginal People who identify as, and are recognised by other Kokatha Native Title Holders (Common Law Holders) as, nguraritja for sites and places in the Kokatha Determination Area by reason of one or more of the following:
(a) he or she is one of the following named individuals (where living) or is descended either through birth or adoption from them: (i) Alma Allen; (ii) Arthur Baker; (iii) Hilda Captain; (iv) Susie Captain; (v) Andrew Davis; (vi) Percy Davis; (vii) Stanley Davis; (viii) Ted Egan; (ix) Micky Fatt; (x) Gladys Kite; (xi) Ted Larkins; (xii) Mick Reid; (xiii) George Reid; (xiv) William Smith; (xv) Dick Thomas; (xvi) Edie Thomas; (xvii) George Turner; (xviii) Wild Mary; (xix) Eileen Wingfield;
(b) he or she possesses an ancestral connection with the Determination Area, in that his or her parent or grandparent was born in that country, had a long term physical association with that country and/or possesses significant geographic and cultural knowledge relating to the Determination Area;
(c) he or she was born on the Determination Area (including, if the person is born in a hospital, the place where they would otherwise have been born);
(d) he or she has a long-term physical association with the Determination Area and consequent knowledge of the country; and
(e) he or she possesses significant geographic and culturally-confidential religious knowledge relating to the Determination Area under Kokatha traditional law and custom.
Please note that to attend this meeting you must be a KAC member OR a Registered Kokatha Common Law Holder. If you are not a KAC member or Registered Kokatha Common Law Holder you will not be allowed in the meeting.
If you wish to register as a Kokatha Common Law Holder please download the Common Law Holder application form at https://www.kokatha.com.au and return it to the KAC office by email to admin@kokatha.com.au by 4 April 2025.
TRAVEL ASSISTANCE
Fuel assistance is available to KAC members and Registered Kokatha Common Law Holders. Accommodation assistance is also available for Elders 55 years and older. For assistance, please contact Khatija Thomas of SANTS Office on 1800 010... or email KhatijaT@nativetitlesa.org.
AGENDA
To consult with and seek the consent of the Kokatha Common Law Holders for the KAC to enter into a proposed ILUA over the area known as Oak Dam in the State of South Australia. This will allow BHP to undertake advanced exploration in the area under a Retention Lease and in return BHP will provide certain financial and non-financial benefits to KAC for and on behalf of the Kokatha Common Law Holders. If Kokatha Common Law Holders wish to obtain a copy of the ILUA or have a personal explanation of the ILUA before the meeting, please email Camatta Lempens at lh@cllegal.com.au or (08) 8410 ... . Below is a map of the Oak Dam ILUA area.
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