The Lake Condah area in Victoria's south-west has been officially handed back to the Gunditjmara Aboriginal people. The Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation will now manage Lake Condah and are the second group of Aborigines to have native title recognised in Victoria.
Tiga Bayles interviews Damein Bell who is the Project Manager for the Lake Condah Sustainable Development Project and Chairperson of the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation and Ken Saunders who is a Gunditjmara elder. They talk about the future plans for the Gundijmara River, tourism, environmental studies, lava, The Native Title Act, the missions, The apology, Indigenous people who fought in the World Wars, what it means to get back Lake Condah and much more.
Tiga then interviews Wayne Coowell who is the CEO of the Centre for Aboriginal Independence and Enterprise. They talk about what the Centre for Aboriginal Independence and Enterprise has to offer; economic opportunities, social and economic opportunities, an Indigenous credit union, banking and more.