The South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (SWALSC) is the Central Services Corporation for the South West Native Title Settlement. To support the Settlement, SWALSC delivers a range of administrative, corporate, financial, and unique services to the six Noongar regional corporations. 

The South West Native Title Settlement is the largest native title settlement in Australian history. It affects an estimated 30,000 Noongar people, encompasses approximately 200,000 square kilometres in Western Australia's south-west, and has a financial worth of approximately $1.3 billion. 

The Settlement is made up of six individual Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs). Each of the following areas has a corresponding ILUA: Yued, Gnaala Karla Booja, Karri Karrak, Wagyl Kaip Southern Noongar, Ballardong, and Whadjuk.

This negotiated agreement is a great opportunity for our Noongar people to come together, to control their own destiny, and to build a solid future for generations to come.

The story of the South West Native Title Settlement

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(Please note, SWALSC has no role in creating or overseeing these programs. For more information, contact the organisations using the information provided).

Regional corporation membership

The six Noongar regional corporations have been established. Learn more or apply for membership.

Six Noongar agreement group areas

Below is an area map for each of the six Noongar Indigenous Land Use Agreement group areas.

Noongar means ‘a person of the south-west of Western Australia,’ or the name for the ‘original inhabitants of the south-west of Western Australia’ and we are one of the largest Aboriginal cultural blocks in Australia.

Noongar boodja (country) covers the entire south-western portion of Western Australia.

The boundary commences on the west coast at a point north of Jurien Bay, proceeds roughly easterly to a point approximately north of Moora and then roughly south-east to a point on the southern coast between Bremer Bay and Esperance.

There is no evidence that there has been any other group than Noongar in the South-West. Archaeological evidence establishes that we Noongar have lived in the area and had possession of tracts of land on our country for at least 45,000 years.