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Aboriginal painting in Grampians National Park in Victoria, Australia
Aboriginal mural at the Aborigines Advancement League in Thornbury

A Registered Aboriginal Party (RAP) is a recognised representative body of an Aboriginal Australian people per the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (Vic.), whose function is to protect and manage the Aboriginal cultural heritage in the state of Victoria in Australia.

Function

Registered Aboriginal Parties act as the "primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage" in Victoria.[1][2][3]

They are the approximate equivalent to land councils (mostly in the Northern Territory) or Aboriginal or Indigenous corporations in the other states. If the body registers a claim with the National Native Title Tribunal under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwth), they are referred to as a prescribed body corporate (PBC) until such time as a determination is made, when they become a Registered Native Title Body Corporate, or RNTBC, registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cwth).[4][5][6]

According to the Department of Premier and Cabinet:[1]

RAPs have responsibilities under the Act relating to the management of Aboriginal cultural heritage, including:

  • evaluating Cultural Heritage Management Plans
  • providing advice on applications for Cultural Heritage Permits
  • making decisions about Cultural Heritage Agreements
  • providing advice or application for interim or ongoing Protection Declarations.

Current RAPs

Map of Aboriginal nations in Victoria

Aboriginal people apply to the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council (VAHC), who determines which applicants will be registered as Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs).[1][7]

As of June 2021, there are 11 registered parties, covering about 74% of Victoria:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Registered Aboriginal Parties". State of Victoria, Department of Premier and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Victoria's current Registered Aboriginal Parties". Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006". Includes downloadable map dated 1 July 2021. Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 2 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ "RNTBCs". Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations. 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ^ Map of NTRBs and NTSPs around Australia (PDF) (Map). NNTT.
  6. ^ "Land and Housing". National Indigenous Australians Agency. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  7. ^ Marie Hansen Fels (May 2011). I Succeeded Once: The Aboriginal Protectorate on the Mornington Peninsula, 1839-1840. ANU E Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-921862-13-7.
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