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SONGS passed down over the generations nearly raised the roof of the Lockhart River Town Hall as Wuthathi traditional owners signed a land handback agreement three decades in the making.
Stifling heat couldn't stem the outpouring of emotion from about 100 men and women, young and old, who cried and hugged in celebration of the historic occasion.
Yesterday's State Government-approved Shelburne Bay handback means the traditional owners of Wuthathi country now feel their homelands have finally been returned to them.
The deal covers 118,132ha just north of Lockhart River with about one-third now gazetted as national park to protect some of the...