In recent years, proposals by Aboriginal Land Councils to develop lands granted under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) have faced fierce and increasingly organised opposition. While these campaigns often adopt the language of grassroots environmentalism, closer scrutiny reveals that many are driven by settler interests, conspiracist ideologies, and false claims to Aboriginal identity. … Continue reading False Custodianship and the Patyegarang Proposal: The Role of the Non-Aboriginal GuriNgai in Undermining Aboriginal Sovereignty on the Northern Beaches of Sydney