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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Jasper Lindell

'Irrefutable evidence of our ancestry': Ngambri custodians take ACT to court

Paul Girrawah House. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Ngambri custodians have filed a claim in the ACT Supreme Court under the territory's human rights laws, saying the government has violated their human rights by failing to recognise them as traditional owners of the Canberra area.

Paul Girrawah House said he and other members of the Ngambri had launched the court action to stop the ACT government's "blatant" discrimination and hypocrisy.

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