The famous Kimberley tourism precinct at El Questro will be returned to traditional owners and the cattle station will become a nature reserve after an unprecedented deal was announced on Wednesday.
It marks a historic change in tenure to the 165,000-hectare pastoral station, first granted by the Crown in 1903.
A new Indigenous Land Use Agreement has been struck between Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation (WAC) and the West Australian government to change the pastoral lease to both freehold and reserve tenures.
