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Ngambri people consider claiming native title over land in Canberra following ACT government apology

Ngambri man Paul Girrawah House says records of the Ngambri people in Canberra date back to the 1820s. (ABC News: Harry Frost)

The Ngambri people may claim native title over parts of the Canberra region after the ACT government apologised for failing to acknowledge them as traditional custodians of the land.

Two members of the Ngambri Indigenous community were suing the government in the ACT Supreme Court, saying it had breached their human rights.

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