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Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council

Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council (Tharawal LALC) is a Local Aboriginal Land Council based at Couridjah, New South Wales, Australia. It forms part of the network of Aboriginal land councils established under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW).

Local government sources identify the council as operating across the Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly areas and within parts of the Liverpool area.

History and area

Campbelltown City Council reproduces the gazettal by which the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs constituted the Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council Area on 2 February 1984 under section 5(1) of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW).

Camden Council states that the Camden, Campbelltown and Wollondilly local government areas sit within the Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council boundaries. Liverpool City Council lists Tharawal among the Local Aboriginal Land Councils operating within Liverpool LGA and says the Holsworthy area falls within the Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council area.

Conservation and environmental projects

NSW Planning says it is partnering with the NSW Aboriginal Land Council to deliver a $1 million Cumberland Plain grant program for Deerubbin, Tharawal and Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Councils.

The department's current projects page states that Tharawal and Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Councils have started implementing projects under the Cumberland Plain Grants Program.

In 2025, the NSW Government said the name of Warranmadhaa National Park was chosen in close consultation with Traditional Custodians, Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council and the local Aboriginal community.

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