Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung elder says the claim would allow First Nations people to work with government to ‘look after that country’

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Traditional owners have filed a native title claim over Melbourne and surrounding regions.

The claim by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people covers thousands of square kilometres, from the mouth of the Werribee River north to its headwater in the Great Dividing Range, east to Mount Baw Baw, south through Bunyip and west to Mordialloc Creek.

Source: Guardian - World News