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These case studies feature a diverse range of people, businesses and experts on remote life in the Cape York Peninsula, interviewed in May and June 2021.

Debbie is the CEO for the Olkola Aboriginal corporation and a Traditional Owner of Olkola Country. She has been working on managing Country since the tenure resolution handover in 2014, in establishing the Olkola land management Ranger program, fire abatement/carbon farming and tourism initiatives. The Olkola Aboriginal Corporation works to bring their people back to Olkola nation’s lands to preserve and maintain the culture and their lands’ ancient ecosystems.

For Karen, her family and the Lama Lama people, the process of returning to Port Stewart is about reconnecting with her homeland and the traditional Country of the Lama Lama people after her ancestors were forcibly removed. Karen used to camp there during her holidays which allowed her to connect to her Country. Fighting for the return and successful handover of the land to the Traditional Owners was one of her proudest moments.

Dr Hannah Robertson is a lecturer in construction management and conducts research in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to develop infrastructure on their homelands in response to their needs.

As a Lama Lama Traditional Owner and through his extensive experience in land management working as a Ranger, Gavin Bassani has been pivotal in establishing the Lama Lama Ranger Program. In 2009 the programme started with six Rangers. Now in 2021, there are 20 full-time Lama Lama Rangers based out on Country at Port Stewart and Silver Plains managing land and sea.