RATSIB Areas
Published by National Native Title Tribunal
Summary
Native title areas in Australia.
Description
A "representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body" (RATSIB) is a body recognised by the Commonwealth under s 203AD of the NTA to represent native title holders and persons who may hold native title and to consult with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons within a specified area. A RATSIBs statutory functions are detailed in Part 11 Division 3 of the NTA and include: (a) facilitation and assistance to prepare and progress native title applications and negotiation of future act processes; (b) certification of native title applications and applications for registration of an ILUA; (c) resolution of disputes between constituents; (d) notification to persons who hold or may hold native title in the area of notices that relate to land and water in the RATSIB area; and (e) agreement making to be a party to ILUAs as appropriate in its specified area.
Resources
RATSIB_NAT_SHP.zip
RATSIB_NAT.sld
RATSIB Areas - Preview this Dataset (WMS)
RATSIB Areas Web Feature Service API Link
RATSIB Areas GeoJSON
Metadata
- Last Updated
- 10 Mar 2026
- Created
- 24 Sept 2013
- Source Portal
- Federal
Dublin Core Metadata
- Publisher
- National Native Title Tribunal
- Creator
- National Native Title Tribunal
- Type
- Dataset
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Spatial Coverage
- Australia
- Temporal Coverage
- 24 Sept 2013 – 10 Mar 2026
- Related Resources
- https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0d32262b-e13b-4475-adc6-3618811c029a/resource/05ed6d47-bedf-4198-84b3-d8cf3708cc03/download/ratsib_nat_shp.zip, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0d32262b-e13b-4475-adc6-3618811c029a/resource/ffc32a66-eca1-4ef6-9d11-1837faedb6be/download/ratsibnat.sld, https://data.gov.au/geoserver/ratsib-boundaries/wms?request=GetCapabilities, https://data.gov.au/geoserver/ratsib-boundaries/wfs, https://data.gov.au/geoserver/ratsib-boundaries/wfs?request=GetFeature&typeName=ckan_0d32262b_e13b_4475_adc6_3618811c029a&outputFormat=json
- Subjects
- NNTT, boundary, indigenous, native title, representative