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land ownership issue.

             1985 Announcement by the Prime Minister of plans to transfer the Fleet Base and Armaments Depot to Jervis Bay. The Wreck Bay people oppose this decision because of the impact on the cultural and natural environment of the region. The land rights movement accelerates.

             1986 The Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986 is enacted. The Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community secures tenure of 403 hectares of land via the Land Grant Act and the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council is established.

             1992 The Jervis Bay Nature Reserve, additional Commonwealth lands and the waters of the Jervis Bay Territory are proclaimed as the Jervis Bay National Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 (Parks Act). The Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community is offered two positions on a Board of Management of the newly declared park. The offer is rejected.

             1993 Commonwealth Government announces that the Armaments Depot will be built in Victoria. The Native Title Act 1993 is enacted.

             1994 The Commonwealth Government Ministers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and the Environment announce their intention to make a land grant of the Jervis Bay National Park to the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community. Amendments to the Land Grant Act and the Parks Act are introduced to facilitate the land grant.

             1995 Amendments pass both houses of Parliament and the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council is granted freehold title to Jervis Bay National Park and the Jervis Bay annex of the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Park and gardens are leased back to the Director of National Parks.

             1996 The Jervis Bay National Park Board of Management is established with a majority of Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community representatives. For the first time the Wreck Bay people have a real say on how traditional lands are managed.

             1997 The Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council lodges a land claim for the remaining areas in the Jervis Bay Territory, which are not Aboriginal land.

             1997 To reflect Aboriginal ownership the name Jervis Bay National Park is changed to Booderee National Park.

             1999 Wreck Bay Enterprises Limited is established.

             2000 Interdepartmental Committee is established to look at a number of issues in Jervis Bay Territory including the Wreck Bay land claim.

             2000 Booderee Botanic Gardens are legally incorporated into Booderee National Park in May 2000.

             2000 Parks Act is replaced by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in July 2000.

             2002 First plan of management is produced for Booderee National Park.

             2003 Wreck Bay enters into a Service Agreement with the Director of National Parks, marking the first step towards the sole management vision.

             2008 Implementation of the first management plan is completed and reported to the Board