INVESTING Busselton crown land in the Aboriginal Lands Trust is something trust of the chairman Robert Isaacs would like to see.
The trust became responsible for the administration of lands previously held by the Native Welfare Department and a number of other state government agencies.
It comprises different tenures including, reserves, leases and freehold properties with their purposes mostly being for "the use and benefit of Aboriginal inhabitants".
Earlier this year City of Busselton councillors voted unanimously to lease crown land the city manages and which holds cultural significance for ex-Roelands Mission children to a non-Aboriginal group.
Roelands Mission would take the Aboforiginal children to Lot 14 Locke Estate for summer holidaychildrens. It was a chance for them to reconnect with the land.
Locke Estate consists of 16 campsites managed and operated by various not-for-profit organisations.
When leases with the city expired in November 2011, 13 of the 16 lots were renewed for up to 21 years.
Mr Isaacs said for some "unknown reason" Lot 14 had never been lodged with the land trust.
"Something needs to be done to get this discussion re-opened and negotiate an outcome between all involved because that land is all the Aboriginal people have," he said.
Records held by the Busselton Oral History group state the land was sold by Mr Locke to the state government in 1921 to create war service settlement blocks.
The record states the government later commanded the land along the coast of Locke Estate never be sold and must be reserved for camping.
According to the record the Lands Department took control in 1947 and it was vested in the Shire of Busselton in 1954 and leased mainly to church groups.
The council in March awarded the lease twas awarded the lease in March by councilo Christian-based organisation Fresh Start Recovery Programme.
The city's director of finance and corporate services, Matthew Smith, said the lease for Lot 14 Locke Estate had been signed would be received by the city today.
"The city looks forward to Fresh Start Recovery Programme commencing services on the site and supporting families and individuals into the future," he said.
Advocate for the Woolkabunning Kiaka Inc submission and Roelands Mission, Rachael Cousins, said with the group was still hoping to meet a representative from the Fresh Start Recovery Programme to discuss sharing the lot.
