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A Deed of Grant in Trust (or DOGIT) is the name for a system of community-level land trust established in Queensland to administer former reserves and missions. They came about through the enactment by the Queensland Government of the Community Services (Torres Strait) Act and Community Services (Aborigines) Act in 1984 by the Queensland Government, allowing community councils to be created to own and administer former reserves or missions under a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT). The trusts are governed by local representatives who are elected every three years to councils called Incorporated Aboriginal Councils. These councils have the power to pass by-laws, appoint police for the community, and are responsible for maintaining housing and infrastructure, running the Community Development Employment Program and issuing hunting and camping permits. As such, they work much like a local government, but are different in character as they own the land they administer on behalf of the community.
The first community to receive a DOGIT was Hope Vale on 27 July 1986, forming the Hope Vale Aboriginal Council. In the years following, many DOGIT communities were established—mostly in the Cape York Peninsula, Torres Strait Islands and Carpentaria regions. The Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004 extended to community councils many of the provisions and benefits of the Local Government Act 1993 normally enjoyed by shire councils.

Communities

The following is a list of DOGIT communities in Queensland.

Name of community	Area (km²)	Population	Excised from	Date granted	Primary occupants
Bamaga	67.6	869	Shire of Torres
Cherbourg	388.11	1241	Shire of Murgon	28 August 1986	Wakka Wakka
Doomadgee	1863.2	1181	Shire of Burke	1987	Gangalidda/Waanyi
Hope Vale	1115.4	856	Shire of Cook	27 July 1986
Injinoo	841.1	463	Shire of Cook	27 October 1986
Kowanyama	2571.9	1112	Shire of Cook	23 July 1987	Kokoberra, Yir Yorant, Kunjen
Lockhart River	3591.7	605	Shire of Cook	29 October 1987
Mapoon	550.1	262	Shire of Cook	26 April 1989	Tjungundji
Napranum	1993.7	921	Shire of Cook	1 October 1989
New Mapoon	96.5	381	Shire of Torres	27 October 1986
Palm Island	70.9	2165	City of Townsville	27 October 1986	Bwgcolman, Manbarra
Pormpuraaw (Edward River)	4662.0	653	Shire of Cook	28 July 1987	Thaayorre, Mungkan
Seisia (Red Island)	2.6	184	Shire of Torres	1986
Umagico (Alau)	53.4	267	Shire of Torres	1986
Woorabinda	391.2	928	Shire of Duaringa	27 October 1986
Wujal Wujal	11.2	361	Shire of Cook		Kuku Yalanji
Yarrabah	159.4	2599	Shire of Mulgrave	27 October 1986	Gujangii

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