The Darug people, led by Uncle Colin Gale, notify 36 land councils of a Native Title claim from Bondi to the Blue Mountains for 482 parcels of vacant Crown Land. He tells the Sydney Morning Herald, 'There are other groups who have attempted native title claim in the Sydney basin, but we are the only ones who have succeeded in proving up to this point our genealogy and background.'(Sydney Morning Herald 7 August 2001)