‘New era’: more than 360,000 hectares of Queensland’s Cape York returned to traditional owners

All national parks in the cape are now in the hands of First Nations people after Wednesday's ceremony

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More than 362,000 hectares of Cape York has been officially returned to its traditional owners in a move that Indigenous leaders are hailing as the beginning of a new era" for the peninsula.

The Gudang Yadhaykenu, Atambaya and Angkamuthi (Seven Rivers) peoples were handed back land - which includes the Jardine River national park - at a ceremony at Injinoo on Wednesday.

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