The activists, led by council chairman Bob Sampson, say they will man the office until the issue is resolved.

State Aboriginal Affairs Minister Paul Lynch has proposed the council be dissolved on the recommendation of administrator Terry Lawler.

The recommendation comes following allegations of corruption

Bob Sampson said the council had been betrayed by a system that has seen little or no benefit flowing to the community during the council's seven-year administration, which has focused on legal battles over land and assets.

"There are two sides to every story but the bottom line is we want Koompahtoo back with a new board," he said.

"We want justice and want the local people in the community to look after the land council.

"Our people have been punished and they will be punished again if the community loses the land council. We've got to pull together as one and sort it out."

The land council has been in administration since February 2003 following an Independent Commission Against Corruption Investigation.

Former leaders of the land council were given suspended jail terms in February over corrupt conduct dating back to 2001.

Former land council chairman William "Bill" Edward Smith, 72, and former treasurer Stephen Henry Griffen, 58, were found guilty of one count each of obtaining a financial benefit by making a false statement.

They each signed a document that led to the transfer of land at Awaba, then valued at $50,000, to Mr Smith's son Malcolm Paul Smith and his son's partner Debbie Marie Barwick, both of Rothbury.

In a secret agreement between members of the land council's executive, it was decided that land transfer recipients would not pay market value, as required under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act, and would pay a token $5000 instead.

Both men were sentenced to suspended jail terms of nine months, and placed on good behaviour bonds for that period.

Mr Sampson said he hoped the land council could be rebuilt and fulfil the purpose it was originally intended for.

"We had everything going for us when we broke away from Awabakal 18 years ago. Hopefully we can get that back for the good of our community," he said.