Content tagged with Land claims

Native title claims research – where to pitch the microscope

Identifying a research area for native title claim purposes involves certain ‘how long is a piece of string’ questions. The answers you get will...

Presentation - 14 Aug 2017

Against native title

'Against native title' is about a divisive native title claim in the town of Ceduna where the claims process has thoroughly reorganised local...

Publication or resource - 3 Aug 2017

Yijarni: true stories from Gurindji country

On 23 August 1966, approximately 200 Gurindji stockmen and their families walked off Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory, protesting against...

Publication or resource - 2 Aug 2016

Broader native title settlements and the meaning of the term ‘traditional owners’

Many native title claimant groups find it difficult to demonstrate that the relationship they have with their traditional country can meet the...

Publication or resource - 3 Feb 2016

‘What do we want?’: A political history of Aboriginal land rights in New South Wales

‘What do we want?’ is the first study of the most far-reaching and innovative Aboriginal land rights laws in the country. Heidi Norman tells a story...

Publication or resource - 12 Mar 2015

Submission to the Native Title Claims Resolution Review

The AIATSIS submission to the Attorney-General's Review of Native Title Claims Resolution discusses highlights from stakeholder consultation...

Publication or resource - 18 Feb 2015

Even as the crow flies it is still a long way: Implementation of the Queensland South Native Title Services Ltd legal services strategic plan

This paper sets out the attempts by Queensland South Native Title Services (QSNTS) to assist Traditional Owners to secure, at least, some...

Publication or resource - 17 Feb 2015

Limitations to the recognition and protection Native Title offshore: The current 'accident of History'

The question of offshore Native Title rights raises complex issues about ownership of and access to the sea. The Croker Island decision, which...

Publication or resource - 13 Feb 2015

Local and ‘diaspora’ connections to country and kin in central Cape York Peninsula

This paper examines the connections to country and kin asserted by ‘local’ and ‘diaspora’ peoples in the central Cape York Peninsula, focusing...

Publication or resource - 13 Feb 2015

The content of Native Title: Questions for the Miriuwung Gajerrong Appeal

This paper considers the distinction between possessory Native Title and the exercise of Native Title rights as referred to by Lee J in Ward v...

Publication or resource - 13 Feb 2015

Winning native title: The experience of the Nharnuwangga, Wajarri and Ngarla People 

This paper is a conference speech that follows the negotiation of the Nharnuwangga, Wajarri and Ngarla Native Title settlement from the...

Publication or resource - 13 Feb 2015

Reforming the claims resolution process: Opportunities and obstacles

In 2007 numerous legislative and administrative changes were made to key aspects of the Native Title system. Many of those changes affect how Native...

Publication or resource - 13 Feb 2015

Western Australia v Ward on Behalf of Miriuwung Gajerrong, High Court of Australia, 8 August 2002: Summary of Judgement

On 8 August 2002, the High Court handed down its decision on Western Australia v Ward & Ors, relating to the Native Title claim by the...

Publication or resource - 11 Feb 2015

Members of the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Community v Victoria [2002] HCA 58 (12 December 2002) - Comment

It has been suggested that the interpretation of the requirements of proof applied in Yorta Yorta v Victoria may lead to discriminatory...

Publication or resource - 6 Feb 2015

‘Abandonment’ or maintenance of country? A critical examination of mobility patterns and implications for Native Title

In this paper, Dr Veth argues that global studies of patterns of mobility amongst hunter gatherer groups illustrate that it is normal for groups...

Publication or resource - 6 Feb 2015

The recognition level of the native title claim group: A legal and policy perspective

Under the amended Native Title Act 1993 (NTA), a Native Title determination application to land and/or waters may be made by a person or persons on...

Publication or resource - 6 Feb 2015

Authorisation and replacement of applicants: Bolton v WA [2004] FCA 760

During the mid-2000s, the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council worked with Noongar native title applicants to rationalise claims in...

Publication or resource - 6 Feb 2015

Native title-holding groups and Native Title societies: Sampi v Western Australia

In 1995 the Bardi Jawi people of the Dampier Peninsula and Buccaneer Archipelago, north-east of Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia,...

Publication or resource - 5 Feb 2015

Balancing the scales of Indigenous land justice in Victoria

On the 13 December 2005, the Federal Court signed off on a Native Title Consent Agreement between the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and...

Publication or resource - 5 Feb 2015

Anthropology and applications for the recognition of Native Title

The practice of anthropology has become central to the process whereby applicants seek to have their Native Title claims recognised. Despite this,...

Publication or resource - 5 Feb 2015

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