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Native Title Law Database

The Native Title Law Database is the most comprehensive collection of publicly accessible native title case and legislation summaries in Australia. Previously published as What's New in Native Title, the database is a key resource for traditional owners, practitioners and researchers.

Each item includes a summary and link to the source judgment or piece of legislation. Use the Search all function to search by legal issue or subject, court, native title or language group names, year, jurisdiction, and any other keywords or phrases.

Summaries of cases and legislation from 2014 are now available on the database. Summaries of earlier legal developments will become available on a rolling basis.

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311 - 320 of 965 search results

Title Year Issues Legislation considered Jurisdiction
WF (Deceased) on behalf of the Wiluna People v State of Western Australia [2013] FCA 755 2013 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 87A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Cheinmora v State of Western Australia [2013] FCA 727 2013 s 84 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Strickland v State of Western Australia [2013] FCA 677 2013 s 190C Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 190F Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 84D Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 61 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 251B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 64 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) Western Australia
Weribone on behalf of the Mandandanji People v State of Queensland (No 3) [2013] FCA 662 2013 s 251B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 66B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Weribone on behalf of the Mandandanji People v State of Queensland (No 2) [2013] FCA 485 2013 s 31 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 225 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 199C Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 22 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 23 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) Queensland
Peterson v State of Western Australia [2013] FCA 518 2013 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 94A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 56 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Agius v State of South Australia (No 2) [2013] FCA 417 2013 s 84 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 253 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) South Australia
Agius v State of South Australia [2012] FCA 714 2012 s 47B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) South Australia
De Rose v State of South Australia [2013] FCA 687 2013 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 223 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) South Australia
Sharpe v State of Western Australia [2013] FCA 599 2013 s 87 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 56 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 84D Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Last updated: 26 June 2023