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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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321 - 330 of 965 search results

Title Year Issues Legislation considered Jurisdiction
Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council v Attorney General of New South Wales [2013] FCA 646 2013 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), s 61 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 23B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) New South Wales
Mudgee Local Aboriginal Land Council v Attorney General of NSW [2013] FCA 668 2013 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), s 61 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) New South Wales
Doolan on behalf of the Butchulla People Land and Sea Claim #2 v State of Queensland [2013] FCA 602 2013 s 84 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 37M Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Queensland
Jerrinja Local Aboriginal Land Council v Attorney General of the State of NSW [2013] FCA 562 2013 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), s 61 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) New South Wales
Wyman on behalf of the Bidjara People v State of Queensland [2013] FCA 366 2013 Queensland
Corunna v Native Title Registrar [2013] FCA 372 2013 s 190A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 190B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 190C Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 190F Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Western Australia
Murray on behalf of the Yilka Native Title Claimants v State of Western Australia (No 4) [2013] FCA 413 2013 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) Western Australia
Ward v State of Western Australia [2013] FCA 281 2013 s 51 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 61 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 51(xxxi) Constitution, s 17 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 20 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), Land Act 1933 (WA), Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), s 45 Native Title Act 1993, s 23J Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), Titles (Validation) and Native Title (Effect of Past Acts) Act 1995 (WA) Western Australia
Weribone on behalf of the Mandandanji People v State of Queensland [2013] FCA 255 2013 s 251B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 66B Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), s 251A Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) Queensland
Ngambri Local Aboriginal Land Council v Attorney-General of New South Wales [2012] FCA 1484 2012 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), s 13 Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) New South Wales
Last updated: 26 June 2023