The Thiin-Mah Warriyangka Tharrkari Jiwarli people have had their native title status formally recognised by the Federal Court. Submitted in 2016, the combined claim covers a determination area of 6,804km² within the shires of Carnarvon, […]
After a 20-year wait, Traditional Owners of the town of Pine Creek in the Northern Territory have finally been recognised as native title holders of the area. First lodged in 1999, the result of the […]
The Goolarabooloo people who opposed Woodside Petroleum’s now-abandoned $45 billion plan for a gas hub at James Price Point near Broome in Western Australia have failed in an appeal for native title rights. The Goolarabooloo […]
The Malgana people have been granted native title over about 28,800 square kilometres of land and waters around the World Heritage listed Shark Bay in Western Australia’s Gascoyne. The native title determination was handed down […]
A decade long struggle by the Mirrar people in the Northern Territory for ownership and control of their land in the World Heritage listed Kakadu National Park met with success on Friday when they were […]
Taungurung Traditional Owners in Victoria have secured the biggest native title settlement in the state’s history in a deal worth nearly $34 million. They are now formally recognised as the Traditional Owners of a large […]
The Lappi Lappi and Ngulupi peoples’ native title over 6,072 square kilometres of land and waters in the western Tanami Desert in Western Australia has been recognised by the Federal Court, in one of the […]
A landmark $1.3 billion native title settlement with Western Australia’s Noongar people — the biggest in Australian history — was today given the green light by the Native Title Registrar. “We are delighted with the […]
The Nyiyaparli people in Western Australia’s north have been granted native title over 40,000 square kilometres of traditional country that includes the town of Newman and the Aboriginal communities of Jigalong and Parnpajinya, the Yamatji […]
In 1978 Aboriginal people faced off against a convoy of police and miners to protect their sacred land at Nookanbah in Western Australia’s far north. On Monday, a re-enactment of the historic Nookanbah march marked […]
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