Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd
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milirrpum-v-nabalco-pty-ltd-259-1543808
title:
Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd
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Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, also known as the Gove land rights case because its subject was land known as the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory, was the first litigation on native title in Australia, and the first significant legal case for Aboriginal land rights in Australia, decided on 27 April 1971. The decision of Justice Richard Blackburn ruled against the Yolngu claimants on a number of issues of law and fact, rejecting the doctrine of Aboriginal title. Instead his ruling recognise
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First Australian Aboriginal land rights case, heard in the NT Supreme Court in 1971
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milirrpum_v_Nabalco_Pty_Ltd
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2024-02-27T07:17:37Z
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