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Author Queensland. Land Tribunal

Title Aboriginal land claim to ten islands near Cape Grenville : the Wuthathi claim / report of the Land Tribunal established under the Aboriginal Land Act 1991 to the Hon. the Minister for Natural Resources
Published Brisbane : The State of Queensland, Land Tribunal, 1998

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 W'PONDS  KM 208.433 K2Q3 Lan/Alc  AVAILABLE
Description v, 171 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Series Report (Queensland. Land Tribunal)
Contents The land claimed: claimable land - introduction; land available for claim and claimed; what is an island"; the mystery of the missing island; mineral exploration in the claim area -- Native title and the land claim -- Claimants and grounds of claim: identity of claimants, grounds of claim -- Other parties -- Land claim procedures: statutory provisions; location of hearings; Representation of parties; Group evidence; Recording the proceedings; Naming of deceased persons; Restrictions on copying and retaining certain exhibits; Consulting with elders; Expert evidence -- Land Tribunal's functions -- Introduction: one of two grounds of claim; Statutory criteria: the group, lived on or used, substantial period; district or region -- History of Aboriginal presence in the region before European settlement -- Records of early European explorers, visitors, government officials and researchers -- Occupation and use of land by claimants and their ancestors: family histories, overview of historical occupation and use -- Traditional affiliation: The criteria: the claimant group; spiritual associations with the land; Traditional rights in relation to the land; traditional responsibilities for the land; other traditional associations with the land; preserving and continuing traditional associations with land; Common connections -- Conclusions and recommendations : recommendation for the grant of the land; recommendation about grantee of the land -- Matters for advice: Advantage: number of Aborigines who will be advantaged; nature of advantage; extent of advantage -- Responsibilities in relation to the land -- Detriment -- Effect of grant on land usage : Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Cape York Marine Park; Ports Corporation of Queensland -- Summary of findings, recommendations and advice: -- Land claim application and land claim proceedings -- Historical association -- Traditional affiliation -- Recommendations -- Matters for advice
Summary Recommends that the land be granted in fee simple, on the ground of traditional affiliation, to the named Wuthathi people
Notes "February 1998"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cape Grenville Region
Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cape Grenville
Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- Queensland -- Grenville, Cape, region
Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- Queensland.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cape Grenville Region -- Claims
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Grenville, Cape, region -- Claims
Land rights -- Queensland
Land tenure -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cape Grenville
Land tenure -- Australia -- Queensland.
Native title (Australia) -- Australia -- Queensland.
Cape Grenville (Qld.)
Author Queensland. Land Tribunal
LC no. 98180825
ISBN 0724272658
Other Titles The Wuthathi claim