Federal Court of Australia
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CATCHWORDS
ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS - Area claimed includes declared stock routes - Whether stock routes constitute "land on which there is a road over which the public has a right of way" - Whether Aboriginal Land Commissioner has jurisdiction to entertain
claim - Whether declared land is "unalienated Crown land".
PREROGATIVE WRITS - Prohibition - Prematurity.
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 ss.3, ll, I2, 21, 50, 51.
Crown Lands Ordinance (NT) 1931 s.113 Acts Interpretation Act 1901 s.38 Judiciary Act 1903 s.39B
Permanent Trustee Company of New South Wales Limited v Campbelltown Municipal Council (1960) 105 CLR 401, Suffolk County Council v Mason 11979] AC 705, Rapley v Martin (1865) 4 SCR (NSW) 173, Randwick Municipal Council v Rutledge (1959) 102 CLR 54, Attorney General v Hagar (1864) 3 SCR tisw) 234, Re O'Dowd; arte Commonwealth Bank Officers' Association (1984) 3 FCR ere Parisienne Basket Shoes Pty Ltd v Whyte (1938) 59 CLR 369, Re Gray; EY parte Marsh trSé5) 59 ALJR 804, Queen v Evatt; Ex parte the Master Builders' Association of New South Wales Trs7a} 132 CLR 150, Re Independent Schools; Staff Association (Act); Ex parte Hubert (1986) 65 ALR 673, Queen v Federal Court of Australia; Ex parte Pilkington ACI (Operations) Pty Limited (1978) 142 CLR 114, Aboriginal Sacred Sites Protection Authority v Maurice (1986) 65 ALR 247 referred to.
NSW G.525 of 1986
IN THE MATTER OF THE MATARANKA AREA LAND CLAIM and IN THE MATTER Of an Application for a Writ of Prohibition against THE HONOURABLE MICHAEL DAVID ANDREW MAURICE, ABORIGINAL LAND
COMMISSIONER; ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE NORTHERN TER Y AND
Wilcox J Sydney 27 November 1986
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION
No. G525 of 1986
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IN THE MATTER OF THE MATARANKA AREA LAND CLAIM
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