Federal Court of Australia
CATCHWORDS
Aboriginals - land rights - area claimed including declared stock routes - whether stock routes constitute land on which there is a "road over which the public has the right of way".
Words and Phrases "road", "highways" - whether the stock route 1s a "road" for the purposes of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 ss.1l and 12.
Statutory Interpretation - reference to Second Reading Speech in order to remove doubt as to meaning of legislation - reference to
subsequent history of legislation in order to remove doubt as to meaning of legislation.
IN THE MATTER of an Application for a Writ of Prohibition against the HONOURABLE MICHAEL DAVID ANDREW MAURICE, ABORIGINAL LAND COMMISSIONER (First Respondent) AND BILLY BOY FOSTER JAMPIJINPA & ORS (Second Respondent) AND IN THE
MATTER of the WARUMUNGU LAND CLAIM EX PARTE, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA (Prosecutor)
No. G304 of 1986
Sweeney, Beaumont and Burchett JJ.
Sydney
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ) i ) . NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY } No. G304 of 1986 : ) 7 GENERAL DIVISION )
SPECIAL CASE PURSUANT TO SUB-S. 25(6) OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976
IN THE MATTER of an Application for a Writ of Prohibition against the HONOURABLE MICHAEL DAVID ANDREW MAURICE, ABORIGINAL LAND COMMISSIONER
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First Respondent AND: BILLY BOY FOSTER JAMPIJINPA & ORS " Second Respondent
AND: IN THE MATTER of the WARUMUNGU LAND CLAIM : TT :
EX PARTE, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA -
Prosecutor
MINUTE OF ORDER 7
COURT: SWEENEY, BEAUMONT AND BURCHETT JJ. oe
U DATE OF ORDER: 26 NOVEMBER 1987 re + ee eo WHERE MADE: SYDNEY
THE COURT ORDERS that the questions in the Special Case be
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