Walker on behalf of the Eastern Kuku Yalanji People v State of Queensland [2007] FCA 1907

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Walker on behalf of the Eastern Kuku Yalanji People v State of Queensland [2007] FCA 1907

NATIVE TITLE – Determination for Eastern Kuku Yalanji People

EILEEN WALKER, AGNES WALKER, JOHN WALKER JNR, HAZEL DOUGLAS AND PETER FISCHER ON THEIR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF THE EASTERN KUKU YALANJI PEOPLE v STATE OF QUEENSLAND, COOK SHIRE COUNCIL, DOUGLAS SHIRE COUNCIL, WUJAL WUJAL ABORIGINAL SHIRE COUNCIL, TELSTRA CORP LTD, ERGON ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED, ROBERT ALFRED HARLOW, ANDREW ALAN MARSHALL, RODERICK WILLIAM McLEAN, KEVIN JOHN BRANDT, TERRY ANNE ROGERS, ARNIFRIED BRENDECKE, ODETTE CATHERINE PHILLPOT, RUSSELL DAVID O'DOHERTY, VERNON JOHN GOODYEAR AND BURUNGU ABORIGINAL CORPORATION QUD 6008 OF 1998

ALLSOP J

9 DECEMBER 2007

DIWAN RESERVE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY QUD 6008 OF 1998

BETWEEN: EILEEN WALKER, AGNES WALKER, JOHN WALKER JNR, HAZEL DOUGLAS AND PETER FISCHER ON THEIR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF THE EASTERN KUKU YALANJI PEOPLE

Applicant

AND: STATE OF QUEENSLAND

First Respondent

COOK SHIRE COUNCIL

Second Respondent

DOUGLAS SHIRE COUNCIL

Third Respondent

WUJAL WUJAL ABORIGINAL SHIRE COUNCIL

Fourth Respondent

TELSTRA CORP LTD

Fifth Respondent

ERGON ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED

Sixth Respondent

ROBERT ALFRED HARLOW

Seventh Respondent

ANDREW ALAN MARSHALL

Eighth Respondent

RODERICK WILLIAM McLEAN

Ninth Respondent

KEVIN JOHN BRANDT