Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council v Attorney General of New South Wales [2020] FCA 1506

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council v Attorney General of New South Wales [2020] FCA 1506 File number: NSD 2067 of 2019

Judge: GRIFFITHS J

Date of judgment: 20 October 2020

Catchwords: NATIVE TITLE – non-claimant application for determination of native title under s 61(1) of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) – determination sought under s 86G of the Native Title Act that no native title exists over the determination area – consideration of misdescription in public notice – whether native title extinguished – whether within power and appropriate to make the orders sought – orders made in the terms sought

Legislation: Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), ss 13, 23B, 23C, 23E, 61, 66, 68, 81, 86G, 225, Item 3(8) of Pt 1 of Sch 1 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), ss 24FA, 36(9), 40, 42, 50 Crown Lands Act of 1844 (NSW), s 90 Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913 (NSW), ss 3(f), 75 Native Title (New South Wales) Act 1994 (NSW), s 20 Native Title (Notices) Determination 2011 (No. 1) (Cth), cll 4, 6(5)

Cases cited: Brown v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2010] FCA 498; 268 ALR 149 Brown v State of Western Australia [2012] FCAFC 154; 208 FCR 505 CG (Deceased) on behalf of the Badimia People of State of Western Australia [2016] FCAFC 67; 240 FCR 466 Gandagara Local Aboriginal Land Council v Attorney-General of New South Wales [2013] FCA 646 Mace v State of Queensland [2019] FCAFC 233; 375 ALR 717 Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council v Attorney-General of New South Wales [2018] FCA 1329 State of Western Australia v Brown [2014] HCA 8; 253 CLR 507