NSW Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Land Management Act 2016 – Helensburgh Police Station [2020] NSWLEC 133

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: NSW Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Land Management Act 2016 – Helensburgh Police Station [2020] NSWLEC 133 Hearing dates: 23-24 June 2020 Decision date: 11 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Class 3 Before: Pain J Decision: See [157]-158] of judgment Catchwords: ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS – claim of Crown land – whether Helensburgh police station paddock lawfully used and/or occupied at date of claim in 2010 ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS – claim of Crown land – whether Helensburgh police station paddock lawfully used and/or occupied at date of claim in 2016 ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS – claim of Crown land – whether Helensburgh police station residence lawfully occupied at date of claim in 2016 Legislation Cited: Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) ss 3, 36 Crown Lands Act 1989 (NSW) ss 3, 6, 7, 10, Pt 5 (ss 78, 87), Pt 7 Div 5 (s 155), Sch 8 cl 1 Crown Land Management Act 2016 (NSW) Cases Cited: Daruk Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (1993) 30 NSWLR 140 Housing Commissioner (NSW) v Falconer [1981] 1 NSWLR 547 La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act [2012] NSWLEC 5 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v Bathurst Local Aboriginal Land Council (2009) 166 LGERA 379; [2009] NSWCA 138 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council (No 2) (2001) 50 NSWLR 665; [2001] NSWCA 28 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council (2012) 193 LGERA 276; [2012] NSWCA 359 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council [2014] NSWCA 69 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v NSW Aboriginal Land Council (2008) 237 CLR 285; [2008] HCA 48 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v NSWALC (2012) 84 NSWLR 219; [2012] NSWCA 358 Minister for Natural Resources v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (1987) 9 NSWLR 154 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (1992) 76 LGRA 192 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (2014) 204 LGERA 1; [2014] NSWLEC 72 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (2015) 215 LGERA 103; [2015] NSWCA 349 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (2016) 260 CLR 232; [2016] HCA 50 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (Berrima) [2014] NSWLEC 188 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (Nelson Bay) (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 145 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands (Consolidation) Act and the Western Lands Act (1988) 14 NSWLR 685 NSW Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering The Crown Lands Act (2007) 157 LGERA 18; [2007] NSWCA 281 Texts Cited: New South Wales Government Gazette No 704, 6 December 1902 at 87773, 87779 Category: Principal judgment Parties: NSW Aboriginal Land Council (Applicant) Minister Administering the Crown Land Management Act 2016 (Respondent) Representation: COUNSEL: S Pritchard SC (Applicant) R Graycar (Respondent)