Wanaruah Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act [2001] NSWLEC 20

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Wanaruah Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act [2001] NSWLEC 20 APPLICANT: PARTIES : Wanaruah Local Aboriginal Land Council RESPONDENT: Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act FILE NUMBER(S) : 30208 of 1998 CORAM: Lloyd J KEY ISSUES: Aboriginal :- land rights claim - claimable Crown land - whether needed or likely to be needed for residential land - whether lawfully occupied and used - whether needed for an essential public purpose - whether Court has power to make a grant subject to conditions Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 s 36(1), s 36(5A) and s 36(6) LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 39 Muswellbrook Local Environmental Plan 1985 Daruk Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act [No. 2] (The Londonderry Claim) (1995) 89 LGERA 194; Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (1997) 95 LGERA 353; La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (1991) 74 LGRA 176; Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Council (1995) 43 NSWLR 249; Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v New South Wales Local Aboriginal Land Council (1993) 31 NSWLR 106; CASES CITED: Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v New South Wales Local Aboriginal Council [No. 2] (1997) 42 NSWLR 641; Minister Administering the Crown Lands (Consolidation) Act v Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council (1992) 75 LGRA 133; Minister for Natural Resources v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council & Anor (1987) 9 NSWLR 154; New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands (Consolidation) Act (The Winbar Claim) (1988) 14 NSWLR 685; New South Wales Local Aboriginal Land Council (on behalf of Dubbo GA Local Aboriginal Council) v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act [1997] NSWLEC 157, 22 October 1997, unreported; Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands (Consolidation) Act (1990) 72 LGRA 177 DATES OF HEARING: 03/10/2000, 04/10/2000, 05/10/2000 and 06/10/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/21/2001