Research Catalog

Title

Mabo, Wik & native title / Peter Butt, Robert Eagleson, Patricia Lane.

Author

Butt, Peter.

Publication

Sydney : Federation Press, 2001.

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Additional Authors

• Australia. High Court.
• Eagleson, Robert D.
• Lane, Patricia (Patricia Margaret)
• Lane, Patricia M. (Patricia Margaret)

Description

134 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

Presents plain language versions of the High Court's decision in the 1992 Mabo case, the 1996 Wik decision and the essential elements of the Native Titles Act including the 1998 amendments.

Alternative Title

Mabo, Wik and native title

Subject

• Aboriginal Australians > Land tenure
• Aboriginal Australians > Legal status, laws, etc
• Aboriginal Australians > Trials, litigation, etc
• Land tenure > Law and legislation > Australia
• Land tenure > Law and legislation > Queensland
• Mabo, Eddie > Trials, litigation, etc
• Native title (Australia)
• Queensland > Trials, litigation, etc
• Wik-Mungkan (Australian people) > Trials, litigation, etc

Genre/Form

Trials, litigation, etc.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The petition -- The ruling -- Mabo : what the High Court said. The Murray Islands and their people -- The issues in the case -- Terra nullius -- Crown sovereignty and ownership of land -- Native title and the law -- Extinguishing native title -- Fiduciary obligations -- Protecting native title under the Racial Discrimination Act -- Deed of grant in trust -- The minority judgment -- Common law and land titles : an overview -- The ruling and formal order -- After Mabo. The Native Title Act 1993 -- The Wik decision 1996 : what the High Court really decided -- The government's response to Wik 1998 -- The Native Title Act in operation -- Issues for the future.

ISBN

1862873860

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library