List of native title claims in South Australia

Native title in Australia is the common law doctrine which is the recognition by Australian law that Indigenous Australians have rights and interests to their land that derive from their traditional laws and customs. Native title claims may be made in any Australian jurisdiction under the Native Title Act 1993. Claims made in the State of South Australia are listed below by date of lodgement. Claims are claimed by the federal and the state government.

Date lodgedClaimantClaim typeLocationAreaStatusResult
22 January 2015BarngarlaDeterminationEyre Peninsula44,500 km2 (17,200 sq mi)FinalisedNon-exclusive rights[1][2]
30 March 2009AdnyamathanhaDeterminationFlinders Ranges41,085 km2 (15,863 sq mi)FinalisedNon-exclusive rights[3]
27 March 2008Dawn Margaret BrownApplicationNorth-WestUnspecifiedFinalisedStruck-out
26 September 2008DieriApplicationEastern52,737 km2 (20,362 sq mi)FinalisedNon-exclusive rights[4]
11 September 2008Wangkangurru/​YarluyandiDeterminationWitjira National Park7,770 km2 (3,000 sq mi)FinalisedNon-exclusive rights[5]
13 August 2007Arunda - Yunkunjatjara Nguraritja​ApplicationNW Central53,040 km2 (20,480 sq mi)FinalisedStruck-out
24 May 2007KokathaApplicationCentral178,000 km2 (69,000 sq mi)FinalisedStruck-out
16 February 2006Kuyani-WilyaruApplicationCentralUnspecifiedFinalisedDiscontinued[6]
8 June 2005YankunytjatjaraDeterminationNorth-West1,865 km2 (720 sq mi)FinalisedNon-exclusive rights[7]
22 December 2000KuyaniApplicationCentral eastern96,040 km2 (37,080 sq mi)FinalisedStruck-out
25 October 2000KaurnaApplicationFleurieu to Port Wakefield8,160 km2 (3,150 sq mi)FinalisedNon-exclusive rights[8]

See also

References
  1. FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA: Croft on behalf of the Barngarla Native Title Claim Group v State of South Australia [2015 FCA 9], File number: SAD 6011 of 1998; John Mansfield (judge)
  2. Barngarla people granted partial native title over large area of SA Eyre Peninsula, ABC News, By Nicola Gage and Natalie Whiting, 28 January 2015
  3. Adnyamathanha People win Flinders Ranges native title claim, THE ADVERTISER, 30 March 2009
  4. "The Dieri Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC". Prescribed Bodies Corporate.
  5. "Native title claims resolved for Witjira National Park". National Native Title Tribunal. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  6. "Claimant application summary - Kuyani-Wilyaru". National Native Title Tribunal. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  7. "De Rose Hill marks native title first for SA". National Native Title Tribunal. 8 June 2005. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  8. Eacott, Alina (21 March 2018). "Kaurna people granted native title rights in Adelaide 18 years after claim". ABC News.
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