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Sea rights recognised in Cape York

The Kuuku Ya’u People of Cape York have become the first Indigenous people in Queensland to have their native title rights recognised over their traditional sea country through agreement.

In a Federal Court hearing at Portland Roads, 545 km north-west of Cairns, Justice Andrew Greenwood recognised the Kuuku Ya’u People’s exclusive native title rights over 10 sq km of land and their non-exclusive rights over about 1,970 sq km of the sea on the east of Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland. Read the media release.

Native title recognised in WA's north west

The Nyangumarta People are celebrating the recognition of their native title rights and interests over more than 33,843sq km of land which borders about 110km of coastline along Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

At a Federal Court hearing near the beach at Nyiyamarri Pukurl, on Wallal Downs Station on June 11, Justice Tony North made two consent determinations for applications from the Nyangumarta People. Pastoralists, fishing and mining companies, the WA and Commonwealth governments and Telstra were among parties to the two Nyangumarta native title applications.

The National Native Title Tribunal registered the applications and provided mediation to resolve these applications by consent. Read the media release.