Law Reform: Native Title

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Across
  1. 3. type of petition used by the Yolngu people to protest for land rights
  2. 6. the right of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to their traditional lands
  3. 8. case that overturned terra nullius
  4. 9. latin term meaning no mans land
  5. 12. this type of land is owned by the government
  6. 13. The Native Title _ _ _ (1993) Cth is the legislation related to native title recognition
  7. 15. the traditional name for the Murray Islands
  8. 16. the highest court that can hear native title cases
  9. 17. the informal name given to the 2008 case that granted native title to intertidal ocean zones
Down
  1. 1. the claimant who brings forward a civil case ie Mabo
  2. 2. an important case that found pastoral leases and native title could co-exist
  3. 4. the first name preferred by Edie Mabo
  4. 5. policy that gave powers to the Board for the Protection of Aborigines to control every aspect of Aboriginal peoples lives
  5. 7. the number of judges in the high court during the Mabo case
  6. 10. this type of land enables mining or pastoral companies to rent land from the Crown
  7. 11. this type of right is claimed and shared by a group of people
  8. 14. The National Native Title _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a federal government agency that mediates claims for native title