Darwin - Australian Aborigines have for the first time been granted native title rights to the sea surrounding their traditional lands. In an historic ruling yesterday, the Federal Court in Darwin found five Aboriginal clans had a communal claim on the waters and seabed around Croker Island, off the Arnhem Land coast, in the Northern Territory.
Aborigines win land rights
Darwin - Australian Aborigines have for the first time been granted native title rights to the sea surrounding their traditional…
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