A Challenge To The Established Law
The plaintiffs and their legal representatives faced significant obstacles. They were challenging the established legal view that native title had no place in Australian law, and this meant dealing with two other entrenched and closely connected doctrines, which were foundations of the Australian legal system.
The first was that of terra nullius.
The second was the principle that sovereignty delivered complete ownership of all land in the new Colony to the Crown, and so abolished any native title rights that may have existed previously.
...land belonging to no-one...
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1788
colonial warfare, colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, extinguishment, Land Bilong Islanders, land rights, settlements, sovereignty, terra nullius
...no such recognition...
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Canada, Land Bilong Islanders, New Zealand (Aotearoa), recognition, treaties, United States of America
Crown Land
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colonisation, doctrine of tenure, indigenous Australians, International law, native title, New South Wales, sovereignty, terra nullius
The Gove Case Issues
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1971
Blackburn, Justice, extinguishment, Gove, land rights, native title, Northern Territory, recognition, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Yolgnu
Proclamation of Annexation
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Jul, 19, 1979
annexation, colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, land ownership, Mer, Queensland Government, terra nullius
An Expression Of Sovereignty
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Jun, 3, 1992
High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, native title, self determination, self-government, sovereignty
A Humanitarian Tradition
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Australia, colonialism, Cook, Captain James, First Fleet, humanitarians, land rights, terra nullius
Gove Land Rights case
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Blackburn, Justice, Common Law, Gove, land rights, native title, plaintiffs
...The doctrine of terra nullius...
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Canada, extinguishment, First Fleet, land rights, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo judgement, Murray Island, New South Wales, New Zealand (Aotearoa), plaintiffs, Queensland, terra nullius, United States of America
...Territory practically unoccupied...
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1889-1991
Australian Court Case, Blackburn, Justice, Cooper V Stuart, doctrine of tenure, Federal Court of Australia, Gove Case, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , mining, Nabalco, Nettheim, Garth, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Privy Council, terra nullius, Yirrkala, Yolgnu
...Challenges - Sovereignty and ownership distinguished...
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1992
extinguishment, Murray Island, plaintiffs, Queensland, sovereignty
...Sovereignty...
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1992
annexation, Brennan, Justice Gerard, Mabo Case, Mabo v Queensland No.2, NSW v The Commonwealth, 1975, plaintiffs, sovereignty, sovereignty, terra nullius
Radical Title
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Australian Court Case, Common Law, Cooper V Stuart, crown land, New South Wales, plaintiffs, Queensland, Radical Title, sovereignty
...Title and Ownership Distinguished...
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1847-1992
Attorney-General (NSW) v Brown, 1847 , Australian Court Case, Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, Common Law, Mabo v Queensland No.2, native title, New South Wales, NSW v The Commonwealth, 1975, ownership, Radical Title, Randwick Corporation v Rutledge, 1959 , sovereignty
Extinguishment Of Native Title
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Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, claim, crown land, extinguishment, native title, plaintiffs, Radical Title, Supreme Court USA
...Challenges - Is recognition of native title necessary?...
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1992
Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, claim, extinguishment, Mabo v Queensland No.2, native title, plaintiffs, Queensland, Radical Title
Terra Nullius
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colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, First Fleet, New South Wales, sovereignty, terra nullius
Extinguishment of Native Title Continued
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1989
claim, extinguishment, land ownership, native title, plaintiffs, Queen Victoria, Radical Title, sovereignty
Sovereignty & Ownership Distinguished
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land ownership, Mabo judgement, native title, sovereignty
Terra Nullius & Australia
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crown land, dispossession, doctrine of tenure, First Fleet, land rights, resistance, terra nullius
The Doctrine Of Tenures Reconsidered
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crown land, doctrine of tenure, land rights, Mabo judgement
