The biggest winners (claimants) – native aboriginal people of the Pilbara region (from WA Government Native Title website);
Table of Native Title Claims in the Pilbara region
Claim Name |
Registration Status |
NNTT Number |
Federal Court Number |
Banjima People |
Registered |
WC11/06 |
WAD6096/98 |
Registered |
WC95/60 |
WAD6051/98 |
|
Registered |
WC97/89 |
WAD6208/98 |
|
Registered |
WC97/43 |
WAD6173/98 |
|
Registered |
WC00/8 |
WAD6007/00 |
|
Registered |
WC99/3 |
WAD6169/98 |
|
Registered |
WC09/3 |
WAD232/09 |
|
Registered |
WC99/12 |
WAD6090/98 |
|
Registered |
WC99/26 |
WAD6185/98 |
|
Registered |
WC05/2 |
WAD77/05 |
|
Registered |
WC05/3 |
WAD78/05 |
|
Registered |
WC08/2 |
WAD165/08 |
|
Registered |
WC99/8 |
WAD6028/98 |
|
Njamal People # 10 |
Registered |
WC00/5 |
WAD6003/00 |
Registered |
WC98/65 |
WAD6281/98 |
|
Registered |
WC05/6 |
WAD6280/98 |
|
Registered |
WC99/16 |
WAD6287/98 |
|
Registered |
WC01/5 |
WAD6007/01 |
|
Registered |
WC05/4 |
WAD126/05 |
|
Not Registered |
WC10/4 |
WAD104/10 |
|
Registered |
WC95/61 |
WAD82/98 |
|
Wunna Nyiyaparli People | Registered | WC12/1 | WAD22/12 |
Registered |
WC96/89 |
WAD127/97 |
|
Registered |
WC03/3 |
WAD6005/03 |
|
Registered |
WC10/16 |
WAD340/10 |
|
Registered |
WC10/11 |
WAD216/10 |
From ABC Radio Australia
The West Australian government and BHP had argued that mining leases completely extinguished native title.
But the Full Federal Court has ruled the Ngarla people’s native title rights have been reinstated where mining activities have ended.
The case involved mining leases at Mount Goldsworthy, where Western Australia’s first major iron ore operations began in the 1960s.
The case could have implications for mining and pastoral leases around the nation.
Presenter:David Weber
Speaker:Simon Hawkins, chief executive, Yamatji-Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation