Form of land title which recognises Aboriginal people as rightful owners of that land.

'Native Title' is the name given by the High Court to Indigenous property rights recognised by the court in the Mabo judgement (3 June 1992). The Mabo judgement overthrew the concept of terr [..]

(toggle)Form of land title which recognizes Aboriginal people as rightful owners of their land. Australian law recognizes the existence of Native Title where an Aboriginal group's connection to a particular area of land is not deemed to be extinguished. The group must prove continuing connection from Australian sovereignty to the present via t [..]

A form of communal title whereby land is not owned but is used by those who have rights over it. Describes traditional Aboriginal rights over land in Australia.

Title to land based on traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island law and custom. In 1992, the High Court of Australia recognised that Murray Islanders were entitled "as against the whol [..]

A pre-existing property interest, held communally or individually by Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders, which is capable of being recognised by Australia's common law. Native title can exist over land and waters where Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders maintain traditional laws and customs that give them a connection to [..]

The term "native title" refers to those rights held by indigenous inhabitants of Australia at and since the time of European settlement that are recognised by the common law. It diff [..]

In 1992 the High Court ruled (in the Mabo case) that:

(legal) A legal doctrine that recognises Aboriginal people as rightful owners of land that has been colonised.