Landmark native title decision in WA Source: AAP|Published: Tuesday August 29, 2:55 PM In a landmark decision, the federal court today granted native title over 53,000 square kilometres of land in Western Australia's Murchison-Gascoyne region. The decision is the first determination of native title in WA and grants the Nganawongka, Wadjari and Ngarla people's non-exclusive use of the land. It provides for agreements between the claimants and pastoralists and mining interests. -- ********************************** 'Click' to protect the rainforest: Make the Rainforest Site your homepage! http://www.therainforestsite.com/ ********************************** ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
