Risk v Northern Territory of Australia

[2002] HCA 23
Judgment date
Case number
D12/2001
Before
Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Aboriginals – Land rights – Claim under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) to areas of the seabed of bays and gulfs within the limits of the Northern Territory – Whether the seabed of bays and gulfs amenable to claim – Whether "land in the Northern Territory" includes the seabed of bays or gulfs.

Words and phrases – "land" – "land in the Northern Territory".

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) – s 3(1), definition of "Crown Land".

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