Title Lower Roper River Land Claim (Claim No. 70) : report and recommendations of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner, Mr Justice Olney, to the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and to the Administrator of the Northern Territory

Published Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service, 2003

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Description v, 88 pages : map (in back pocket) ; 25 cm Series Report / Aboriginal Land Commissioner ; no. 65 Parliamentary paper / Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 0727-4181 ; no. 171 of 2003 Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; 2003, no. 171 Report (Australia. Office of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner) ; no. 65 Summary Report and recommendations on inquiry into traditional land claim for bed and banks of, and islands in, a portion of Roper River (Northern Territory); information on land claim and the inquiry; discusses social organisation and land tenure; claimants; Northern Territory's concession, traditional Aboriginal owners and strength of attachment; discusses legal issues and secure occupancy principles; comments on Aboriginals advantaged by land claim; nature and extent of advantage; detrimental evidence on fishing in tidal waters; commercial and recreational fishing; Limmen National Park; Northern Territory police; roads, Roper Bar barge landing; and cumulative effect of land claims; effect on patterns of land usage; cost of acquiring other interests; summary of comments; claimant names listed in appendices Notes At head of title: Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 "7 March 2003" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-55) Notes Commonwealth of Australia 1999 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- Roper River (N.T.) Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- Roper River (N.T.) Author Olney, H. W. (Howard William), 1934- Australia. Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. ISBN 1876591226

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