Miriuwung and Gajerrong # 4 (Native Title Prescribed Body Corporate) Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC

Category: Organisation
Date: 3 November 2006
Sub Category:Aboriginal Corporation | Prescribed Body Corporate (PBC)
Place:

Kununurra

State/Country:Western Australia, Australia
Legal Status: Registered with the Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations on 29 November 2006, now replaced by the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations.
Legal Reference: ICN (Indigenous Corporation Number): 4693
Subject Matter:Economic Development | Native Title
Summary Information:

The Miriuwung and Gajerrong # 4 Aboriginal Corporation is the registered native title body corporate nominated as trustee of the Miriuwung- Gajerrong people's native title as determined in Miriuwung-Gajerron #4 of December 2003.

According to AIATSIS, was one in a series of claims negotiated and then litigated through the Federal Court, before culminating in the High Court decision of Western Australia v Ward (2002) 191 ALR 1 (PBC, accessed 2 May 2022).


Related Entries

  • Attorney-General of the Northern Territory v Ward [2003] FCAFC 283 (Northern Territory)
  • Ward v State of Western Australia [2006] FCA 1848
  • People
  • Ben Ward, Kim Aldus, Frank Chulung, Sheba Dignari, Maggi John, Chocolate Thomas, Danny Wallace, Carol Hapke, Nancy Dilyai, Pamela Simon, Jerry Moore and Paddy Carlton (Miriuwung Gajerrong #4 Claimants)
  • Ben Ward and others
  • Case Law
  • Western Australia v Ward (2002) [2002] HCA 28 (8 August 2002)

  • Glossary

    Aboriginal Corporation (Australia) | Registered Native Title Body Corporate (RNTBC) (Native Title Act) (Australia)