Yarrangi Riwi Yoowarni Gooniyandi People

Category: People
Sub Category:Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Native Title Applicant
Place:
State/Country:Western Australia , Australia
Legal Status:

Claim group of Native Title Tribunal file no. WCD2016/005, registered on the Register of Native Title Claims.

Subject Matter:Native Title
Summary Information:

Mervyn Street, Laurie Shaw, Jimmy Shandley, Rosemary Nuggett, Helen Malo, Malachi Hobbs, Patricia Dick, June Davis, Sam Cox and Richard Cox are the joint applicants for the Federal Court proceeding Street on behalf of the Yarrangi Riwi Yoowarni Gooniyandi People v State of Western Australia [2016] FCA 1250. This claim is registered on the Register of Native Title Claims.

The claim was filed in Western Australia in 2012.

The land is located in the Kimberly, near Fitzroy Crossing. It is approximately 184 square kilometers in area.

The claim was determined in 2016, with non-exclusive native title found across the entire area.

Federal Court No: WAD274/2012.

National Native Title Tribunal No: WCD2016/005.


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