Wik Peoples v Queensland
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Wik Peoples v Queensland is a landmark 1996 High Court of Australia case that held native title rights could coexist with pastoral leases, significantly shaping Australian land and Indigenous rights law.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16313249 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wik Peoples v Queensland Context triple: [Wik decision, alsoKnownAs, Wik Peoples v Queensland]
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A.
Mabo v Queensland (No 2)
Mabo v Queensland (No 2) is a landmark 1992 High Court of Australia decision that recognized native title and overturned the doctrine of terra nullius in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land rights.
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B.
Dunghutti People v Commonwealth of Australia (native title case)
Dunghutti People v Commonwealth of Australia is a landmark Australian native title case in which the Dunghutti people secured one of the first formal recognitions of Indigenous land rights on the New South Wales mainland.
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C.
Banjima People v State of Western Australia (2013)
Banjima People v State of Western Australia (2013) is a landmark Federal Court decision that formally recognized the Banjima people’s native title rights over a large area of land in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
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D.
Crown in right of Queensland
The Crown in right of Queensland is the legal embodiment of the Australian monarch as the head of state specifically for the state of Queensland, underpinning its system of government and ownership of public assets.
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E.
South West Native Title Settlement
The South West Native Title Settlement is a landmark agreement between the Noongar people and the Western Australian government that provides comprehensive recognition of Noongar rights and interests in lieu of pursuing native title claims through the courts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wik Peoples v Queensland Target entity description: Wik Peoples v Queensland is a landmark 1996 High Court of Australia case that held native title rights could coexist with pastoral leases, significantly shaping Australian land and Indigenous rights law.
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A.
Mabo v Queensland (No 2)
Mabo v Queensland (No 2) is a landmark 1992 High Court of Australia decision that recognized native title and overturned the doctrine of terra nullius in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land rights.
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B.
Dunghutti People v Commonwealth of Australia (native title case)
Dunghutti People v Commonwealth of Australia is a landmark Australian native title case in which the Dunghutti people secured one of the first formal recognitions of Indigenous land rights on the New South Wales mainland.
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C.
Banjima People v State of Western Australia (2013)
Banjima People v State of Western Australia (2013) is a landmark Federal Court decision that formally recognized the Banjima people’s native title rights over a large area of land in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
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D.
Crown in right of Queensland
The Crown in right of Queensland is the legal embodiment of the Australian monarch as the head of state specifically for the state of Queensland, underpinning its system of government and ownership of public assets.
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E.
South West Native Title Settlement
The South West Native Title Settlement is a landmark agreement between the Noongar people and the Western Australian government that provides comprehensive recognition of Noongar rights and interests in lieu of pursuing native title claims through the courts.
- F. None of above. chosen
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