Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland & Ors

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wik_Peoples_v_The_State_of_Queensland_&_Ors
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Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Wik decision
gptkbp:citation (1996) 187 CLR 1
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:date 23 December 1996
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:High_Court_of_Australia
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:State_of_Queensland
Ors (Others)
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Brennan_CJ
gptkb:Dawson_J
gptkb:McHugh_J
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Native_Title_Amendment_Act_1998
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland & Ors
gptkbp:impact led to 1998 amendments to Native Title Act
gptkbp:legalIssue gptkb:title
pastoral leases
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Gaudron_J
gptkb:Gummow_J
gptkb:Kirby_J
gptkb:Toohey_J
Brennan CJ (dissenting)
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Wik_Peoples
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Mabo_v_Queensland_(No_2)
gptkbp:result native title can coexist with pastoral leases
gptkbp:significance major native title case in Australia
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Indigenous_Australians
land rights
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wik_Peoples_v_Queensland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6