Blue Mud Bay History Northern Land Council
The Blue Mud Bay Decision on the Intertidal Zone By Sean Brennan. A long legal battle by Yolngu traditional owners in the Northern Territory (NT) to control the entry by fishing boats to coastal Aboriginal land has ended with a landmark victory in the High Court.
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What is Blue Mud Bay? In July 2008, Australia's High Court ruled traditional owners had exclusive access to waters which fell within the boundaries of land covered by the Aboriginal Land Rights Act. The landmark decision was described as the most significant ruling for Aboriginal land owners since the High Court's Mabo decision.
Satellite image of Blue Mud Bay, in northeast Arnhem Land. Satellite image, Satelite image
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Location of Blue Mud Bay (large square) and the archaeological study... Download Scientific
Subject: Blue Mud Bay Download file Share on: The end of December 2022 marks a significant milestone implementing the Blue Mud Bay Action Plan following the historic 2008 High Court decision. "Traditional Owners have been very patient," Chairman of the Northern Land Council, Samuel Bush-Blanasi said.
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The Blue Mud Bay decision has been described as the most significant ruling for Aboriginal land owners since the High Court's Mabo decision. (Tim McDonald) No-go zones to remain in some popular areas
Back to Baniyala and Blue Mud Bay Creative Cowboy Films
On 29 July 2020 the NLC and the NT Government signed the Blue Mud Bay Action Plan. Aboriginal Affairs Minister Selena Uibo, NLC chair Samuel Bush-Blanasi, Chief Minister Michael Gunner and NLC CEO Marion Marion Scrymgour. In July 2008 the High Court of Australia, in the Blue Mud Bay case, found that Traditional Aboriginal Owners have the right.
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This article focuses on the pattern of sea ownership in the north of Blue Mud Bay in Arnhem Land, north Australia. Detailed research into the specificities of sea and land ownership in the region has revealed a more complex pattern than has previously been supposed to exist.
Critical milestone approaches for Blue Mud Bay Northern Land Council
What is the Blue Mud decision about? On 31 July 2008 Australia's High Court decided that it was illegal for the Northern Territory Fisheries Act to allow licenses to be issued for fishing in waters that fell within the boundaries of land covered by the Aboriginal Land Rights (NT) Act [1].
Blue Mud Bay History Northern Land Council
Blue Mud Bay is a large shallow bay on the Eastern coast of Arnhem land in the Northern Territory. It has become well known for its relationship to the Blue Mud Bay High Court of Australia Decision concerning the ownership of fishing rights in tidal waters on Aboriginal land.
(PDF) Blue Mud Bay, Northern Territory 1250 000 scale geological series, explanatory notes
The most recent of those agreements — known as the Blue Mud Bay Implementation Action Plan — was signed two years ago, and included a $10 million commitment from the government to help the NLC.
Blue Mud Bay What you need to know about Aboriginal people's hope to control intertidal zone
Morphy, H. (2004) 'An Anthropological Report on the Yolngu people of Blue Mud Bay, in relation to their Claim to native Title in the Land and the Sea, prepared on behalf of the claimants at the instruction of the Northern Land Council', Document held in the Northern Land Council library. Google Scholar
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Baniyala. Coordinates: 13°12′S 136°14′E. Bäniyala is a tiny community of Aboriginal Australian people, known as a homeland, situated on Blue Mud Bay in the Gulf of Carpentaria in East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, located 210 kilometres (130 mi) from Nhulunbuy. It is home to about 150 Yolŋu people.
Blue Mud Bay History Northern Land Council
Blue Mud Bay History. In 2008 the High Court of Australia confirmed that Traditional Owners of Aboriginal-owned Northern Territory coastline, have exclusive access rights to the tidal waters overlying their land. The coastline of the Northern Territory mainland is 5,400km long with the offshore islands contributing a further 5,500km of coastline.
Blue Mud Bay Action deal will protect Aboriginal sea country rights Northern Land Council
Introducing Blue Mud Bay. We have been expert witnesses in a number of land rights cases. In this article our primary focus is on the roles we played between 2000 and 2005 in the Blue Mud Bay case which involved determinations under both the Aboriginal Lands Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (ALRA) and the Native Title Act (1993) (NTA). Footnote 1 Howard Morphy acted as anthropological.
Blue Mud Bay Traditional Owners navigating homeland... NIT
NT Traditional Owners gain more say on homelands to mark historic Blue Mud Bay anniversary. Callan Morse - August 7, 2022. news. The Northern Territory Government has confirmed a Local Decision Making Agreement for East Arnhem Land's Blue Mud Bay Region after recent meetings with local homelands leaders. The announcement coincides with the 14th.
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Baniyala, a community home to just 150 people on Blue Mud Bay in the Gulf of Carpentaria, has also enlisted the country's top science agency, the CSIRO, to help attract more economic opportunities.
