[2025] FCA 388
General information, not legal advice.
Federal Court of Australia
2025-04-24
Charlesworth J
Original judgment source is linked above.
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Sea Claim Area
State Border
(#_Ref196323147)
Claim Group
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FWC Land Determination Area
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Preliminary Questions
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Bunna Lawrie Respondents
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Lowest Astronomical Tide
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Highest Astronomical Tide
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Intertidal Zone
(#_Ref196304998)
Littoral Zone
(#_Ref196305006)
LAT maps
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Pathway A
Pathway B
Pathway C
Pathway A(i)
Pathway A(ii)
Mutual Recognition Condition
(#_Ref196305065)
SFIC
(#_Ref196315154)
Western Desert cultural bloc
(#_Ref196305084)
MESL Claim
(#_Ref196305098)
FWC Aboriginal Corporation
(#_Ref196305105)
Spear Creek Agreement
(#_Ref196305122)
WA Mirning Determination
(#_Ref196305131)
Gawler Ranges Determination
(#_Ref196305137)
Wirangu (No 2) Native Title Claim
Wirangu Determination
(#_Ref196305170)
Graham
SANTS
Graham 1
Graham 2
Graham/Liebelt 1
Graham/Liebelt 2
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Liebelt
Liebelt 1
Liebelt 2
(#_Ref196305189)
Black
Black 1
Black 2
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Nicholson
Nicholson 1
Nicholson 2
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Sackett
Sackett 1
Sackett 2
Sackett 3
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Hesp
Hesp 1
Hesp 2
Hesp 3
Hesp 4
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Gara
Gara 1
Gara 2
Gara 3
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Huveneers
Huveneers 1
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Benjamin
McCarthy/Benjamin 1
McCarthy/Benjamin 2
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Redmond
Redmond/McCarthy 1
Redmond/McCarthy 2
Redmond/McCarthy 3
Redmond/McCarthy 4
Redmond/McCarthy 5
Redmond/McCarthy 6
Redmond/McCarthy 7
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McCarthy
(#_Ref196305271)
Jones
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Conference 1
(#_Ref196305291)
Palmer
Palmer Reports
Palmer 1
Palmer 2
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effective sovereignty
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Flinders
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Baudin
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Eyre
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Stephens
Hill
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Delisser
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Giles
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Trooper Richards
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Trooper Geharty
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Trooper Provis
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William
Roe
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Tindale
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Bates
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Howitt
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Elkin
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Berndts
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Birdsell
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Taplin
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Curr
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Mathews
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APY Lands
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SES
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Accessible Area
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Cane
(#_Ref196394997)
Constable Dowling
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coastal ancestors
non-coastal ancestors
coastal descendants
non-coastal descendants
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Trooper Holroyd
SCHEDULE TWO
PLACE NAMES
Location
Distance from State Border
Closest distance from coast
Wilson Bluff
1145 m
Merdayerra Sandpatch
8488.40 m
Koonalda Cave
85.45 km
Gilgerabbi
166.56 km
White Well
192.3 km
9676.88 m
Head of the Bight/Ilgamba
201.94 km
Easternmost Point of the Bunda Cliffs
203.53 km
Twin Rocks (Manarn)
204.05 km
Eyre Well
204.70 km
Jerry's Beach
232 km
Coombara Beach
245 km
Ooldea Soak
304.84 km
132.55 km
Yalata
270.57 km
26.82 km
Yatala Beach
251.43 km
Dog Fence Beach
269.19 km
Colona
291.20 km
Nundroo
303.86 km
Cheetima Beach
301.92 km
Cabbots Beach
303.36 km
Pintumba
311.09 km
Wookata
310 km
Coorabie
312.85 km
Wandilla Beach
312.82 km
Mexican Hat (M_unuma_)
318.13 km
Scott Beach
323.20 km
Point Fowler
330.50 km
Fowlers Bay
326.99 km
Clare Bay
350.50 km
Clare Bay (Jeedara site)
348.40 km
Bookabie
347.78 km
Euria Rockhole
366.97 km
42.83 km
Cactus Beach
379.16 km
Penong
380.41 km
Point Bell
395.17 km
Rocky Point
406.30 km
Koonibba Mission
419.72 km
22.27 km
Davenport Creek
422.96 km
Point Peter
427.98 km
Denial Bay
435.36 km
Duck Pond
442.51 km
Ceduna
444.60 km
Thevenard
443 km
Kennard's Point
446.20 km
St Peter Island
438 km
Laura Bay
459.51 km
Smoky Bay
472.28 km
Eyre Island
461.45 km
Point Brown
466.23 km
Acraman Creek
486.85 km
Flagstaff Landing
490.62 km
SCHEDULE THREE
ANCESTORS
Gen 1
Gen 2
Gen 3
Gen 4
Gen 5
Gen 6
Gen 7
Bingi
Binmunga
Lucy Minjia Washington
Lena Washington
Robert Manny Miller
Rose Miller and Meegan Sparrow (see below)
Herbert Miller
Penong Miller
Peter Philip Miller
William Miller
Evelyn Miller
Barry "Jack" Johncock
Myrtle Ware
Wallace Scott
Jenny Scott
Jason Scott (see below)
Dorreen Scott Miller
Neville Miller
Gen 1
Gen 2
Gen 3
Gen 4
Gen 5
Gen 6
Tjabilja
Mickey Free Lawrie
Melba Lawrie
Marcena / Marcina Coleman
Eliabeth Richards
Oscar Benjamin Richards
Lorraine Richards
Arthur Catsambalas
Pearl Coleman
Colleen Coleman
Simon Prideaux
Sue Coleman
Wayne Haseldine
Gletys Coleman
Alan Haseldine
Isobel Lawrie
Ralph Burgoyne
Kaylene Fowler
Iris Burgoyne
Heinz Burgoyne
William Larry Lawrie
Clem Lawrie Sr.
Clem Lawrie
Robert Claude Lawrie
Catherine Dorothea Larking
Lloyd Jim Larking
Albert James Lawrie
Dorcas Corrie Miller
Rose Miller
Robert Victor Miller
Meegan Carmel Sparrow
Alma Sylvia Lawrie
April Lawrie
Olga Lawrie
Kathleen Knibbs nee Betts
Rosaleen Dawn Jenner
Margaret Lena Lawrie
Bruce Mundy
Constance Edith Mundy
Hazel Lawrie
Bunna Lawie
Yirghiliya Dtabigja Lawrie
Arruna-Thutha Lawrie
Jason Scott Lawrie
Cecelia Bertha Coaby
Eva Pompey
Rosie Coleman
Murray Peel
Gavin Peel
SCHEDULE OF PARTIES
Applicants
Second Applicant:
OSCAR RICHARDS
Third Applicant:
ALAN HASELDINE
Fourth Applicant:
CLEM LAWRIE
Fifth Applicant:
PURNONG MILLER
Sixth Applicant:
JAMES PEEL
Seventh Applicant
ARTHUR CATSAMBALAS
Respondents
Fourth Respondent:
DORCAS MILLER
Fifth Respondent:
ROSE MILLER
Sixth Respondent:
ROBERT MILLER
Seventh Respondent:
ROBERT LAWRIE
Eighth Respondent:
MICHAEL LAING
Ninth Respondent:
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF STREAKY BAY
Tenth Respondent:
MALCOLM LAURIE PYM
Eleventh Respondent:
LEANNE JOY PYM
Twelfth Respondent:
LYNTON JOHN PYM
Thirteenth Respondent:
MALCOLM KEITH ETTRIDGE
Fourteenth Respondent:
S ETTRIDGE
Fifteenth Respondent:
PAUL EVANS
Sixteenth Respondent:
EVANS OYSTERS PTY LTD
Seventeenth Respondent:
JILLIAN COATES
Eighteenth Respondent:
M E & J L COATES ATF COATES RETIREMENT FUND
Nineteenth Respondent:
JEDD ROUTLEDGE
Twentieth Respondent:
COSMIC OYSTERS
Twenty-First Respondent:
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OYSTER GROWERS ASSOCIATION
Twenty-Second Respondent:
WEST-EYRE SHELLFISH
Twenty-Third Respondent:
GARRY BRUNO SEIDL
Twenty-Fourth Respondent:
MARCO BREEDE
Twenty-Fifth Respondent:
LEANNE JOSEPHINE BREEDE
Twenty-Sixth Respondent:
THOMAS DARKE
Twenty-Seventh Respondent:
WILDCATCH FISHERIES SA INC
Twenty-Eighth Respondent:
DEBRA MITCHELL
Twenty-Ninth Respondent:
TRENT STOTT AS TRUSTEE FOR TJ FAMILY TRUST
Thirtieth Respondent:
COLLEEN JANE HOLMES
Thirty-First Respondent:
JEFFREY BRIAN HOLMES
Thirty-Second Respondent:
COAST OYSTERS SMOKY BAY SA
Thirty-Third Respondent:
JOHN WALL
Thirty-Fourth Respondent:
CRAIG FARLEY
Thirty-Fifth Respondent:
JADINSKI BLB HOLDINGS PTY LTD
Thirty-Sixth Respondent:
ZIPPEL ENTERPRISES PTY LTD
Thirty-Seventh Respondent:
SE & DK EVANS PTY LTD
Miller
State of South Australia
(2013) 250 CLR 209
(2008) 167 FCR 84
(2001) 208 CLR 1
(2011) 191 FCR 521
(1992) 175 CLR 1
(2004) 59 NSWLR 506
(1998) 195 CLR 96
(2001) 52 NSWLR 705
(2018) 265 FCR 68
(2010) 190 FCR 344
(2005) 145 FCR 442
(2018) 261 FCR 183
(2007) 17 VR 492
(2000) 99 FCR 316
(2002) 214 CLR 422
(1985) 9 FCR 9
(2023) 299 FCR 507
(1998) 82 FCR 533
(2010) 204 FCR 1
(1994) 49 FCR 1
(1927) 39 CLR 245
(2004) 79 ALJR 452