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Native Title (Approved Opal or Gem Mining Area - Lightning Ridge (Area 1), New South Wales) Determination 2000

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This Determination, made by the Attorney‑General under subsection 26C(2) of the Native Title Act 1993, declares a defined ~1,720 km² area around Lightning Ridge (Area 1) an approved opal or gem mining area. It changes the legal status of that land for mining purposes and directly affects miners, land managers and persons with native title or heritage interests by enabling mining under the Native Title Act approval framework.

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Native Title (Approved Opal or Gem Mining Area — Lightning Ridge (Area 1), New South Wales) Determination 20001

I, DARYL ROBERT WILLIAMS, Attorney-General, acting under subsection 26C (2) of the Native Title Act 1993, determine that the area of land and waters in New South Wales specified in Schedule 1, and referred to as Area 1, is an approved opal or gem mining area for the purposes of section 26C of the Act.

Dated 16 February 2000.

DARYL WILLIAMS

Attorney-General

Schedule 1 Area 1

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Note 1 In the following description AMG means Australian Map Grid.

Note 2 The boundary of the area specified in this Schedule is depicted by the thick black line, enclosing the area identified as Area 1, on the attached copy of a map of the Lightning Ridge Opal & Gem Mining Area. (Area 2 is the subject of the Native Title (Approved Opal or Gem Mining Area — Lightning Ridge (Area 2), New South Wales) Determination 1999.) The map is maintained by the Department of Mineral Resources, Titles Branch, located in Mineral & Energy House, Level 4, 29-57 Christie Street, St. Leonards, NSW. It may be viewed at that office during business hours.

Area 1, which is approximately 1720 square kilometres, is contained within the boundary that begins at the New South Wales and Queensland border at AMG point 602000, 6791500 and continues progressively:

generally southerly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to the Castlereagh Highway at AMG point 592500, 6738000
generally north-westerly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to AMG point 580000, 6756000
generally southerly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to AMG point 576000, 6729000
generally north-westerly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to AMG point 567000, 6740000
generally southerly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to AMG point 570500, 6710000
generally north, south and south-westerly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to AMG point 544500, 6677500
generally west and northerly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to AMG point 537600, 6690200
generally northerly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to the Narran Lake Road at AMG point 536300, 6714400 and excluding the Narran Archaeological and Mythological Site as recorded in the Register of the National Estate Database (File No. 1/03/223/0008, Registered 30/06/1992)
generally easterly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to AMG point 561500, 6717500
generally northerly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to AMG point 556000, 6740000
generally north-easterly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to the Castlereagh Highway at AMG point 587500, 6778500
generally north-westerly along the Castlereagh Highway to AMG point 584000, 6786600
generally north-easterly along the Cretaceous Ridge Line to the New South Wales and Queensland border at AMG point 592000, 6791600
generally easterly along the New South Wales and Queensland border to the point of commencement.

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Note: 1. This Determination commences on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s 48 and Native Title Act 1993, s 214.

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1 Native Title (Approved Opal or Gem Mining Area - Lightning Ridge (Area 1), New South Wales) Determination 2000