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Wurundjeri file native title claim over most of Greater Melbourne
The claim seeks legal recognition of traditional ownership and control over land and waterways, offering rights to protect cultural sites and influence public land use decisions.
- On Friday, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people filed a native title claim in federal court seeking recognition of their traditional rights and continuous connection under Australian law.
- Drawing on decades of research, the claim uses historical and anthropological evidence and traces lineage over more than a decade to William Barak, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung elder Perry Wandin said.
- The claim area runs from the mouth of the Werribee River to the Great Dividing Range, east to Mount Baw Baw and south to Mordialloc Creek, covering Crown land and granting traditional owners decision-making power over public land and waters.
- The National Native Title Tribunal will now decide whether to register the claim, a procedural step before court determinations, with Uncle Andrew Gardiner saying, `We are doing this for our ancestors and for our future generations`.
- Victoria's native title record is mixed, with recognised groups, a 1994 Yorta Yorta case failure, six other native title applications, and elders seeking co-management of Dandenong Ranges, Bunyip state park, Wombat state forest, and Lerderderg state park.
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Aboriginal Group Lodges Massive Native Title Claim Over Greater Melbourne
The majority of Melbourne and its surrounds have come under a massive Native Title claim just lodged by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Indigenous people with the Federal Court. The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung, who claim “traditional ownership” of the region, lodged the application via law firm Slater and Gordon. Native Title claims can often vary in terms of the volume of rights granted to Indigenous land groups, in this case, the Wurundjeri Woi say thei…
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