Providing public access to native title records: balancing the risks against the benefits

Pamela McGrath

doi:10.22459/CA.2019.09

Providing public access to native title records: balancing the risks against the benefits

Pamela McGrath

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Since the establishment of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (Native Title Act), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have lodged close to 1,800 native title claimant applications; 360 of these have since been determined, 40 by trial. Many claims were ultimately withdrawn; however, 266 remain on foot.1 A further 41 compensation applications have been filed. As a result of these many legal proceedings, the Federal Court of Australia and the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) are now in possession of an enormous number of records that contain information about many thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons, both living and deceased.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Court as archive: Rethinking the institutional role of federal superior courts of record
Editors	Ann Genovese, Trish Luker & Kim Rubenstein
Place of Publication	Canberra, Australia
Publisher	ANU Press
Pages	213-238pp
Volume	1
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9781760462703
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22459/CA.2019.09
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Providing public access to native title records: balancing the risks against the benefits. / McGrath, Pamela.
The Court as archive: Rethinking the institutional role of federal superior courts of record. ed. / Ann Genovese, Trish Luker & Kim Rubenstein. Vol. 1 1st. ed. Canberra, Australia: ANU Press, 2019. p. 213-238pp.

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