Native title is "the recognition by Australian law that some Indigenous people have rights and interests to their land that come from their traditional laws and customs". The concept recognises in certain cases there was and is a continued beneficial legal interest in land held by local Indigenous Australians which survived the acquisition of title to the land by the Crown at the time that the Crown acquired sovereignty of Australia with Empress ...
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Native title is "the recognition by Australian law that some Indigenous people have rights and interests to their land that come from their traditional laws and customs". The concept recognises in certain cases there was and is a continued beneficial legal interest in land held by local Indigenous Australians which survived the acquisition of title to the land by the Crown at the time that the Crown acquired sovereignty of Australia with Empress Queen Victoria Sealed Commonwealth of Australia Letters Patent 1901. However several Original peoples have declared sovereignty from King George III Royal Proclamation 1763 and King William IV South Australia Letters Patent and Governor Capt John Hindmarsh Commander-in-chief Proclamation 1836.
Native title can co-exist with non-Indigenous proprietary rights and in some cases different Indigenous groups can exercise their native title over the same land. In this way, it represents a local example of the fragmentation of proprietary interests....
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