Aboriginal Law Bulletin --- "NT Land Claims Status" [1985] AboriginalLawB 46; (1985) 1(15) Aboriginal Law Bulletin 3

• Nt Land Claims Status
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NT Land Claims Status

The following table is presented as a sumaary of the status of land claims presented to the Northern Territory Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s Office over the last eight years.

Disposition of the NT Land Claims, Aboriginal Land Rights (NT) Act 1976, as at 14 June 1985
		Morris, Fletcher & Cross	Northern Land Council	Central Land Council	Total
A.	Number of claims lodged since the Act came into force on 26 January 1977, and not later amalagamated with or replaced by other claims, or withdrawn;	1	38	47	86
B.	Inquiry completed, report submitted, Ministerial decision given:		8	9	17
C.	Inquiry completed, report submitted, Ministerial decision awaited:		2	1	3
D.	Concluded by legislation:		1		1
E.	Inquiry completed, reports yet to be submitted:		3	1	4
F.	Not entertained (beingc claims to land not open to claim):		2		2
G.	Inquiry in progress:		2	2	4
H.	Inquiry may commence before 31 December 1985:		2	5	7
I.	Not yet listed for inquiry (see Note 1 below):	1	18	29	48

Note 1:

Of the 29 Central Land Council Claims not yet listed for inquiry, 24 await the outcome of a proposed legislative review; and 6 of the Northern Land Council claims not yet listed for inquiry relate in whole or part to stock routes, stock reserves, bore and police reserves, and also await the putcome of the legislative review.

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Document prepared by the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s Office.