Yingawunarri (Old Top Springs) Mudbura land claim : report / by the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and to the Minister for Home Affairs, 19 October 1979

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Australia. Office of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner
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YINGAWUNARRI (OLD TOP SPRINGS) MUDBURA LAND CLAIM Report by the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and to the Minister for Home Affairs 1
Yingawunarri (Old Top Springs) Mudbura land claim Report by the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and to the Minister for Home Affairs 3
CONTENTS 9
History of the application 11
Interests involved 11
Status of the land 11
Patrimoiety and subsections 12
The Mudbura 12
Procedure 14
Traditional pattern of land ownership 14
The clan 16
Dreamings 17
The estate 17
The traditional owners 18
Entitlement to forage 20
Formal findings 21
Traditional Aboriginal owners 21
Factors bearing upon recommendations 22
Strength of traditional attachment to land 24
Desire to live on land 25
Humbert River Mudbura Aboriginal Reserve 26
Matters for comment 26
Recommendations 26
Detriment — Aboriginal persons, communities and groups 27
Matters for comment — detriment 27
Matters for comment — nature and extent of advantage 27
Matters for comment — number of Aboriginals advantaged 27
Detriment — Montejinni pastoral lease 28
Detriment — Mr J. Weir and estate H. Brennan deceased 30
Detriment — Mrs T. C. Hawks 30
Detriment — Northern Territory Cattle Council 30
Land usage — reserve for travelling stock 31
Matters for comment — patterns of land usage 31
Land usage — stock routes 32
Land usage — airstrip 37
Summary of findings, recommendations and comments 37
Consultant 38
Legal representatives 38
LIST OF WITNESSES 39
LIST OF EXHIBITS 40

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