Commonwealth v Yarmirr

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date1999
Neutral Citation1999-1203 FCA A
Year1999
Date1999
CourtFederal Court

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  • Bodney v Westralia Airports Corporation Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • Commonwealth of Australia v Yarmirr
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 11 October 2001
    ...2Yarmirr v Northern Territory [No 2] (1998) 82 FCR 533. 3 A group of people who trace or claim descent through the male line. 4Commonwealth of Australia v Yarmirr (1999) 101 FCR 171. 5 s 253. 6Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Cth), Pt II, Div 1. 7 Maritime Legislation Amendment Act 1994 (......
  • Joslyn v Berryman;Wentworth Shire Council v Berryman
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 18 June 2003
    ... ... 3 (2001) 33 MVR 441 at 446 [21] ... 4 (2001) 33 MVR 441 at 446 [21] ... 5 Attorney-General (NSW); Ex rel McKellar v The Commonwealth (1977) 139 CLR 527 at 559-560 ... 6 Nance v British Columbia Electric Railway Co Ltd [1951] AC 601 at 611; Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd [1952] ... Australia Ltd (2001) 207 CLR 520 at 545 [63]; Allan v Transurban City Link Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 167 at 184-185 [54]; The Commonwealth v Yarmirr (2001) 208 CLR 1 at 111-112 [249] and Conway v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 203 at 227 [65]; cf Hayne, ‘Letting Justice be Done Without the ... ...
  • Western Australia v Ward
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
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8 books & journal articles
  • National litigation and international law: repercussions for Australia's protection of marine resources.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 33 No. 1, April 2009
    • 1 April 2009
    ...baselines are internal waters: art 8. (26) UNCLOS art 3. One nautical mile is equivalent to 1.852 kin. See also Commonwealth v Yarmirr (1999) 101 FCR 171, 280-1 (Merkel (27) UNCLOS art 2. (28) The right of innocent passage entitles foreign vessels to traverse the territorial sea without int......
  • The Definition and Discovery of Facts in Native Title: The Historian's Contribution
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 36-3, September 2008
    • 1 September 2008
    ...Ibid 510 [197], 511 [201]. This inferential process adopted by Selway J was not challenged on appeal. See also Commonwealth v Yarmirr (2000) 101 FCR 171, 194 [66] (Beaumont and von Doussa JJ); De Rose (2003) 133 FCR 325, 402 [259] (Wilcox, Sackville and Merkel JJ). 69 [2007] FCA 31 [341]–[3......
  • Members of the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Community v. Victoria: indigenous and colonial traditions in Native Title.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 25 No. 3, December 2001
    • 1 December 2001
    ...61, 70 (Brennan J), 110 (Deane and Gaudron JJ), 192 (Toohey J); Ward (First Instance) (1998) 159 ALR 483, 502; Commonwealth v Yarmirr (1999) 101 FCR 171, 194 (Beaumont and von Doussa JJ) (`Yarmirr (40) See Yorta Yorta (2001) 180 ALR 655, 686, 689, 692-3 (Branson and Katz JJ). See also Mabo ......
  • Nulyarimma v Thompson: Is Genocide a Crime at Common Law in Australia?
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 29-1, March 2001
    • 1 March 2001
    ...n 65 at 40 fn 25 and 49-50; Nulyarimma v Thompson [1999] FCA 1192; (1999) 165 ALR 621; at [131] per Merkel J; Commonwealth v Yarmirr [1999] FCA 1668; 168 ALR 426; at [426]-[427] per Merkel J. 92 Crawford and Edeson above n 77 at 73. 93 Mason above n 7 at 214. 94 Ibid at 216; Triggs above n ......
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