Wik Peoples v Queensland
| Jurisdiction | Queensland |
| Court | High Court |
| Judgment Date | 1996 |
| Neutral Citation | [1996] HCA 40,1996-1223 HCA B |
| Year | 1996 |
| Date | 1996 |
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