Yorta Yorta v Victoria

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Yorta Yorta v Victoria is a landmark Australian native title court case in which the Yorta Yorta people's claim to traditional land rights along the Murray and Goulburn rivers was rejected, significantly shaping native title jurisprudence.

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instanceOf Australian court case
landmark decision
native title case
appliesTo Yorta Yorta traditional lands
areaOfLaw native title law
property law
concerns Goulburn Valley
surface form: Goulburn River region

Murray–Darling Depression bioregion
surface form: Murray River region

native title claim
traditional land rights
court High Court of Australia
geographicScope border region of Victoria and New South Wales
holding native title not proven to have continued
traditional laws and customs found to have ceased
impact influenced later native title decisions
raised threshold for proving continuity of traditional laws and customs
shaped Australian native title jurisprudence
jurisdiction Australia
legalIssue continuity of traditional laws and customs
existence of native title
extinguishment of native title
party Commonwealth of Australia
New South Wales
surface form: State of New South Wales

State of Victoria
Yorta Yorta people
relatedTo Mabo v Queensland (No 2)
Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)
result native title claim rejected
subjectMatter Aboriginal land rights
proof of native title under Australian law

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Yorta Yorta people hasLegalCase Yorta Yorta v Victoria