New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIAFRENCH CJ,KIEFEL, BELL, GAGELER, KEANE, NETTLE AND GORDON JJNEW SOUTH WALES ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL  APPELLANTANDMINISTER ADMINISTERING THE CROWN LANDS ACT  RESPONDENTNew South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act[2016] HCA 5014 December 2016S168/2016ORDERAppeal dismissed with costs.On appeal from the Supreme Court of New South WalesRepresentationB W Walker SC with B K Lim for the appellant (instructed by Chalk & Fitzgerald Lawyers)M G Sexton SC, Solicitor-General for the State of New South Wales with H El-Hage for the respondent (instructed by Crown Solicitor (NSW))M E O'Farrell SC, Solicitor-General of the State of Tasmania with S K Kay for the Attorney-General of the State of Tasmania, intervening (instructed by Office of the Solicitor-General (Tasmania))R M Niall QC, Solicitor-General for the State of Victoria with K A O'Gorman for the Attorney-General for the State of Victoria, intervening (instructed by Victorian Government Solicitor)P D Quinlan SC, Solicitor-General for the State of Western Australia with J E Shaw for the Attorney-General for the State of Western Australia, intervening (instructed by State Solicitor (WA))Notice: This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.CATCHWORDSNew South Wales Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands ActAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – Land rights – Claimable Crown lands – Crown land dedicated for public purposes – Where State recorded as registered proprietor – Where Crown land dedicated for gaol purposes – Where Crown land proclaimed as correctional complex...