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    Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland (commonly known as the Wik decision) is a decision of the High Court of Australia delivered on 23 December 1996,...
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  • Australian Aboriginal groups from an extensive zone in Cape York Wik languages Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996), a landmark ruling that native title can coexist...
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  • Girardeau ver (Queensland)|Kendall]] and Holroyd rivers. The first ethnographic study of the Wik people was undertaken by the Queensland born anthropologist...
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    cases Love v Commonwealth Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd Mabo v Queensland (No 1) Native Title Act 1993 Wik Peoples v Queensland Yorta Yorta v Victoria Land...
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    only Aboriginal communities in Queensland constituted as local authorities.[when?] Following the Wik Peoples v Queensland determination in December 1996...
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    language were apparently Wik. Wik peoples Wik Peoples v Queensland Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. v t e...
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    history wars Henry A. Reynolds Native title in Australia Mabo v Queensland Wik Peoples v Queensland Allodial title Antarctic Treaty System Common heritage of...
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  • Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Totj: Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Unduyamo: Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Wik peoples Wik-Mungkan:...
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  • Kugu-Muminh (Wik-Muminh), also known as Kugu- or Wik-Nganhcara (Wikngenchera), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia...
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    employment and housing. In response to the High Court's decision in Wik Peoples v Queensland, in 1996, the government amended native title legislation to limit...
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  • Wik-Ngathan, or Wik-Iinjtjenj (Wik-Iinychanya), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngathan people...
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    Retrieved 4 August 2020. Native Title Amendment Act 1998 (Cth). Wik Peoples v Queensland [1996] HCA 40, (1996) 187 CLR 1 (23 December 1996), High Court...
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    "Ethnicity and immigration" (PDF). 2001: The Centenary Election. University of Queensland Press (UQP). Archived from the original on 19 September 2007. Retrieved...
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    plaintiff, was an Aboriginal Australian man, a member of the Wik nation. The Wik peoples were the Indigenous inhabitants of the Aurukun region of the...
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  • Wik-Mungkan, or Wik-Mungknh, is a Paman language spoken on the northern part of Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by around 1,000 Wik-Mungkan...
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  • Native title in Australia Terra nullius § Australia Mabo v Queensland (No 2) Wik Peoples v Queensland Australian Aboriginal sovereignty Constitutional recognition...
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    John Howard (category People appearing on C-SPAN)
    repudiated Hanson's views seven months after her maiden speech. Following the Wik Decision of the High Court in 1996, the Howard government moved swiftly to...
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    Australia v Commonwealth [1995] HCA 47, (1988) 166 CLR 186 (16 March 1995), High Court (Australia). Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland [1996] HCA...
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    of shareholdings. On 23 December 1996, the High Court recognised the Wik people's native titles rights, and that pastoral and mining leases would not extinguish...
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    to ever appear in the High Court at one time (39), outstripping Wik Peoples v Queensland for the title. A picture of the proceedings has been placed on...
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  • Maurice Byers (category People educated at St Aloysius' College (Sydney))
    communication Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) — institutional integrity principle Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996) — native title...
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  • in Australia 1996 Wik Peoples v Queensland High Court Native title rights could co-exist with statutory pastoral leases 1998 Fejo v Northern Territory...
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    seeker boat sinking at Christmas Island in which 48 occupants perished, Queensland Premier and ALP national president Anna Bligh called for a complete review...
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  • Frank Brennan (priest) (category Australian people of Irish descent)
    known for his 1998 involvement in the Wik debate, following the 1996 court decision in Wik Peoples v Queensland.[citation needed] On 10 December 2008...
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  • Wik-Ngatharr, or Wik-Alken (Wik-Elken), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngatharr people. It...
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    control Workplace Relations Act 1996 1996 Parliament House riot Wik Peoples v Queensland Waterfront dispute Native Title Amendment Act 1998 Work for the...
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    Cape York Peninsula (category Articles incorporating text from the State Library of Queensland)
    "Linngithigh". State Library of Queensland. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2020. "Wik-Ngathana". Ethnologue. Archived...
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    control Workplace Relations Act 1996 1996 Parliament House riot Wik Peoples v Queensland Waterfront dispute Native Title Amendment Act 1998 Work for the...
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    (1888–1957) was a Queensland anthropologist and ethnographer best remembered for her work with, and the records she made of, the Wik Mungkan people of Cape York...
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    community. It is the last Aboriginal community in Queensland who have a traditional language (Wik Mungkan) as a thriving and strong first language, with...
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