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Mabo v Queensland (No 2)

(1992) 175 CLR 1 · [1992] HCA 23

High Court of Australia · 1992 · Australia

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The High Court held that the common law of Australia recognises a form of native title reflecting the traditional laws and customs of Indigenous peoples, rejecting the doctrine that Australia was terra nullius at settlement.

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