IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY

QG6001 OF 1998

BETWEEN:

ANTHONY KERINDUN, SILAS WOLMBY, VICTOR KUUKUMU LAWRENCE, GLADYS TYBINGOOMPA, HOGAN SHORTJOE AND ROBERT BENON YEIUM HOLROYD ON THEIR OWN BEHALF AND FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE WIK AND WIK WAY PEOPLES

APPLICANTS

AND:

STATE OF QUEENSLAND

FIRST RESPONDENT

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

SECOND RESPONDENT

COUNCIL OF THE SHIRE OF AURUKUN

THIRD RESPONDENT

NAPRANUM ABORIGINAL COUNCIL

FOURTH RESPONDENT

PORMPURAAW ABORIGINAL COUNCIL

FIFTH RESPONDENT

COOK SHIRE COUNCIL

SIXTH RESPONDENT

PORTS CORPORATION OF QUEENSLAND

SEVENTH RESPONDENT

QUEENSLAND SEAFOOD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

EIGHTH RESPONDENT

CAPE YORK LAND COUNCIL

NINTH RESPONDENT

TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED

TENTH RESPONDENT

DARCY THOMAS BYRNES, RAYLEE FRANCES BYRNES, VICTOR PATRICK BYRNES AND CAROLE LYN BYRNES

ELEVENTH RESPONDENT

ROBERT JOHN FRASER

TWELFTH RESPONDENT

EDDIE HOLROYD

FOURTEENTH RESPONDENT

MERLUNA CATTLE STATION

FIFTEENTH RESPONDENT

RICHARD MATHEW PRICE

SIXTEENTH RESPONDENT

CAMERON CLIVE QUARTERMAINE AND DOREEN RUTH QUARTERMAINE

SEVENTEENTH RESPONDENT

JUDGE:

COOPER J

DATE:

13 OCTOBER 2004 (CORRIGENDUM 15 OCTOBER 2004)

PLACE:

AURUKUN

‘Counsel for the Commonwealth of Australia:

The Honourable Phillip Ruddock MP,

Attorney-General’

I certify that the preceding paragraph is a true copy of the Corrigendum to the Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Justice Cooper.