Smirke on behalf of the Jurruru People v State of Western Australia (No 4) [2022] FCA 993

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

File number(s):	WAD 490 of 2016 WAD 537 of 2018 WAD 538 of 2018

Judgment of:	MORTIMER J

Date of judgment:	26 August 2022

Catchwords:	NATIVE TITLE – consent determination – where determination made on the basis of mediation following a contested determination of a separate question – where nominated prescribed body corporate differs from that determined to hold similar native title on behalf of a similar, but not identical, common law native title holding group

Legislation:	Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), ss 22, 37M, 37N Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), ss 13(1)(a), 56(2), 57(2), 67(1), 68, 84D(4), 87, 94A, 225 Native Title (Prescribed Bodies Corporate) Regulations 1999 (Cth), r 11

Cases cited:	Commonwealth v Clifton [2007] FCAFC 90; 164 FCR 335 Drill on behalf of the Purnululu Native Title Claim Group v State of Western Australia [2020] FCA 1510 Drury on behalf of the Nanda People v State of Western Australia [2018] FCA 1849 Drury on behalf of the Nanda People v State of Western Australia [2020] FCAFC 69; 276 FCR 203 Farrer on behalf of the Ngarrawanji Native Title Claim Group v State of Western Australia (No 4) [2021] FCA 1497 Freddie v Northern Territory [2017] FCA 867 Hughes (on behalf of the Eastern Guruma People) v State of Western Australia [2007] FCA 365 Jones on behalf of the Yinhawangka People v State of Western Australia [2017] FCA 801 Jurruru People v State of Western Australia [2012] FCA 2 Lander v State of South Australia [2012] FCA 427 Lovett on behalf of the Gunditjmara People v State of Victoria [2007] FCA 474 Moses v Western Australia [2007] FCAFC 148; 160 FCR 148 Mouda on behalf of Joombarn-Buru Native Title Claimants v State of Western Australia [2021] FCA 1233 Peterson v State of Western Australia [2013] FCA 518 Smirke on behalf of the Jurruru People v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2020] FCA 1728 Smirke on behalf of the Jurruru People v State of Western Australia (No 3) [2021] FCA 1122 Smirke on behalf of the Jurruru People v State of Western Australia [2015] FCA 939 Taylor on behalf of the Yamatji Nation Claim v State of Western Australia [2020] FCA 42 Thudgari People v State of Western Australia [2009] FCA 1334 Ward v State of Western Australia [2006] FCA 1848 Wurrunmurra on behalf of the Bunuba People v State of Western Australia [2015] FCA 1480

Division:	General Division

Registry:	Western Australia

National Practice Area:	Native Title

Number of paragraphs:	59

Date of hearing:	26 August 2022


Counsel for the applicant in WAD537/2018 and WAD538/2018:	Stephen Wright SC

Solicitor for the applicant in WAD537/2019 and WAD538/2018:	Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation

Counsel for the applicant in WAD490/2016, the twelfth to fifteenth respondents in WAD537/2018 and the tenth to thirteenth respondents in WAD538/2018:	Tina Jowett

Solicitor for the applicant in WAD490/2016, the twelfth to fifteenth respondents in WAD537/2018 and the tenth to thirteenth respondents in WAD538/2018:	Cross Country Native Title Services

Counsel for the first respondent in each proceeding:	Griff Ranson SC

Solicitor for the first respondent in each proceeding:	State Solicitor’s Office

ORDERS

		WAD 537 of 2018

BETWEEN:	IVAN SMIRKE, ALEC ALEXANDER AND KELLMAN LIMERICK Applicant
AND:	STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA & ORS Respondents

		WAD 538 of 2018

BETWEEN:	IVAN SMIRKE, ALEC ALEXANDER AND KELLMAN LIMERICK Applicant
AND:	STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA & ORS Respondents

		WAD 490 of 2016

BETWEEN:	ROY TOMMY, NANCY TOMMY, MARY MILLS & ANOR Applicant
AND:	STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA & ORS Respondents

order made by:	MORTIMER J
DATE OF ORDER:	26 AUGUST 2022

THE COURT NOTES THAT:

A. Pursuant to s 87(1) of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), the parties have filed with the Court a Minute of Proposed Consent Determination of Native Title.

B. The Minute is in relation to an area covered by the entirety of the applications WAD 490 of 2016 and WAD 538 of 2018 (formerly WAD327/2012) and the balance of application WAD 537 of 2018 (formerly WAD6007/2000) (together, the Determination Area).

C. The Minute reflects the Court’s findings in Smirke on behalf of the Jurruru People v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2020] FCA 1728 and Smirke on behalf of the Jurruru People v State of Western Australia (No 3) [2021] FCA 1122, and also gives effect to agreements subsequently reached by the parties in mediation and after further compromise following mediation.

D. The terms of the agreement involve the making of consent orders for a determination of native title pursuant to ss 87 and 94A of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) that native title exists in relation to the land and waters of the Determination Area.

E. The parties acknowledge that the effect of the making of the determination is that the members of the native title claim groups, in accordance with the traditional laws acknowledged and the traditional customs observed by them, should be recognised as the native title holders for the Determination Area as set out in the determination.

BEING SATISFIED that a determination of native title in the terms set out in Attachment A would be within the power of the Court and, it appearing to the Court appropriate to do so, pursuant to sections 87 and 94A of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and by the consent of the parties:

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. There be a determination of native title in the terms proposed in these orders, despite any actual or arguable defect in the authorisation of the applicant in WAD 490 of 2016 to seek and agree to a consent determination pursuant to s 87 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).

BY CONSENT THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. Pursuant to subsection 67(1) of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), proceedings WAD 490 of 2016, WAD 537 of 2018 and WAD 538 of 2018 be determined together.

2. In relation to the Determination Area, there be a determination of native title in WAD 490 of 2016, WAD 537 of 2018 and WAD 538 of 2018 in the terms provided for in Attachment A (‘the determination’).

3. In respect of the Yinhawangka Area (as defined in paragraph 14 of the determination), the Gobawarrah Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation (ICN 9813) shall hold the determined Yinhawangka native title in trust for the Yinhawangka People pursuant to section 56(2)(b) of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).

4. In respect of the Jurruru Area (as defined in paragraph 14 of the determination), the Jurruru Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (ICN 8251) shall hold the determined Jurruru native title in trust for the Jurruru People pursuant to section 56(2)(b) of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).

5. In respect of the Overlap Area (as defined in paragraph 14 of the determination), the Gobawarrah Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation (ICN 9813) shall hold the determined Yinhawangka native title in trust for the Yinhawangka People pursuant to section 56(2)(b) of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and the Jurruru Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (ICN 8251) shall hold the determined Jurruru native title in trust for the Jurruru People pursuant to section 56(2)(b) of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).

6. Within 28 days of the Agreement, which forms Schedule Seven to the determination, being executed by the Gobawarrah Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation (ICN 9813) and the Jurruru Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (ICN 8251), the Gobawarrah Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation (ICN 9813) shall file and serve a document notifying the Court and parties of that fact.

7. Order 5 of these Orders and paragraph 5 of the determination shall not take effect unless and until the notice in Order 6 has been filed.

8. In the event the Agreement referred to in Order 6 has not been executed within 6 months of the date of these Orders, or such later time as this Court may order, the matter is to be listed for further directions.

9. Subject to Order 10, there be no order as to costs.

10. The question of costs against Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation (ICN 2001) in WAD 490 of 2016, WAD 537 of 2018 and WAD 538 of 2018 be reserved, subject to the filing of the interlocutory application(s) contemplated by the order of Mortimer J dated 24 February 2022 in proceeding WAD 490 of 2016.

Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.

ATTACHMENT A

DETERMINATION

THE COURT ORDERS, DECLARES AND DETERMINES THAT:

Existence of native title: section 225 Native Title Act

1. Subject to paragraph 2, Jurruru native title and Yinhawangka native title exist in the Determination Area in the manner set out in paragraphs 6 and 7 of this determination.

2. No native title exists in those parts of the Determination Area that are identified in Schedule Three.

Native title holders: section 225(a) Native Title Act

3. In the Yinhawangka Area, Yinhawangka native title is held by the Yinhawangka People.

4. In the Jurruru Area, Jurruru native title is held by the Jurruru People.

5. In the Overlap Area:

(a) Yinhawangka native title is held by the Yinhawangka People; and

(b) Jurruru native title is held by the Jurruru People.

The nature and extent of native title rights and interests: sections 225(b) and 225(e) Native Title Act

6. Subject to paragraphs 2, 8, 9, 10 and 13, the nature and extent of the Yinhawangka native title in relation to the Yinhawangka Area and the Overlap Area is that it confers the following non-exclusive rights, including the right to conduct activities necessary to give effect to them, on the Yinhawangka People:

(a) the right to live, being to enter and remain on the land, to camp and erect shelters and other structures for that purpose, and travel over and visit any part of the land and waters;

(b) the right to hunt, fish, gather, take and use the traditional resources;

(d) the right to engage in cultural activities and the transmission of cultural knowledge, including:

(i) visiting places of cultural or spiritual importance and maintaining, caring for, and protecting those places by carrying out activities to preserve their physical or spiritual integrity; and

(ii) conducting ceremony and ritual, including burial and burial rites; and

(e) the right to be accompanied by those people who, though not native title holders and who (for the avoidance of doubt) cannot themselves exercise any native title right, are:

(i) spouses, parents or children of the native title holders; or

(ii) people required by or entering in connection with traditional law and custom for the performance of ceremonies or cultural activities.

7. Subject to paragraphs 2, 8, 9, 10 and 13, the nature and extent of the Jurruru native title in relation to the Jurruru Area and the Overlap Area is that it confers the following non-exclusive rights, including the right to conduct activities necessary to give effect to them, on the Jurruru People:

(a) the right to enter and remain on the land, camp, erect temporary shelters, and travel over and visit any part of the land and waters;

(b) the right to hunt, fish, gather, take and use the traditional resources;

(d) the right to engage in cultural activities, including:

(i) visiting places of cultural or spiritual importance and maintaining, caring for, and protecting those places by carrying out activities to preserve their physical or spiritual integrity; and

(ii) conducting ceremony and ritual; and

(e) the right to be accompanied by those people who, though not Jurruru People, are:

(i) spouses, parents or descendant of one or more Jurruru person; or

(ii) people required by traditional law and custom for the performance of ceremonies or cultural activities.

Qualifications on the native title rights and interests

8. The native title rights and interests are subject to and exercisable in accordance with:

(a) the laws of the State and the Commonwealth, including the common law; and

(b) the traditional laws and customs of the Yinhawangka People and/or the Jurruru People (as the case may be) for personal, domestic and communal purposes (including social, cultural, religious, spiritual and ceremonial purposes).

9. Notwithstanding anything in this determination, there are no native title rights and interests in the Determination Area in relation to:

(a) minerals as defined in the Mining Act 1904 (WA) (repealed) and in the Mining Act 1978 (WA), except to the extent that ochre is not a mineral pursuant to the Mining Act 1904 (WA);

(b) petroleum as defined in the Petroleum Act 1936 (WA) (repealed) and in the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 (WA);

(c) geothermal energy resources and geothermal energy as defined in the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 (WA); or

(d) water lawfully captured by the holders of the Other Interests.

10. The native title rights and interests set out in paragraphs 6 and 7 do not confer:

(a) possession, occupation, use and enjoyment on the Yinhawangka People or the Jurruru People to the exclusion of all others; or

(b) a right to control access to, or use of, the land and waters of the Determination Area or its resources.

Areas to which ss 47, 47A or 47B of the Native Title Act applies

11. For the avoidance of doubt, sections 47, 47A and 47B of the Native Title Act do not apply to disregard any prior extinguishment in relation to the Determination Area.

The nature and extent of any Other Interests

12. The nature and extent of the Other Interests are described in Schedule Four.

Relationship between native title rights and Other Interests

13. Except as otherwise provided for by law, the relationship between the native title rights and interests described in paragraphs 6 and 7 and the Other Interests is that:

(a) to the extent that any of the Other Interests are inconsistent with the continued existence, enjoyment or exercise of the native title rights and interests, the native title rights and interests continue to exist in their entirety, but the native title rights and interests have no effect in relation to the Other Interests to the extent of the inconsistency during the currency of the Other Interests; and otherwise,

(b) the existence and exercise of the native title rights and interests do not prevent the doing of any activity required or permitted to be done by or under the Other Interests, and the Other Interests, and the doing of any activity required or permitted to be done by or under the Other Interests, prevail over the native title rights and interests and any exercise of the native title rights and interests, but do not extinguish them.

Definitions and Interpretation

14. In this determination, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Determination Area" means the land and waters described in Part 1 of Schedule One and depicted on the map at Schedule Two;
"Jurruru Area" means the land and waters depicted with a green hatch pattern in the map at Schedule Two;
"Jurruru People" means the people described in Schedule Six;
"land" has the same meaning as in the Native Title Act and, for the avoidance of doubt, includes any natural collection of water found on the land which does not fall within the definition of "waters";
"Native Title Act" means the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth);
"Other Interests" means the legal or equitable estates or interests and other rights in relation to the Determination Area described in Schedule Four and referred to in paragraph 12;
"Overlap Area" means the land and waters described in Part 2 of Schedule One and depicted by way of a blue cross-hatch pattern in the map at Schedule Two;
"resources" means flora, fauna, and other natural resources such as charcoal, stone, soil, sand, clay, gravel, timber, resin and ochre (except, for the avoidance of doubt, ochres for use in the manufacture of porcelain, fine pottery or pigments which are minerals pursuant to the Mining Act 1904 (WA) (repealed));
"Titles Validation Act" means the Titles (Validation) and Native Title (Effect of Past Acts) Act 1995 (WA);
"use" does not include use by way of trade;
"waters" has the same meaning as in the Native Title Act;
"Yinhawangka Area" means the land and waters depicted with a purple hatch pattern in the map at Schedule Two; and
"Yinhawangka People" means the people described in Schedule Five.

15. In the event of any inconsistency between the written description of an area in Schedule One, Three or Four and the area as depicted on the map at Schedule Two, the written description prevails.

SCHEDULE ONE

Part 1 – External boundary of the determination area

The Determination Area, generally shown as bordered in blue on the map at Schedule Two, comprises all land and waters bounded by the following description:

All those land and waters commencing at Latitude 23.067387 South, Longitude 117.161894 East being a point on the present boundary of Native Title Determination WAD340/2010 Yinhawangka Part A (WCD2017/003) and extending generally southeasterly along the boundaries of that native title determination to Latitude 23.101992 South, Longitude 117.229480 East being a point on the present boundary of Native Title Determination WAD216/2010 Yinhawangka Part B (WCD2017/003); Then generally southerly and generally southeasterly along the boundaries of that native title determination to Latitude 23.701669 South, Longitude 117.739187 East being a point on the present boundary of Native Title Determination WAD72/1998 Nharnuwangga Wajarri and Ngarlawangga (WCD2000/001); Then southwesterly along the boundary of that native title determination to Latitude 23.716124 South being a point on the eastern boundary of Pastoral Lease N049718 (Mininer); Then southwesterly to Latitude 23.727920 South, Longitude 117.694158 East; Then southwesterly to a southern boundary of Pastoral Lease N049718 (Mininer) at Longitude 117.669525 East being a point on the present boundary of Native Title Determination WAD72/1998 Nharnuwangga Wajarri and Ngarlawangga (WCD2000/001); Then generally southwesterly along the boundaries of that native title determination to an eastern boundary of Pastoral Lease N050510 (Pingandy) at Latitude 23.835574 South; Then generally southwesterly through the following coordinate points:

LATITUDE (SOUTH)	LONGITUDE (EAST)
23.855564	117.459929
23.891595	117.393929
23.924224	117.345668
23.946174	117.304098

Then southwesterly to Latitude 23.952345 South, Longitude 117.294870 East being a point on the present boundary of Native Title Determination WAD6007/2000 Jurruru People Part A (WCD2015/002); Then generally southwesterly, generally northwesterly and generally northerly along the boundaries of the native title determination to Latitude 23.098784 South, Longitude 117.169473 East being a point on the boundary of Native Title Determination WAD126/2005 Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura 2 (WCD2015/003); Then northwesterly along the boundary of that native title determination back to the commencement point.

Note: Geographic Coordinates provided in Decimal Degrees.

All referenced Deposited Plans and Diagrams are held by the Western Australian Land Information Authority, trading as Landgate.
Cadastral boundaries sourced from Landgate’s Spatial Cadastral Database dated 1st October 2021.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Determination Area excludes any land and waters the subject of the following native title determinations:

• Native Title Determination WAD126/2005 Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura #2 (WCD2015/003) as determined in the Federal Court on 02/09/2015.

• Native Title Determination WAD340/2020 Yinhawangka Part A (WCD2017/003) as determined in the Federal Court on 18/07/2017.

• Native Title Determination WAD216/2010 Yinhawangka Part B (WCD2017/003) as determined in the Federal Court on 18/07/2017.

• Native Title Determination WAD72/1998 Nharnuwangga Wajarri and Ngarlawangga (WCD2000/001) as determined in the Federal Court on 29/08/2000.

• Native Title Determination WAD6007/2000 Jurruru People Part A (WCD2015/002) as determined in the Federal Court on 01/09/2015.

Datum: Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020)

Prepared By: Graphic Services (Landgate) 8th November 2021

Use of Coordinates:

Where coordinates are used within the description to represent cadastral or topographical boundaries or the intersection with such, they are intended as a guide only. As an outcome of the custodians of cadastral and topographic data continuously recalculating the geographic position of their data based on improved survey and data maintenance procedures, it is not possible to accurately define such a position other than by detailed ground survey.

Part 2 – Description of the overlap area

All those lands and waters commencing at the intersection of an eastern boundary of Native Title Determination WAD6007/2000 Jurruru People Part A (WCD2015/002) with Latitude 23.451864 South and extending northeasterly along the boundary of that native title determination to Latitude 23.389912 South; Then generally southeasterly through the following coordinate points:

LATITUDE (SOUTH)	LONGITUDE (EAST)
23.390572	117.154045
23.390601	117.154151
23.390636	117.154256
23.390677	117.154358
23.390723	117.154457
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23.390829	117.154646
23.390890	117.154736
23.392146	117.156483
23.392216	117.156575
23.392292	117.156662
23.392372	117.156744
23.393792	117.158109
23.393869	117.158179
23.393949	117.158245
23.394033	117.158305
23.394120	117.158360
23.394210	117.158410
23.394302	117.158455
23.394396	117.158493
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23.397822	117.159564
23.397922	117.159592
23.398024	117.159613
23.398126	117.159629
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23.398436	117.159636
23.400785	117.159472
23.400896	117.159461
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23.401116	117.159416
23.401224	117.159382
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23.401628	117.159178
23.401721	117.159110
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23.401894	117.158957
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23.402536	117.158445
23.402692	117.160316
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23.404681	117.168051
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23.406031	117.171537
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23.406444	117.171912
23.406538	117.171970
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23.410971	117.175991
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23.626918	117.631084
23.626868	117.631194
23.626825	117.631307

Then northeasterly to the intersection with a southwestern boundary of Native Title Determination WAD216/2010 Yinhawangka Part B (WCD2017/003) with Longitude 117.631327 East; Then generally southeasterly along the boundary of that native title determination to Latitude 23.701669 South, Longitude 117.739187 East being a point on the present boundary of Native Title Determination WAD72/1998 Nharnuwangga Wajarri and Ngarlawangga (WCD2000/001); Then southwesterly along the boundary of that native title determination to an eastern boundary of Pastoral Lease N049718 (Mininer) at Latitude 23.716124 South being a point on the boundary of Native Title Application WAD490/2016 Yinhawangka Gobawarrah (WC2016/004); Then southwesterly along the boundary of that native title application to Longitude 117.709959 East; Then generally northwesterly through the following coordinate points:

LATITUDE

(SOUTH)

LONGITUDE

(EAST)

23.653649

117.499464

23.513554

117.163621

Then northwesterly back to the commencement point.

Note: Geographic Coordinates provided in Decimal Degrees.

All referenced Deposited Plans and Diagrams are held by the Western Australian Land Information Authority, trading as Landgate.
Cadastral boundaries sourced from Landgate’s Spatial Cadastral Database dated 1st October 2021.
Native Title Determination Application WAD490/2016 Yinhawangka Gobawarrah (WC2016/004) as accepted for registration on 20th April 2017.

For the avoidance of doubt the Overlap Area excludes any land and waters the subject of the following native title determinations:

• Native Title Determination WAD216/2010 Yinhawangka Part B (WCD2017/003) as determined in the Federal Court on 18/07/2017.

• Native Title Determination WAD72/1998 Nharnuwangga Wajarri and Ngarlawangga (WCD2000/001) as determined in the Federal Court on 29/08/2000.

• Native Title Determination WAD6007/2000 Jurruru People Part A (WCD2015/002) as determined in the Federal Court on 01/09/2015.

Datum: Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020)

Prepared By: Graphic Services (Landgate) 15th November 2021

Use of Coordinates:

SCHEDULE TWO

Map of the determination area

SCHEDULE THREE

Areas where native title does not exist [Paragraph 2]

No native title exists in relation to land and waters the subject of the following interests within the Determination Area which, with the exception of public works (as described in clause 2 of this Schedule), are generally shown as shaded in pink and outlined in red on the map at Schedule Two.

1. Roads

The following dedicated roads, roads set aside, taken or resumed or roads which are to be considered public works (as that expression is defined in the Native Title Act and the Titles Validation Act):

Mapinfo ID

Description

Shown on / in

Road 01

Road No. 5424

Road Dedication Plan 92/300;

Public Plan 503115 (cancelled 12/10/1939)

Road 02

Road No. 8385

Government Gazette 11/04/1930 at p.1066;

Public Plan 503115 (cancelled 12/10/1939)

2. Public Works

Any other public works as that expression is defined in the Native Title Act and the Titles Validation Act (including the land and waters on which a public work is constructed, established or situated as described in section 251D of the Native Title Act) and to which section 12J of the Titles Validation Act or section 23C(2) of the Native Title Act applies, which were constructed or established or commenced to be constructed or established on or before 23 December 1996.

SCHEDULE FOUR

Other interests [Paragraph 12]

The nature and extent of the Other Interests in relation to the Determination Area are as follows:

[NOTE: Land tenure interests registered with the Western Australian Land Information Authority are current as at 28 June 2022. Mining tenements and petroleum interests registered with the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety are current as at 22 July 2022. All other interests are current as at the date of the determination.]

1. Pastoral Leases

The following pastoral leases and the rights and interests of the holders from time to time of those pastoral leases:

Lease No.	Description
PL N049718	Mininer
PL N050036	Ashburton Downs
PL N050044	Dooley Downs
PL N050364	Mt Vernon
PL N050510	Pingandy

2. Reserves

The interests of persons who have the care, control and management of the following reserve and the interests of people entitled to access and use the reserve for the purpose for which it is reserved, subject to any statutory limitations upon those rights:

Reserve Number	Current / Last Purpose
1120	Watering Place

3. Easements

The following easement and the rights and interests of the holders from time to time of that easement:

Easement Number	Purpose
F 924685	For the purpose described in the Government Gazette on 4 July 1995, commencing on page 2799 at "LA 801 Goldfields Gas Pipeline Agreement Act 1994 Public Works Act 1902 Land Acquisition"

4. Mining tenements

The following mining tenements granted under the Mining Act 1904 (WA) (repealed) and/or the Mining Act 1978 (WA) and the rights and interests of the holders from time to time of those tenements:

(a) Exploration licences

Tenement ID

E 0802307

E 0802629

E 0802756

E 0802889

E 0802938

E 0802947

E 0802948

E 0802992

E 0802994

E 0802996

E 0802997

E 0803016

E 0803040

E 0803104

E 0803113

E 0803121

E 0803122

E 0803222

E 0803257

E 0803262

E 0803269

E 0803273

E 0803279

E 0803289

E 0803328

(b) Prospecting licences

Tenement ID

P 0800699

5. Petroleum interests

The agreement as amended and ratified by the Goldfields Gas Pipeline Agreement Act 1994 (WA) and rights and interests comprised in, conferred under or in accordance with, or pursuant to that agreement, including the following tenement:

Tenement ID	Tenement type
PL 24	Pipeline Licence

6. Access to Mining and Petroleum Areas

(a) Without limiting the operation of any other clause in Schedule Four, but subject to clause 6(b) below, the rights of the holders from time to time of a mining tenement or petroleum interest referred to in clauses 4 or 5 of Schedule Four to use (including by servants, agents and contractors) such portions of existing roads and tracks in the Determination Area as necessary to have access to the area the subject of the mining tenement or petroleum interest for the purposes of exercising the rights granted by that tenement or interest.

(b) Nothing in clause 6(a) above allows any upgrade, extension, widening or other improvement to the road or track other than work done to maintain it in reasonable repair and in order to leave it in substantially the same condition as it was prior to its use pursuant to clause 6(a).

7. Other

The following rights and interests in the Determination Area:

(a) Rights and interests, including licences and permits, granted by the Crown in right of the State or of the Commonwealth pursuant to statute or otherwise in the exercise of its executive power and any regulations made pursuant to such legislation;

(b) Rights and interests held by reason of the force and operation of the laws of the State or of the Commonwealth, including but not limited to, the force and operation of the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 (WA);

(i)    the public right to fish;
(ii)    the public right to navigate; and
(iii)    the right of any person to use and enjoy any roads in the Determination Area (subject to the laws of the State) over which, as at the date of this determination, members of the public have a right of access under the common law;

(d) The right to access the Determination Area by:

(i)    an employee, agent or instrumentality of the State;
(ii)    an employee, agent or instrumentality of the Commonwealth; or
(iii)    an employee, agent or instrumentality of any local government authority,
as required in the performance of his or her statutory or common law duty;

(e) So far as confirmed pursuant to section 212(2) of the Native Title Act and section 14 of the Titles Validation Act as at the date of this determination, any existing public access to and enjoyment of, the following places in the Determination Area:

(i)    waterways;
(ii)    beds and banks or foreshores of waterways;
(iii)    coastal waters;
(iv)    beaches;
(v)    stock routes; and
(vi)    areas that were public places at the end of 31 December 1993;

(f) Any other:

(i) legal or equitable estate or interest in the land or waters; or
(ii) right (including a right under an option and a right of redemption), charge, power or privilege over, or in connection with:

(A) the land or waters; or
(B) an estate or interest in the land or waters; or

(iii) restriction on the use of the land or waters, whether or not annexed to other land or waters.

SCHEDULE FIVE

Yinhawangka People [Paragraphs 3 and 14]

The Yinhawangka People are those persons who:

(a) are descended from, in accordance with the traditional laws acknowledged and the traditional customs observed by the Yinhawangka People:

(i)    Minatangunha;
(ii)    Jarndundha;
(iii)    the couple Thurantajinha and Wilga; or
(iv)    Nijawarla; and

(b) identify themselves as Yinhawangka under traditional law and custom and are so identified by other Yinhawangka People as Yinhawangka; and

(c) have a connection with the land and waters of the Yinhawangka Area or the Overlap Area, in accordance with the traditional laws acknowledged and the traditional customs observed by the Yinhawangka People.

SCHEDULE SIX

Jurruru People [Paragraphs 4 and 14]

The Jurruru People are those persons who:

(a) are descended from Kantitharra or Punartu or are adopted by such biological descendants in accordance with traditional laws acknowledged and the traditional customs observed by the Jurruru People;

(b) identify themselves as Jurruru under traditional law and custom and are so identified by other Jurruru People as Jurruru; and

(c) have a connection with the land and waters of the Jurruru Area or the Overlap Area, in accordance with the traditional laws acknowledged and the traditional customs observed by the Jurruru People.

SCHEDULE SEVEN

Agreement for the protection of sites in the Overlap Area [Orders 6, 7 and 8]

DATED the day of 2022

JURRURU ABORIGINAL CORPORATION RNTBC (ICN 8251)

and

GOBAWARRAH YINHAWANGKA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION RNTBC (ICN 9813)

________________________________________________________________________

DEED OF AGREEMENT REGARDING YINHAWANGKA AND

JURRURU OVERLAP AREA

_________________________________________________________________________

THIS DEED is made on this day of

BETWEEN

Jurruru Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (ICN 8251) (Jurruru PBC)

and

Gobawarrah Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (ICN 9813) (Yinhawangka PBC)

RECITALS

A. On 2 December 2020, the Court gave judgment in relation to a separate question in Smirke on behalf of the Jurruru People v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2020] FCA 1728 (Smirke No 2); and on [date], the Federal Court of Australia made a Determination of Native Title by consent in respect of WAD490/2016, WAD537/2018 and WAD538/2018 (the Determination).

B. In Smirke No 2, the Court made findings about the existence of Jurruru native title and Yinhawangka native title in the lands and waters the subject of that judgment but did not make findings about the boundaries of those native titles.

C. On 21 September 2021, the Applicant in WAD 490/2016 (YG Applicant) and the Applicant in WAD537/2018 and WAD538/2018 (Jurruru Applicant) reached agreement regarding the southern extent of Yinhawangka native title and about the northern extent of Jurruru native title, as a result of the Court’s findings in Smirke No 2. These agreed borders are reflected in the Determination and are depicted in the map at Schedule Two of the Determination.

D. The YG Applicant’s acceptance of the borders was conditional on the respective prescribed bodies corporate entering into an agreement to facilitate and promote each native title holding group’s right to protect sites of significance in the Overlap Area.

E. The YG Applicant and Jurruru Applicant agreed that the YG and Jurruru sites would be identified by reference to the maps and indexes of sites which were submitted in evidence (as item 4.57 (at pages 276 and 277), and items 6.17 and 6.21 in Exhibit A, the final Court Book) during the hearing of the separate question which resulted in the Smirke No 2 decision.

F. The Parties, as the registered native title bodies corporate for the Overlap Area, enter into this deed to give effect to the agreement made by the YG and Jurruru Applicants on behalf of the native title holding groups of the Overlap Area.

OPERATIVE PROVISIONS

1. INTERPRETATION

1.1. In this Deed of Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, words and expressions defined in the Determination have the same meaning where used; and:

Business Day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in Western Australia.

Heritage Protection Legislation means Western Australian or Commonwealth legislation enacted from time to time for the purpose of protecting Aboriginal heritage and includes, as at the date of execution of this Agreement:

1.1.1.    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth);
1.1.2.    Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 (WA);
1.1.3.    Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA); and
1.1.4.    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth).

Jurruru Sites means those sites listed in the index at Attachment B to this Agreement and marked as Jurruru Sites in the map at Attachment C to this Agreement, or as more fully or accurately located through clause 6.1.

NTA means the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).

Party means a party to this Agreement and Parties the parties to this Agreement.

YG Sites means those sites listed in the index at Attachment A to this Agreement and marked as YG sites in the map at Attachment C to this Agreement, or as more fully or accurately located through clause 6.2.

1.2. In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears:

1.2.1.    words and expressions defined in the NTA have the same meaning where used;
1.2.2.    a reference to a clause, schedule or annexure is a reference to a clause of, or a schedule or annexure to, this Agreement and a reference to this Agreement includes any recital, schedule or annexure;
1.2.3.    a reference to a statute, code or other law includes regulations and other instruments under it and consolidations, amendments, re-enactments or replacements of any of them;
1.2.4.    the word 'person' includes a firm, body corporate, partnership, joint venture or unincorporated association;
1.2.5.    the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
1.2.6.    a reference to a person, statutory authority or government body (corporate or unincorporated) established under any written law includes a reference to any person (corporate or unincorporated) established or continuing to perform the same or a substantially similar function;
1.2.7.    a reference to dollars or $ is to Australian currency;
1.2.8.    an agreement, representation or warranty on the part of or in favour of two or more persons binds or is for the benefit of them jointly and severally; and
1.2.9.    a reference to anything is a reference to the whole or any part of it and a reference to a group of persons is a reference to any one or more of them.

2. AGREEMENT AREA

2.1. This Agreement relates to the Overlap Area, a map of which comprises Schedule Two of the Determination. The Overlap Area is also depicted on the map at Attachment C.

3. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT

3.1. The Jurruru PBC represents and warrants that:

3.1.1. all necessary authorisations have been obtained to enter into this Agreement; and
3.1.2. this Agreement is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Jurruru PBC.

3.2. The Yinhawangka PBC represents and warrants that:

3.2.1. all necessary authorisations have been obtained to enter into this Agreement; and
3.2.2. this Agreement is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Yinhawangka PBC.

3.3. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that they have relied on the warranties provided in this clause to enter into this Agreement.

4. ASSIGNMENT

4.1. A Party may only assign its rights and interests in this Agreement where it ceases to be the registered native title body corporate for the relevant native title holding group for the Overlap Area, and a new prescribed body corporate becomes the registered native title body corporate for the relevant native title holding group for the Overlap Area.

4.2. If a party ceases to be the registered native title body corporate for the relevant native title holding group in the Overlap Area (ceasing prescribed body corporate), and there is a replacement prescribed body corporate for the relevant native title group in the Overlap Area:

4.2.1.    The ceasing prescribed body corporate must assign this Agreement to the replacement prescribed body corporate within 20 Business Days of the replacement prescribed body corporate becoming the registered native title body corporate for the relevant group for the Overlap Area.
4.2.2.    Assignment is to be effected by the ceasing prescribed body corporate providing notice to the continuing party that it has assigned this Agreement to the replacement prescribed body corporate.
4.2.3.    The notice in clause 4.2(b) must be accompanied by a deed of assumption executed by the replacement prescribed body corporate in favour of the continuing party, agreeing to be bound by this Agreement, and to assume all of the ceasing prescribed body corporate’s obligations under this Agreement.

4.3. Once an assignment of this Agreement has occurred under and in accordance with clause 4.2, the ceasing prescribed body corporate will be deemed to have been released, to the extent of the assignment from all claims and liabilities arising under or in respect of this Agreement arising after the effective date of the assignment, but without affecting any claim or liability arising prior to such date.

4.4. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties in writing or required by law, an assignment under this clause 4 shall not affect the operation of this Agreement.

5. AGREEMENT TO PROTECT YG AND JURRURU SITES

5.1. The Jurruru PBC:

5.1.1.    Recognises Yinhawangka People have the right to protect YG Sites in the Overlap Area;
5.1.2.    Shall not give its consent to the destruction of any YG Sites in the Overlap Area as part of any agreement or Aboriginal heritage survey or for the purpose of any Heritage Protection Legislation; and
5.1.3.    Shall include in any agreement about or that affects any part of the Overlap Area:

5.1.3.1. a reference to any and all YG Sites that are affected by that agreement; and
5.1.3.2. a request that the parties to that agreement write to the Yinhawangka PBC through its contact person or secretary in order to confer with the Yinhawangka PBC about that or those YG Site(s).

5.2. The Yinhawangka PBC:

5.2.1.    Recognises Jurruru People have the right to protect Jurruru Sites in the Overlap Area;
5.2.2.    Shall not give its consent to the destruction of any Jurruru Sites in the Overlap Area as part of any agreement or Aboriginal heritage survey or for the purpose of any Heritage Protection Legislation; and
5.2.3.    Shall include in any agreement about or that affects any part of the Overlap Area:

5.2.3.1. a reference to any and all Jurruru Sites that are affected by that agreement; and
5.2.3.2. a request that the parties to that agreement write to the Jurruru PBC through its contact person or secretary in order to confer with the Jurruru PBC about that or those Jurruru Site(s).

6. CLARIFICATION OF LOCATION OF JURRURU SITES AND YG SITES

6.1. If the Jurruru PBC, acting reasonably and in good faith, and with the consent of the senior common law holders with particular affiliations and responsibilities for the relevant sites, becomes aware that the map in Attachment C does not accurately or fully identify the location of any of the sites in Attachment B, it may provide the Yinhawangka PBC a map or other descriptor that more accurately or fully identifies the location of the sites for use with this agreement.

6.2. If the Yinhawangka PBC, acting reasonably and in good faith, and with the consent of the senior common law holders with particular affiliations and responsibilities for the relevant sites, becomes aware that the map in Attachment C does not accurately or fully identify the location of any of the sites in Attachment A, it may provide the Jurruru PBC a map or other descriptor that more accurately or fully identifies the location of the sites for use with this agreement.

6.3. For the avoidance of doubt, this clause 6 does not permit:

6.3.1.    Either Party to add or remove any YG Site or Jurruru Site;
6.3.2.    The Yinhawangka PBC to make any change relating to Jurruru Sites; or
6.3.3.    The Jurruru PBC to make any change relating to YG Sites.

7. BREACH

7.1. If a Party (Defaulting Party) breaches any of the terms of this Agreement set out at clauses 4 and 5, the other Party (Non-Defaulting Party) may serve a notice (Default Notice) on the Defaulting Party specifying the breach and, on receiving the Default Notice, the Defaulting Party must remedy that breach, if the breach is capable of being remedied, within 21 days after receiving the Default Notice.

7.2. If the Defaulting Party does not remedy the breach pursuant to clause 7.1 of this Agreement, the Non-Defaulting Party may by notice in writing to the Defaulting Party, suspend the performance of its obligations and the Defaulting Party’s rights under this Agreement until the breach is remedied or no longer exists.

7.3. Any remedy exercised under this clause 7 is without prejudice to any other rights a Party may have under this Agreement or otherwise at law.

8. NOTICES

8.1. Any notice or other communication that may or must be given under this Agreement:

8.1.1.    must be in writing;
8.1.2.    may be given by an authorised officer of the Party giving notice;
8.1.3.    must be:

8.1.3.1. hand delivered or sent by prepaid post to the address of the Party receiving the notice as set out in clause 8.2; or
8.1.3.2. sent by email to the email address of the Party receiving the notice as set out in clause 8.2; and

8.1.4. is taken to be received:

8.1.4.1.        in the case of hand delivery, on the date of delivery;
8.1.4.2.        in the case of post, on the fourth Business Day after posting;
8.1.4.3.    in the case of delivery by email, in accordance with section 14 of the Electronic Transactions Act 2011 (WA); and
8.1.4.4.    if received after 4.00 pm or on a day other than a Business Day, is taken to be received on the next Business Day.

8.2. As at the date of execution of this Agreement, notices required to be given under this Agreement must be in writing to:

8.2.1. In the case of Jurruru Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC:

Edina Boross
JurruruAC@ymac.org.au
Level 8, The Esplanade
Perth WA 6000

8.2.2. In the case of Gobawarrah Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC:

Mrs Julie Walker
walkayinya59@outlook.com
9 Clam Court
South Hedland WA 6722

8.3. Each party is responsible for providing updated contact details for the purpose of this Clause 8 as and when those contact details change.

9. GENERAL

9.1. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes all communications, negotiations, arrangements and agreements, whether oral or written, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

9.2. Each Party will pay its own legal and other costs and expenses in connection with the preparation and completion of this Agreement, except for stamp duty which if due and payable, the costs will be shared equally between the Parties.

9.3. This Agreement is governed by the laws in force in Western Australia and each Party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Western Australia.

9.4. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts.

EXECUTED as a deed in Western Australia

EXECUTED by Jurruru Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (ICN: 8251) in accordance with the requirements of section 99-5 of the of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) Act 2006 (Cth) by:	) ) ) )


Signature of director		Signature of director/secretary



Name of director		Name of director/secretory

EXECUTED by Gobawarrah Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (ICN: 9813) in accordance with the requirements of section 99-5 of the of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) Act 2006 (Cth) by:	) ) ) )


Signature of director		Signature of director/secretary



Name of director		Name of director/secretory

ATTACHMENT A – INDEX OF YINHAWANGKA GOBAWARRAH SITES

Site Number	Label
1	Bilingarra
2	Binbidnga
3	Dhardhudhu Pa
4	Gubawara
5	Gumburari
6	Gurriga Pa
7	Irnjirrnga
8	Jabaguru
9	Jabaguru (Mesa)
10	Jirarajijirraji
11	Marlanya Pa
12	Minaridji
13	Minbirrnga Pa
14	Mindura Pa
15	Mindurl Pa
16	Mindururra
17	Mt Blair
18	Ngajurinha
19	Pilingurra Claypan
20	Widhayugara
21	Wirdharadji
22	Yalari Pa
23	Yurrari

ATTACHMENT B – INDEX OF JURRURU SITES

Site Number	Site Label
1	Baringgara
2	Binbirr (Bin Bin Pool)
3	Bundijiyu
4	Garamula
5	Garilyi (approx.)
6	Thuriri
7	Gumbariri
8	Jabaguru
9	Jabibuga (Mt Blair)
10	Jidarduwanga
11	Jijili (approx. loc.)
12	Marduwara
13	Nyirbin
14	Wardurdu (approx. loc.)
15	Wirdaraji (Ten Mile Pool)
16	Jabibunga / Jabibuga

ATTACHMENT C – MAP SHOWING YG SITES AND JURRURU SITES IN THE OVERLAP AREA

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

MORTIMER J:

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

1 Before the Court are three applications for determinations of native title pursuant to s 225 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Taken together, the applications cover an area of land and waters in the Pilbara that is 3423 square kilometres in size, with the Ashburton River running through the middle. The area lies between lands and waters previously determined under the NTA to be held by the Jurruru People (to the west), the Yinhawangka People (to the north and east), and the Nharnuwangga People (to the south). The present determination area is depicted in the map at Schedule 2 to the proposed determination.

2 The Court is asked to make orders under s 87 of the NTA that two native titles exist in the area covered by the applications: one held by the Yinhawangka People, and one by the Jurruru People. In relation to the Ashburton River and a strip of land extending south from its southern bank, tracking alongside the river and across the whole determination area, the Court is asked to determine that the two native titles overlap and thus the land and waters are shared. Subject to the determination of a foreshadowed application for costs against the Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation, the native title representative body for the region, the proposed determination seeks finally to resolve a long running dispute about the traditional ownership of this area.

3 The complex history of Federal Court proceedings related to this dispute is summarised in Smirke on behalf of the Jurruru People v State of Western Australia (No 2) [2020] FCA 1728 at [18]-[43] and in Smirke on behalf of the Jurruru People v State of Western Australia (No 3) [2021] FCA 1122 at [71]-[86]. It is unnecessary to repeat those summaries in full here; it suffices to outline the origins of the three proceedings in which a determination of native title is presently sought, and relevant findings the Court has made in those proceedings to date.

4 The first of the three proceedings was commenced on behalf of the Jurruru People on 24 July 2000, by way of a Form 1 application that became known as the Jurruru #1 Application. It was entered onto the Register of Native Title Claims on 1 March 2001 and subsequently notified by the Native Title Registrar pursuant to s 66 of the NTA. The period of three months after the notification day referred to in s 66(8) and s 66(10)(c) of the NTA ended on 29 August 2001.

5 The Jurruru #1 Application, originally filed with the proceeding number WAD6007/2000 (later replaced by the electronic file number WAD537/2018), was amended pursuant to Court orders on two occasions: once on 19 February 2001, prior to its registration, and once on 6 July 2006. In 2012, the Court made orders to replace the members of the native title applicant: Jurruru People v State of Western Australia [2012] FCA 2.

6 As amended, the Jurruru #1 Application sought a determination of native title in relation to approximately 10,066 square kilometres of land and waters in the Ashburton area northeast of Carnarvon.

7 On 1 September 2015, this Court made a determination of native title by consent under s 87A of the NTA in relation to the vast majority of the Jurruru #1 Application’s claim area: Smirke on behalf of the Jurruru People v State of Western Australia [2015] FCA 939. The remainder of the claim area, comprising approximately 2737 square kilometres in the east, became known as “Jurruru #1 (Part B)”.

8 After the consent determination in Smirke, the Jurruru #1 Application was amended on three further occasions, most recently on 9 October 2020. The amended application was again entered on the Register of Native Title Claims on 13 November 2020.

9 The second application in these proceedings, the Jurruru #2 Application (WAD538/2018, formerly WAD327/2012), was filed on behalf of the Jurruru People on 22 November 2012. It was notified by the Native Title Registrar pursuant to s 66 of the NTA, the three-month post-notification period ending on 9 July 2013. The Jurruru #2 Application twice failed to meet the conditions for registration that are prescribed in the NTA, for reasons not presently relevant. A further amended application filed on 5 October 2020 satisfied the registration criteria and was entered on the Register of Native Title Claims on 13 November 2020. The Jurruru #2 Application seeks a determination of native title in relation to approximately 666 square kilometres of land immediately adjacent to the eastern boundary of the Jurruru #1 (Part B) claim area. As in other reasons handed down in these proceedings, references to the ‘Jurruru applicant’ in these reasons are references to the applicant in the Jurruru #1 and the Jurruru #2 applications.

10 The third and final application in these proceedings was filed on 17 October 2016 and registered on 20 April 2017. Its three-month notification period ended on 30 August 2017. This application was made on behalf of the ‘Yinhawangka Gobawarrah People’, and it has become known as the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application (WAD490/2016). Its claim group members largely comprise Yinhawangka People who were determined to hold native title over land and waters to the north and north-east in Jones on behalf of the Yinhawangka People v State of Western Australia [2017] FCA 801, with one relevant difference: the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application identifies Nijawarla as an apical ancestor of its claim group, whereas the definition of the native title holders in Jones does not include this ancestor.

11 The Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application covers 3423 square kilometres of land and waters. Aside from approximately 20 square kilometres at its northern tip, in which there are no overlapping claims for native title, the claim area of the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application is wholly coextensive with the Jurruru #1 (Part B) and Jurruru #2 claim areas.

12 This overlap reflects a dispute between the Jurruru People and a group of Yinhawangka People who identify as Yinhawangka Gobawarrah as to the traditional ownership of the lands and waters in question. As these reasons, and the reasons in Smirke (No 2), make clear, there are some in the current generation of Yinhawangka People who do not agree with the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah claim, and indeed there was one Yinhawangka elder, David Cox, who gave evidence against the claim and in favour of the Jurruru claim.

13 In February 2018, after many failed attempts at mediation, the Court made orders to facilitate the separate determination in each of the three proceedings of the question of who holds native title in the overlap area, and what rights and interests are comprised in that native title or titles. The Court heard evidence on country in July 2019, followed by a tranche of expert evidence heard in Perth in December 2019 and closing submissions in February 2020. The Jurruru applicant submitted that the evidence showed that the land in the overlap area belonged to the Jurruru People. The Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant contended that they had proved that the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah People held rights and interests in the land that were derived from under the same Yinhawangka traditional laws and customs as those recognised in Jones, but which formed a separate Yinhawangka Gobawarrah native title.

14 On 2 December 2020, the Court published orders and reasons in Smirke (No 2) determining that, but for any extinguishment, native title is held by the Jurruru People in relation to most parts of the overlap area south of the Ashburton River, and by the Yinhawangka People in relation to the parts of the overlap area north of the Ashburton River.

15 In its reasons, at [13]-[14] the Court emphasised the critical role of the burden of proof, and the realities of what was possible, and not possible, in the task of attempting to reconstruct what the position in a claim area was at sovereignty, and moving forward from that time. It did so by adopting what was said in Drill on behalf of the Purnululu Native Title Claim Group v State of Western Australia [2020] FCA 1510 at [13]:

As I explain below, the Court’s answers to the separate questions depend on reaching a view about what, on the evidence before it, are more likely than not to be the facts. That is what the civil standard “balance of probabilities” means. The Court does not decide what the “truth” is in any absolute sense. The Court is not in that sense the arbiter of history. The Court decides whether the party who must prove the necessary facts has shown the facts it contends for are more likely than not to have existed. In circumstances which involve the level of historical reconstruction that these separate questions do, that is not only all that is required; it is all that can reasonably be expected. This exercise is carried out on the basis of the evidence adduced, and inferences which can reasonably be drawn from that evidence. The Court must assess what, reasonably and rationally, can be made of the evidence before it. It does so from a more objective perspective than that brought by the parties, and for that reason, it may well see some evidence as persuasive although one party does not. Conversely, it may see other evidence as unpersuasive, although a party, its expert or the claim group members find that evidence persuasive. Even where the task is challenging, and the evidence pulls in different directions (as it does in many of the factual issues to be resolved in these separate questions), the Court’s function is to make a decision, and to decide if the party with the onus of proof has discharged it.

16 Importantly for the terms of the determination that the Court has been asked to make today, in Smirke (No 2), the Court held that the Ashburton River itself, and at least some sites in the area around its southern banks, were more likely than not traditionally shared country. There was some evidence about one site in particular, Jabaguru, but even in relation to this site, the Court found the evidence did not favour native title being held by only one of the two contesting groups. At [526]-[527]:

The detailed knowledge about distinctions between kinds of traditional or customary interests in a site such as Jabaguru has been lost to time. Neither native title applicant has proven on the balance of probabilities that Jabaguru was an area in which only one of the Jurruru or the Yinhawangka had rights and interests of a possessory or ownership nature. In my opinion the evidence available to the Court can only lead to the conclusion that it is more likely than not that Jurruru and Yinhawangka groups (and perhaps Ngarla as well) had traditional and customary interests in the area, and that both those sets of interests had a possessory or ownership character – but how they were worked out as between these groups is simply not knowledge any longer available.

As the later part of these reasons explains, it is not possible for the Court on the available evidence or draw a particular line on a map in the surrounds of the Ashburton River about where Yinhawangka country finishes and Jurruru country begins. The area of Jabaguru likewise cannot be delineated between the groups. In the first instance, the two groups will need to try and negotiate an outcome based on the Court’s findings. Failing agreement, further and more specific evidence might be required.

17 At [852], the Court’s reasons explain further why the evidence did not support the proposition that the Ashburton River operated as some kind of “hard boundary” between the Yinhawangka and the Jurruru:

Relying on Dr Palmer’s opinions, which I have generally found the most persuasive, and accepting the “at sovereignty” source material is thin, I consider it is more likely than not that the estate groups which did exist, did not have rights and interests in the land and waters which treated the Ashburton River as some kind of hard boundary. Some groups are more likely to have spilled over on both sides, some may have had country for which they asserted possessory rights located further away from the river. It is difficult to discount the possibility that there may have been Yinhawangka-identifying people in at least some areas to the south of, but close to, the river, although as Dr Palmer explained probably not very far south.

18 The Court therefore gave the parties an opportunity to try to negotiate about the area around the Ashburton River, with the proviso that if they could not agree, a further trial would be necessary: Smirke (No 2) at [7]-[8].

19 The Court determined that the rights and interests in the Jurruru native title were the same as those in the native title determined in Smirke. In relation to the Yinhawangka native title, the Court held that there was no separate Yinhawangka Gobawarrah native title, and that those who constitute the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah claim group would hold native title in relation to certain parts of the claim area with at least some other members of the Yinhawangka People: Smirke (No 2) at [1292].

20 In light of these findings, the parties were referred to mediation with the assistance of Judicial Registrar McGregor, with a view to progressing the proceedings to a determination of native title by consent on all remaining issues, or in the absence of agreement, further trial.

21 That referral was progressed, but in mid-2021, the Jurruru applicant raised a question about the authorisation of the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application. This was despite the Jurruru applicant having no interest in the Yinhawangka area after the Court’s findings in Smirke (No 2): see Smirke (No 3) at [6]. The State joined in raising a question about authorisation, which meant it was appropriate for the matter to be resolved. There being no agreed resolution, a further separate question was formulated. The Court was asked to decide whether it has the power to make a determination in favour of the native title holding group in Jones and the descendants of Nijawarla in circumstances where that group of people had not, in its totality, authorised the making of the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application.

22 In Smirke (No 3), the Court decided it had jurisdiction to make a determination of native title in favour of a group that differs in some respects from that described in the originating application without the need for further authorisation. Contrary to the submissions of the Jurruru applicant and of the State, the Court considered the authorities, and in particular Commonwealth v Clifton [2007] FCAFC 90; 164 FCR 335, read with Moses v Western Australia [2007] FCAFC 78; 160 FCR 148, did not preclude such an approach.

23 Fundamental to the Court’s decision were the unique history of the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application, including the previous s 61 applications on behalf of the family groups who comprise the key members of the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah claimants, the particular circumstances in terms of the separate question process and decision in Smirke (No 2), from which there was no application for leave to appeal and by which the parties were bound, and the absence of any application to intervene by the Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (ICN 7837), the PBC for the Yinhawangka determination area in Jones, despite being on notice about the proposed determination after Smirke (No 2). The Court found (at [154]-[157]):

The Yinhawangka area is not “no man’s land”. The Court’s findings demonstrate the significance of some parts of the land and waters in the Yinhawangka area to the people whose country it is. In these circumstances, the interests of the administration of justice would not be served by a dismissal of the YG s 61 application. That would not be compatible with the objectives of the Native Title Act to provide for the protection and recognition of native title. Nor would it be compatible with the objectives of the Federal Court Act, in particular the overarching objective provisions in s 37M and s 37N, but also the legislative instruction in s 22 of the Federal Court Act:

The Court shall, in every matter before the Court, grant, either absolutely or on such terms and conditions as the Court thinks just, all remedies to which any of the parties appears to be entitled in respect of a legal or equitable claim properly brought forward by him or her in the matter, so that, as far as possible, all matters in controversy between the parties may be completely and finally determined and all multiplicity of proceedings concerning any of those matters avoided.

Nor would the interests of the administration of justice be served by requiring the YG applicant to amend its application (presumably to reflect precisely the Court’s findings in Smirke (No 2), although the State and the Jurruru applicant did not really develop this point) and submit it for authorisation to a wider group of Yinhawangka People. That course of action raises the real possibility of an amended claim not being authorised, not for any reason stemming from traditional law and custom, but stemming from the antagonism to the YG group which I found in Smirke (No 2) to be a core feature of the interaction of Yinhawangka People for decades now, and which I also found affected the evidence of people such as David Cox and Brendan Cooke (as to the latter see Smirke (No 2) at [272] and [274]).

Although I have found it may be possible to characterise the Court’s findings in Smirke (No 2) as no more than findings about the “true membership” of the claim group, and as findings that there is a wider membership of the claim group than articulated in the YG’s s 61 application, I accept that the history of the competing native title applications about the overlap area, and the various challenges in relation to those people who were part of the GMY claim and then the YG claim, mean that it could be seen to be stretching the (undefined) concept of “true membership” as set out in Clifton at [37] to apply it here.

In the particular circumstances of these proceedings, the course which is most appropriate is for the Court to exercise its power under s 84D(4) to make a determination notwithstanding a defect in authorisation. I therefore turn to consider s 84D(4).

24 Against another oppositional submission made by the Jurruru applicant, the Court found it had power to exercise its discretion under s 84D(4) of the NTA: see Smirke (No 3) at [159]-[165]. Having decided the power was available, the Court then explained why it considered it was appropriate to exercise it: see Smirke (No 3) at [167]-[186]. Amongst the matters to which the Court referred in these passages were the significant interpersonal, and inter-family disputes which coloured the ongoing disputes between key members of the Jurruru claim group and key members of the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah claim group, who were all part of the same extended family. At [178]-[180], the Court found:

There is also a clear basis in the Court’s findings in Smirke (No 2) to infer that if the Court were to require the YG applicant to revert to some wholesale authorisation process with a wider Yinhawangka group, that any such process is more likely than not to be derailed by the very same forces which have sought to exclude the Tommy family and those who are aligned with them for the last 20 years or more. The Court’s findings in Smirke (No 2) suggest that opposition and exclusion were misplaced, in the sense of what the evidence in that case demonstrated about rights and interests under traditional law and custom. One explanation put forward by Dr McGrath and accepted to some extent by the Court was based in gender: Mabel Tommy, as a woman, was not accepted as having the knowledge that the objective evidence suggested she did. There may be other explanations: the Court’s findings in Smirke (No 2) pass no judgment on these interpersonal issues which have endured for decades, nor on the effects of family breakdown; the Court’s findings pass no judgment on people’s behaviour and conduct, and all the other entirely human matters which can give rise to animosity and the adoption of entrenched positions about deeply felt issues. However, the circumstances described in the Court’s reasons, and the fact there has been a litigated outcome, mean that there are likely to be multiple, non-traditional factors at play between the YG claim group and the wider Yinhawangka group.

If, in 2021 (or 2022), people at a Yinhawangka meeting were called upon to vote on authorisation of an amended claim (recalling the unaddressed difficulties I have referred to about whether they would be asked to authorise a claim reflecting the Court’s findings, or something else), it would be neither rational nor logical to ignore all these non-traditional motivations for how people might act, might think, and might vote. The more contemporary animosity is just as likely to drive decision making as anything which could remotely be described as “traditional” opinions. And that is before one even reaches the controversial contention – evident from parts of factual history given by Barker J and a source of conflict from that at least that point on – that those who lead the Jurruru claim, such as Ivan Smirke, claim because of their descent through Nancy Tommy to be able to attend Yinhawangka meetings, and to vote “as” Yinhawangka People, notwithstanding the conflict of interest writ large in such an assertion.

To require the YG applicant to go back to such a process; and to require the representative body to fund such a resource intensive process, would make a mockery of the native title system, and bring the administration of justice into disrepute. In the very particular circumstances of these proceedings, there must be finality, and that finality should proceed on the basis of the Court’s findings in Smirke (No 2), which have not been challenged by any application for leave to appeal.

25 Accordingly, the Court decided to exercise the discretion under s 84D(4) of the NTA to proceed to a determination of native title over the Yinhawangka area despite any alleged defect in the authorisation of the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant. An order reflecting that decision forms part of the orders made today.

26 The parties then returned to mediation and subsequently reached agreement about the Ashburton River area, which had been an outstanding impediment to a determination of native title in the proceedings. This area is depicted in blue shading in the map at Schedule 2 to the proposed determination; it delineates the areas of shared non-exclusive native title and the areas in which the Yinhawangka People and the Jurruru People hold their respective non-exclusive native title independent of the other. The agreement reached involves a deed to be entered into by the respective prescribed bodies corporate (PBCs) after the making of a determination. The deed will facilitate and promote each native title holding group’s right to protect sites in the shared area. It forms Schedule 7 to the proposed determination, and the parties seek orders that any determination not take effect in respect of the shared area unless and until the deed has been executed by both PBCs.

THE MATERIAL BEFORE THE COURT

27 As part of the separate question process, the Court received a large body of evidence concerning the connection of the Jurruru People and the Yinhawangka People to the area subject of the proposed determination, and has recorded its findings in relation to that material in Smirke (No 2) and Smirke (No 3).

28 The terms of the proposed determination go to matters that were not the subject of specific findings in those decisions, such as the exact boundaries of the shared areas around the Ashburton River. The parties submit that, having been legally represented throughout the hearings of the separate questions and the consent determination negotiation process that followed, the Court can be satisfied that their agreement has been given freely and on an informed basis. They submit this approach is consistent with the premise of s 87 of the NTA and the Act’s emphasis on conciliation, such that further evidence about these matters need not be adduced: citing Hughes (on behalf of the Eastern Guruma People) v State of Western Australia [2007] FCA 365 at [9]; Peterson v State of Western Australia [2013] FCA 518 at [22]; Ward v State of Western Australia [2006] FCA 1848 at [8]. I accept that submission.

29 Therefore, aside from the Court’s findings in Smirke (No 2) and Smirke (No 3), as well as (I infer) the existing determinations in Smirke and Jones, the only material relied on by the parties is:

(a) the minute of proposed consent determination signed by each of the parties to each of the three proceedings, filed on 17 August 2022;

(b) an affidavit filed and affirmed by Colin McKellar on 24 August 2022 deposing to the Jurruru claim group’s authorisation of the Jurruru applicant to agree to the proposed consent determination; and

(c) the written nominations, consents and affidavit material relating to the appointment of PBCs that are referred to at [42]-[43] below.

THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 87

30 In broad terms, s 87(1) of the NTA requires three criteria to be met: the period specified in the notice given in relation to the original native title application must have elapsed, the s 87 agreement must be in writing and signed by all the relevant parties to the proceeding, and the Court must be satisfied that the orders would be within its power to make. In the present case, the first two criteria have clearly been met.

31 In relation to the third criterion, the applicants and the State jointly submit that:

(a) each of the three applications for a determination of native title is valid, noting the Court’s decision in Smirke (No 3) concerning the exercise of power under s 84D(4) of the NTA;

(b) the applications seek determinations of native title over an area for which there has been no determination of native title, and there are no other proceedings before the Court to seek a determination of native title in that area (see ss 13(1)(a), 67(1) and 68 of the NTA);

(c) the form of the proposed determination complies with s 94A and s 225 of the NTA and is otherwise consistent with the Court’s findings in Smirke (No 2) and Smirke (No 3); and

(d) the requirements in s 87 of the NTA are otherwise satisfied.

32 I accept these submissions.

33 By s 87(1A) of the NTA, the Court must be satisfied it is appropriate to make the determination sought by the parties. I have explained my understanding of what “appropriateness” requires in the context of consent determinations in Drury on behalf of the Nanda People v State of Western Australia [2018] FCA 1849 at [52]-[56]. I adopt the same approach in these proceedings. I refer also to the consideration of appropriateness outlined by McKerracher J in Mouda on behalf of Joombarn-Buru Native Title Claimants v State of Western Australia [2021] FCA 1233 at [39]-[50], with which I respectfully agree.

34 I accept the parties’ submissions that, unlike many consent determinations, there has been extensive evidence and fact finding put before the Court on connection, and the Court has made extensive findings on the basis of that material. These findings, together with the parties’ negotiated agreement on boundaries, provide an ample basis for the Court’s satisfaction that the proposed determination is appropriate.

35 It is also material to the Court’s consideration of the appropriateness of a determination of native title that the State has formed the view that the proposed determination is in the interests of the community it represents, in performance of its role in relation to the negotiation of a determination of native title by consent: see Taylor on behalf of the Yamatji Nation Claim v State of Western Australia [2020] FCA 42 at [63]-[65]. The State has conducted searches of land tenure and mining and petroleum registries to determine the nature and extent of other interests within the proposed determination area, and has recognised those interests in the proposed determination. It has also considered the position of those who do not have a proprietary interest in the proposed determination area but might nevertheless be affected by the recognition of native title rights. In deciding to support the proposed determination of native title, the State submits that it has weighed this consideration against the particular interest of First Nations peoples in Western Australia in fulfilling the objects and purposes articulated in the first two paragraphs of the preamble to the NTA.

36 I accept these submissions. Building on my observations in Taylor, it should be recalled that the Preamble to the NTA provides that, through the NTA:

The people of Australia intend:

(a) to rectify the consequences of past injustices by the special measures contained in this Act, announced at the time of introduction of this Act into the Parliament, or agreed on by the Parliament from time to time, for securing the adequate advancement and protection of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders; and

(b) to ensure that Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders receive the full recognition and status within the Australian nation to which history, their prior rights and interests, and their rich and diverse culture, fully entitle them to aspire.

(Emphasis added.)

37 In these proceedings, the State of Western Australia represents a sub-section of the “people of Australia”, Indigenous and non-Indigenous; namely, those who reside in Western Australia. It is in the interests of all Australians that native title be recognised where it can be, as the NTA intends, and that State governments contribute to the achievement of this objective by good faith cooperation and proactive involvement in the negotiation processes which the NTA places at the forefront of achieving such recognition. Through its assessment and evaluation of the terms of the s 87 agreement, and its public support for that agreement by joining in it, and by making supporting submissions to the Court, the State of Western Australia pursues the intention to which the Preamble refers. It is appropriate for the Court to acknowledge the particular proactive role it has played in the resolution of these three proceedings.

38 Finally, the applicants and the State submit that the various pastoralists who are parties to the proceedings have been consulted and invited to participate in the agreement of the proposed determination, and each consents to the orders the Court is asked to make. I accept that submission.

39 As the applicants and the State submit, the Court’s function under s 87 of the NTA differs from its function in a contested application for a determination of native title: see Freddie v Northern Territory [2017] FCA 867 at [16]; Lovett on behalf of the Gunditjmara People v State of Victoria [2007] FCA 474 at [36]; Thudgari People v State of Western Australia [2009] FCA 1334 at [25]; Wurrunmurra on behalf of the Bunuba People v State of Western Australia [2015] FCA 1480 at [27]. In particular, when considering whether to make orders pursuant to s 87 the Court’s attention is directed to the process by which the parties’ agreement was made: Lander v State of South Australia [2012] FCA 427 at [11]. The Court should also have regard to the objectives prescribed in s 37M and s 37N of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), to promote the “just resolution of disputes, according to law, and as quickly, inexpensively and efficiently as possible”.

40 Having regard to the consistency of the proposed determination with the Court’s findings in Smirke (No 2) and the nature of the process by which elements of the determination that were not the subject of specific findings have been agreed, I accept the parties’ submission that it is appropriate for the Court to make orders in the terms of the proposed determination.

THE NOMINATION OF PRESCRIBED BODIES CORPORATE

41 The applicants in these proceedings have requested the Court make determinations for separate PBCs to hold the Jurruru and Yinhawangka native titles.

42 The Jurruru applicant has filed a notice of nomination of the Jurruru Aboriginal Corporation (ICN 8251) and the written consent of that corporation to facilitate its determination as the PBC for the Jurruru native title for the purposes of s 56(2)(a) of the NTA. The process by which the JAC was nominated and provided consent to its nomination is deposed to by Mr McKellar in his affidavit filed 24 August 2022, and copies of the nomination and written consent are annexed to that affidavit.

43 The Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant has filed a notice of nomination of the Gobawarrah Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation (ICN 9813) and its written consent to facilitate its determination as the PBC in relation to the Yinhawangka native title for the purposes of s 56(2)(a) of the NTA. The process by which the GYAC was nominated and provided consent to its nomination is deposed to by Dante Mavec in his affidavit filed by the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant on 15 August 2022. A copy of the written consent was annexed to that affidavit. A copy of the nomination was filed on 25 August 2022.

44 Like other aspects of these proceedings, the circumstances giving rise to the nomination of the GYAC have some history and complexity. The principal reason for this complexity is the decision of the Yinhawangka common law holders described in Jones not to consent to the nomination of the YAC. The YAC is the PBC for the native title subject of the determination in Jones. The decision of the Jones common law holders followed a series of consultations that the YAC conducted in various locations in the Pilbara region and in Perth about the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant’s request for its appointment as the PBC in this case. The Court expresses its gratitude to the YAC for its cooperation in this process. The consultations culminated in a meeting of approximately 60 of the adult Yinhawangka common law holders from Jones, including some members of the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah claim group and at least two members of the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant. The request to nominate YAC was rejected by a majority vote of those present.

Can YAC hold Yinhawangka native title for one area and GYAC hold Yinhawangka native title for another area?

45 In Drury on behalf of the Nanda People v State of Western Australia [2020] FCAFC 69; 276 FCR 203 at [74]-[75], Colvin J and I explained why in our opinion it would not be appropriate for there to be two different PBCs for different areas of land and waters that are subject to the same traditional title. In Smirke (No 2) the Court determined that any Yinhawangka native title within the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application’s claim area is derived from the same traditional title as that recognised in Jones. Given YAC has not been nominated, the question arises: can GYAC be appointed as a trustee PBC under s 56(2) of the NTA?

46 In written submissions filed in these proceedings on 23 June 2022, the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant and the State submitted that any principle to be derived from the observations at [74]-[75] in Drury is not applicable. In their submission, the overall structure of the NTA provides that the holders of native title at common law are to control the identity of the PBC that is appointed to hold their native title under the Act, and it is only if they fail to act that the Court can intervene to determine the identity of the PBC. Thus, s 56(2)(c) of the NTA provides that the Court must determine that native title is held by the common law holders if there is no nomination of a trustee PBC under s 56(2)(a), and s 57(2)(c) then provides that the Court must determine in accordance with the regulations which body is to perform the function of an agent PBC if the common law holders do not first nominate an agent PBC of their own accord and the PBC provides its consent.

47 The Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant and the State submit that the Court cannot appoint the YAC as the agent PBC under s 57(2)(c) because the common law holders in Jones have not consented to its nomination as a PBC in respect of the Yinhawangka area and because the YAC is a trustee PBC, and therefore cannot be appointed as an agent PBC. Further, they submit that the Court could not appoint the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation as the agent PBC pursuant to s 57(2)(c) of the NTA and r 11 of the Native Title (Prescribed Bodies Corporate) Regulations 1999 (Cth) without first affording the holders of the Yinhawangka native title in the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application the opportunity to nominate their own agent PBC under s 57(2)(a), citing Farrer on behalf of the Ngarrawanji Native Title Claim Group v State of Western Australia (No 4) [2021] FCA 1497. In the submission of the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant and the State, the legislative scheme for the determination of PBCs gives primacy to the intention of the holders of native title at common law, and it would therefore be appropriate in the circumstances to invite the common law holders of any Yinhawangka native title on the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application to nominate their own PBC. The State and the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant informed the Court that they have not identified any case law which would support an argument contrary to this submission.

48 The Court accepted those submissions. In orders made on the basis of the written submissions referred to above, the Court noted that, following the YAC’s refusal of consent to be nominated as a trustee PBC in this case, the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant intended to establish a new corporation for the purpose of accepting nomination. The orders requested that the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant file a nomination of a trustee PBC, along with the PBC’s consent, or – failing that – the nomination of an agent PBC and its consent. If no such nomination and consent were provided, the orders noted that the Court would determine that the native title would be held by the common law holders, pursuant to s 56(2)(c), and appoint the ILSC as agent PBC immediately thereafter. This latter course of action has not been necessary because a notice of nomination and written consent by GYAC have been filed: see [43] above.

49 The State recognised the significance of the position outlined in Drury, as a matter of policy and general principle:

In the First Respondent's submission, there are cogent policy reasons why the NTA scheme should generally proceed on an assumption that the area of responsibility of a PBC will most sensibly correspond to the entire area in which a particular group holds native title, regardless of the determination area(s) and/or overlaps with other native title holding groups. There ought to be compelling justification for the Court to entertain a departure from the Drury principle.

50 I accept that submission. Nevertheless, the obiter remarks in Drury were not, in my opinion, intended to form a straitjacket for the operation of the NTA. The circumstances in which this Court comes to make determinations of native title cover a tremendous spectrum. Sometimes, as part of compliance with the NTA’s objective of resolving matters by negotiation if possible, innovative and flexible solutions to boundary and membership disputes are found. Added to this is the well-established reality that for a variety of reasons, native title holders may have to bring several s 61 applications in respect of different areas over which they claim to hold native title. Those reasons include funding challenges, the operation of s 48B of the NTA, availability of anthropological and evidence gathering resources, interactions with third party proprietary interest holders, and disputes between or within claim groups. An approach to the construction of the NTA which accommodates such resolutions is to be preferred where possible, as this will be an approach most compatible with the Preamble and the objectives of the NTA.

51 The bifurcation of the administration of a single native title was one of the concerns expressed by Colvin J and myself in Drury at [75]. Where the rights conferred are rights in rem, this is a legitimate consideration. However, as the submissions of the State and the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant have emphasised, the NTA reposes ultimate proprietary authority in the common law holders. A PBC, whether trustee or agent, is the vehicle through which native title is to be administered, and through which dealings in that native title are to occur. The authority for that administration and those dealings however ultimately resides with the common law holders.

52 The situation which now confronts the Court is the situation expressly left open by the Full Court in Drury at [74].

53 Where, as here, some of the common law holders for one area (ie the Yinhawangka area) are also common law holders for a different area (ie the area previously determined in Jones), the way that this sub-set of common law holders wishes to hold, and deal with, their native title may not follow the more straightforward situation in Drury. In the present situation, there is no identity between apical ancestors in Jones and in the present determination for the Yinhawangka area. Not all the apical ancestors in Jones were found to have rights and interests in the Yinhawangka area in the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application. Further, Nijawarla was an additional and new ancestor. Thus, although the body of laws and customs which confers the native title rights and interests is the same body of laws and customs, the rights and interests arising from that body of law and custom are held distinctly and differently, in relation to a particular area, by a differently composed group of common law holders.

54 There is nothing incompatible with the scheme of the NTA in that circumstance for a different PBC to be nominated for that different area. Indeed, as I found at [588] in Smirke (No 2):

Although each of the Jurruru and the Yinhawangka Peoples have their own determinations of native title, it is clear on the evidence that – despite the way the parties had expressed the agreed issues ahead of trial – both groups operate under the same broad normative system of traditional law and custom.

55 This was sometimes called a “Pilbara” system. A number of factors, including the post-sovereignty ascendancy of language identities over territories no longer possessed or inhabited by estate level groups, had coalesced so that rights and interests in land and waters under this wider normative system could nevertheless be differentially recognised and ascertained: see Smirke (No 2) at [615]-[617]. Of course, neither the NTA nor the obiter statements in Drury require a single PBC in the Pilbara because of the existence of this wider normative system. The point is the same as the one I have made above: although the body of laws and customs which confers the native title rights and interests is the same body of laws and customs, the rights and interests arising from that body of law and custom are held distinctly and differently, in relation to a particular area, by a differently composed group of common law holders. That is, in my opinion, the point made at [49] of Drury.

56 I accept the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant, assisted by YAC, took steps in good faith to procure the consent of YAC to its nomination as the trustee PBC for the native title subject of the present determination. Ultimately the Yinhawangka common law holders did not agree. As the extracts from Smirke (No 3) at [24] above indicate, in my opinion it is more likely than not that the explanation for this refusal by the Jones common law holders does not stem from the application of traditional law and custom, but from more recent animosities, and more recent views about sticking with boundary outcomes some Yinhawangka people negotiated in 2010.

57 In the unique circumstances of this case, it is appropriate to make orders appointing the GYAC as the PBC pursuant to s 56(2)(b) of the NTA.

COSTS

58 Subject to the PBCs entering into the deed of agreement referred to at [26] above, the parties’ proposed orders resolve the question of costs as between most parties. However, the question of what costs might be payable by Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation, the native title representative body for the region in which the claim areas are found, is proposed to be reserved, so as to accommodate the hearing of an application by the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah applicant about that matter. This proposal is consistent with the orders made by the Court on 24 February 2022 in the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah Application, following a case management hearing in which the Court heard that YMAC consents to orders providing for the hearing of an application of costs against it after the determination of native title by consent.

CONCLUSION

59 Native title has been recognised in the area the subject of these three proceedings. The separate question process did not recognise native title in the way either the Yinhawangka Gobawarrah or the Jurruru applicants initially sought. Nevertheless, in their sustained efforts after that decision, the claimant groups are to be commended on finding a compromise that they can live with, and more importantly, that will allow them to continue to maintain a connection to their country, to look after it and to pass down knowledge about it to future generations. Having seen for itself the genuine respect for country, and sense of responsibility for it, held by native title holders on both sides, the Court hopes that the recognition given by its orders today will provide a new starting point for future co-operation.

I certify that the preceding fifty-nine (59) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Justice Mortimer.

Associate:

Dated: 26 August 2022

SCHEDULE OF PARTIES

WAD 490 of 2016

Federal Court of Australia

District Registry: Western Australia

Division: General

Applicant	ROY TOMMY, NANCY TOMMY, MARY MILLS AND E.G.
First Respondent	STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Second Respondent	YAMATJI MARLPA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
Third Respondent	CENTRAL DESERT NATIVE TITLE SERVICES LTD
Fourth Respondent	BARKLEY MARSHALL DAY
Fifth Respondent	JOAN ELIZABETH DAY
Sixth Respondent	RICHARD ERNEST DAY
Seventh Respondent	ZANE BRADLEY DAY
Eighth Respondent	ANDREW NICHOLAS GLENN
Ninth Respondent	DONALD RAYMOND HAMMARQUIST
Tenth Respondent	WENDY RUTH HARVEY
Eleventh Respondent	DANIEL JOHN HASTIE
Twelfth Respondent	JASON GARY HASTIE

SCHEDULE OF PARTIES

WAD 537 of 2018

Federal Court of Australia

District Registry: Western Australia

Division: General

Applicant	IVAN SMIRKE, ALEC ALEXANDER AND KELLMAN LIMERICK
First Respondent	STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Second Respondent	BAMBI PTY LTD
Third Respondent	CHEELA PALINS PASTORAL CO PTY LTD
Fourth Respondent	ANDREW NICHOLAS GLENN
Fifth Respondent	PETER ROBERT GREY
Sixth Respondent	SUSAN JEAN GREY
Seventh Respondent	DONALD RAYMOND HAMMARQUIST
Eighth Respondent	WENDY RUTH HARVEY
Ninth Respondent	DANIEL JOHN HASTIE
Tenth Respondent	JASON GARY HASTIE
Eleventh Respondent	STAMCO BEEF PTY LTD
Twelfth Respondent	ROY TOMMY
Thirteenth Respondent	NANCY TOMMY
Fourteenth Respondent	MARY MILLS
Fifteenth Respondent	E.G.
Sixteenth Respondent	YAMATJI MARLPA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION

SCHEDULE OF PARTIES

WAD 538 of 2018

Federal Court of Australia

District Registry: Western Australia

Division: General

Applicant	IVAN SMIRKE, ALEC ALEXANDER AND KELLMAN LIMERICK
First Respondent	STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Second Respondent	BARKLEY MARSHALL DAY
Third Respondent	JOAN ELIZABETH DAY
Fourth Respondent	RICHARD ERNEST DAY
Fifth Respondent	ZANE BRADLEY DAY
Sixth Respondent	ANDREW NICHOLAS GLENN
Seventh Respondent	WENDY RUTH HARVEY
Eighth Respondent	DANIEL JOHN HASTIE
Ninth Respondent	JASON GARY HASTIE
Tenth Respondent	ROY TOMMY
Eleventh Respondent	NANCY TOMMY
Twelfth Respondent	MARY MILLS
Thirteenth Respondent	E.G.

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