Bar Barrum people’s native title claims #9 and #10

On 12 December 2017 the Federal Court made two more consent determinations for the Bar Barrum people.

Earlier, the Federal Court had recognised native title rights and interests held by the Bar Barrum people over areas of land and waters on the Atherton Tableland in and around Walsh River. These determinations did not extend to watercourses that were not part of a lot-on-plan tenure.

The two consent determinations do the following:

Claim 9: The consent determination for the Bar Barrum people’s #9 claim recognises non-exclusive native title rights over a pastoral lease, including rights to access the land, camp, hunt and fish.

Claim 10: The consent determination for the Bar Barrum people’s #10 claim recognises native title rights over watercourses (including rivers, creeks and other streams) and lakes within an external boundary in and around the Walsh River area that are not part of adjoining lot-on-plan parcels. The non-exclusive native title rights recognised are similar to those recognised in the other Bar Barrum consent determinations, with many of the watercourses only intermittently covered by water. The determination excludes a number of bridges and causeways.