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The Wiluna and Tarlpa native title claims were largely determined with the consent of the parties on 29 July 2013. The Federal Court held a hearing at Puwanu rockhole, a location within the determination area where Justice McKerracher determined the exclusive and non-exclusive native title rights and interests of the Wiluna people over the respective Wiluna and Tarlpa claim areas.
An area omitted from the Wiluna and Tarlpa determinations was the area of the Wiluna #2 native title claim which consists of two parcels of unallocated Crown land and was filed by the Wiluna people to allow for any historical extinguishment of native title rights and interests to be disregarded. This area was omitted while a question of law relating to that area was decided.
Following a successful outcome on the question of law on 15 July 2013, the Wiluna #2 application was determined by the Federal Court on 3 September 2013 in Perth.
The native title holders in the successful Wiluna Applications and the Tarlpa Application chose Tarlka Matuwa Piarku (Aboriginal Corporation) RNTBC (TMPAC) as their prescribed body corporate. TMPAC was registered on 21 November 2014 and determined as the prescribed body corporate on 8 December 2014.
Prescribed Body Corporate
| Nominated Prescribed Body Corporate: | Tarlka Matuwa Piarku (Aboriginal Corporation) RNTBC holds the native title rights and interests. |
| PBC Contact details: | Tarlka Matuwa Piarku (Aboriginal Corporation) Contact Officer: Sebastiano Galati 59 Angesca Crescent, BELHUS WA 6069 9297 4700 |
Claim Details
Wiluna
| Federal Court of Australia Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title: | WF (deceased) and Ors on behalf of the Wiluna People v The State of Western Australia |
| Applicant Names: | Barry Abbott, Judy Ashwin, Alan Ashwin, KF (deceased), WF (deceased), FJ (deceased), JM (deceased), BP (deceased), Kitty Richards, Dusty Stevens, Norman Thompson, LT (deceased), Joyce Tullock and MT (deceased). |
| Application type: | Claimant Application |
| Date filed: | 30 September 1998 |
| FCA No: | WAD 6164 of 1998 |
| National Native Title Tribunal Summary | |
|---|---|
| NNTT No: | WC99/24 |
| Register of NT claims: | Registered |
| NNTT Status: | Finalised – Determined |
| Area Description/Location: | Central Desert Region, Western Australia |
| Claim area size (approximate): | 47,594 km2 |
| Notification Status: | Notification Complete |
| Notification closing date: | 16 August 2000 |
| In mediation: | Not applicable |
| Date finalised: | 29 July 2013 |
Wiluna #2
| Federal Court of Australia Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title: | BP (deceased) and Ors v The State of Western Australia |
| Applicant Names: | BP (deceased), Betty Anderson, BC (deceased), KC (deceased) and TS (deceased) |
| Application type: | Claimant Application |
| Date filed: | 24 October 2004 |
| FCA No: | WAD 241 of 2004 |
| National Native Title Tribunal Summary | |
|---|---|
| NNTT No: | WC04/7 |
| Register of NT claims: | Not Registered |
| NNTT Status: | Determined |
| Area Description/Location: | Central Desert Region, Western Australia |
| Claim area size (approximate): | 5,615.942 km2 |
| Notification Status: | Notification Complete |
| Notification closing date: | 15 November 2006 |
| In mediation: | No |
| Date finalised: | 3 September 2013 |
Tarlpa
| Federal Court of Australia Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title: | LT (Deceased) and Ors on behalf of the Members of the Tarlpa Native Title Claim Group v The State of Western Australia |
| Applicant Names: | LT (Deceased), FJ (Deceased), CB (Deceased) and Elisabeth Wonyabong |
| Application type: | Claimant Application |
| Date filed: | 14 December 2007 |
| FCA No: | WAD 248 of 2007 |
| National Native Title Tribunal Summary | |
|---|---|
| NNTT No: | WC07/3 |
| Register of NT claims: | Registered |
| NNTT Status: | Active |
| Area Description/Location: | Central Desert Region Western Australia |
| Claim area size (approximate): | 2,265.26 km2 |
| Notification Status: | Complete |
| Notification closing date: | 29 October 2008 |
| In mediation: | No |
| Date Finalised: | 29 July 2013 |
Determination
Wiluna and Tarlpa
| Determination type: | Consent Determination |
| Determination date: | 29 July 2013 |
| NT rights and interests recognised: | The determination of native title recognises the following rights and interests in those parts of the area of the determination that are also covered by pastoral leases and which does not include a right of exclusive possession in those parts:
The determination of native title recognises that the native title holders have the right of possession, occupation, use and enjoyment of parts of the determination area as against the whole world (see maps in Schedule 7 of the Determination of Native Title). |
Wiluna #2
| Determination type: | Contested Determination |
| Determination date: | 3 September 2013 |
| NT rights and interests recognised: | The determination of native title recognises that the native title holders have the right of possession, occupation, use and enjoyment of the determination areas as against the whole world. The right of possession, occupation, use and enjoyment to the exclusion of all others, except in relation to flowing and subterranean water. |
Land Access and Future Acts
Central Desert does not service the Wiluna / Tarlpa determination area.
Please contact the Tarlka Matuwa Piarku (Aboriginal Corporation) , through the PBC Contact details listed above for any queries in relation to Land Access within the Wiluna/Tarlpa determination area.
Links
| Native Title Consent Determination | WF (deceased) and Others on behalf of the Wiluna People v the State of Western Australia [2013] FCA 755 (29 July 2013)BP (deceased) and Others v State of Western Australia [2013] FCA 760 (3 September 2013) |
| Nomination of Prescribed Body Corporate | The Wiluna People nominated Tarlka Matuwa Piarku (Aboriginal Corporation) to hold in trust their recognised native title rights and interests |
| Media releases | Media Statement Toro Proposed Uranium Mine 2012 |
| PBC rules | Constitution of TMPAC |
| YouTube | Wiluna Native Title Determination 2013 |
