This case concerns three applications for determination of native title relating to land in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The first (WAG 6016 of 1996) was lodged with the Federal Court in November 1996. The second (WAG 6015 of 1999) was filed by the same applicants in June 1999. It relates to an area adjacent to the first application. The combined area of both applications is about 67,376 square kilometres. The third application (WAG 6006 of 2002) was filed in December 2002 to enable s 47 or s 47A of the Native Title Act (Cth) (the Act) to be applied to 3 areas covered by the second application which had been transferred to the Indigenous Land Corporation since that application was made in 1999.
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