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===Native title definitions=== National Native Title Tribunal definition:<ref name="gloss">{{cite web | title=Glossary | website=National Native Title Tribunal|publisher= Commonwealth of Australia|date= 2017 | url=http://www.nntt.gov.au/Pages/Glossary.aspx | access-date=21 July 2020}} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Text was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)] licence (as per [http://www.nntt.gov.au/Pages/Copyright.aspx this page]).</ref>{{blockquote|[Native title is] the communal, group or individual rights and interests of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people in relation to land and waters, possessed under traditional law and custom, by which those people have a connection with an area which is recognised under [[Australian legal system|Australian law]] (s 223 NTA).}} Commonwealth Government's indigenous.gov.au website:<ref name=iga>{{cite web|url=https://www.indigenous.gov.au/teaching-guides/curricula-project/curricula-project-glossary|website=indigenous.gov.au|publisher=Australian Government| title=Curricula Project Glossary|access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref>{{blockquote|Native title is the recognition in Australian law, under [[common law]] and the ''Native Title Act 1993'' (Cth), of Indigenous Australians' rights and interests in land and waters according to their own traditional laws and customs.}} Native title has also been described as a "bundle of rights" in land, which may include such rights as camping, performing [[Australian Aboriginal culture#Ceremonies and sacred objects|ceremony]], etc. If native title is granted, specific rights are decided on a case-by-case basis, and may only sometimes includes freehold title.<ref name=pbc>{{cite web | website=PBC | title=Native title, rights and interests | date=1 January 1994 | url=https://nativetitle.org.au/learn/native-title-and-pbcs/native-title-rights-and-interests | access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref>
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