University of Sydney Law Library
Pathfinder - Australian Native Title Law
CONTENTS
IntroductionLegal dictionaries and encyclopedias
Using the catalogue
Some useful texts and reports
Conference / Seminar proceedings
Journals
Journal indexes
Looseleaf services
Audiovisual resources
Legislation
Cases, Determinations and Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs)
Web resources
Dictionaries of legal abbreviations
Not held, try
Introduction
In the broad subject area of Australian indigenous law, issues relating to native title have become increasingly prominent.
The aim of this Pathfinder is to provide a detailed list of resources on Australian native title law available at the Law Library. Internet resources on Australian native title law are also covered in this Pathfinder, as well as tips for using some online resources in order to obtain further information.
Legal dictionaries and encyclopedias
An Australian legal dictionary or encyclopedia is a good place to start if you are not really sure what native title law in Australia is all about.
Some useful dictionaries are:
- Butterworths Australian legal dictionary. Law Reserve 349.9403 9
(the Law Reserve Collection is behind the Information Desk on Level 8 of the Law Library). - Butterworths concise Australian legal dictionary. Law Reserve 349.9403 8A
- Legal terms. Law Reference 349.9403 10
(the Law Reference Collection is located on Level 8 of the Law Library to the right of the Library entrance in bays 1-5).
The following encyclopedias cover areas of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law, including native title:
- The Laws of Australia (Volume 1. Aborigines) Law Reference RR 039 (bay 3)
- Halsburys Laws of Australia (Volume 1(1) Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders) Law Reference RR 029A (bay 2)
Using the catalogue
The University of Sydney Library web catalogue is located at http://opac.library.usyd.edu.au/
The catalogue is an extremely sophisticated searching tool and covers all libraries within the University of Sydney Library system (although it is possible with a keyword search to restrict your search to just one library, such as Law)
Searching for library resources:
- Combined Author/Title option: quickest way to find an item if you know the author and title
- Use the Author or Title options only if you know the exact forms of the author's name and the title
- Subject option yields only items catalogued under prescribed subject headings (ie Library of Congress Subject Headings). Here is a list of subject headings to look for when locating Australian native title law resources:
Australia. Aboriginal Land Rights Commission.
Australia. Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.
Australia. High Court. Mabo and others v. State of Queensland.
Australia. High Court. Wik peoples v. State of Queensland and others.
Australia. Native Title Act 1993.
Australia. Native Title Amendment Act 1998.
Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Native Title Bill 1993.
Australian Aborigines – Land tenure.
Land settlement – Australia – History.
Mabo decision.
National Native Title Tribunal (Australia)
Native title (Australia)
Native title – Congresses.
- Keyword option. This search is especially useful because it usually yields more hits, as it searches all fields in the record, including author, subject headings, title and series. Searches can be refined using Boolean logic and restrictions such as location, year of publication, publisher and material type.
Some useful texts and reports
The following is a list of useful texts and reports related to native title law in Australia that can be found in the Law Library.
- Australia. Attorney-General's Dept. Native title: legislation with commentary by the Attorney-General's Legal Practice, Canberra: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, c1994.
Law Research 346.940432 67 - Australia. Dept. of the Parliamentary Library. Parliamentary Research Service. Mabo papers, Canberra: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1994.
Law Research 346.940432 73 - Australia. Dept. of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Wik Taskforce. Guide to the Native Title Amendment Act 1998, [Canberra: The Task Force], 1998.
Law Research 346.940432 166 - Australia. Ministerial Committee on Mabo. Mabo: the High Court decision on native title: discussion paper, Canberra: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, c1993.
Law Research 346.940432 59 - Australia. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Native Title Bill 1993, (report by the Committee), Canberra: The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1993.
Law Research 346.940432 68 - Australian Local Government Association, Working out agreements between local governments & indigenous Australians: a practical guide, (prepared in cooperation with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission), Deakin, A.C.T.: Australian Local Government Association, 1998.
Law Research 346.940432 134 - Bachelard, M. The great land grab: what every Australian should know about Wik, Mabo and the ten-point plan, South Melbourne: Highland House, 1997.
Law Research 346.940432 112 - Bartlett, R. The Mabo decision, and the full text of the decision in Mabo and others v. State of Queensland, (with commentary), Sydney: Butterworths, 1993.
Law Reserve 346.940432 63 - Bartlett, R. Native title in Australia, Sydney: Butterworths, 2000.
Law Short Loan 346.940432 154 - Bartlett, R. and Meyers, G. (eds) Native title legislation in Australia, Perth: Centre for Commercial and Resources Law, 1994
Law Short Loan 346.940432 76 - Butt, P., Eagleson, R. and Lane, P. Mabo, Wik & native title, 4th ed., Leichhardt, NSW: Federation Press, 2001.
Law Short Loan 346.940432 65 C - Clarke, J. The Native Title Amendment Bill 1997: a different order of uncertainty? Discussion paper (Australian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research); no. 144/1997, Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Faculty of Arts, Australian National University, 1997.
Law Research 346.940432 117 - Collins, J., Klomp, N. and Birckhead, R. The recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander hunting, fishing and gathering rights in Australia: a review of legislation, policy, international and common law, Albury, NSW: Charles Sturt University, 1997.
Law Research 346.940432 111 - Dorsett, S. and Godden, L. (for the Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) A guide to overseas precedents of relevance to native title, Canberra: Native Title Research Unit, 1998.
Law Research 346.940432 137 - Edmunds, M. (ed), Regional agreements: key issues in Australia, (2 vols) Canberra: Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1998-1999.
Law Research 346.940432 121 - French, R. Native title: promise, pain and progress, [Perth: National Native Title Tribunal, 1996?]
Law Research 346.940432 102 - Hiley, G. (ed) The Wik case: issues and implications, Sydney: Butterworths, 1997.
Law Short Loan 346.940432 100 - Jackson, S. When history meets the new native title era at the negotiating table: a case study in reconciling land use in Broome, Western Australia: a discussion paper, Darwin: North Australia Research Unit, the Australian National University, 1996.
Law Research 333.2099414 3 - Kauffman, P. Wik, mining and Aborigines, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1998.
Law Research 346.940432 122 - Luker, T. Native title: current debates in the law, Sydney: Legal Information Access Centre, 1997.
Law Research 346.940432 115 - Mantziaris, C. and Martin, D. Guide to the design of native title corporations, [Australia]: National Native Title Tribunal, 1999.
Law Research 346.940432 163 - Mantziaris, C. and Martin, D. Native title corporations: a legal and anthropological analysis, Annandale, N.S.W.: Federation Press in co-operation with National Native Title Tribunal [Perth], 2000.
Law Research 346.940432 168 - Meyers, G. (ed) In the wake of Wik: old dilemmas, new directions in native title law, [Perth]: National Native Title Tribunal, 1999.
Law Research 346.940432 140 - Meyers, G. and Field, A. (eds) Identity, land and culture in the era of native title: selected essays from the 1996 seminar series of the National Native Title Tribunal, Perth: National Native Title Tribunal, 1998.
Law Research 346.940432 133 - Meyers, G. and Potter, S. Mabo, through the eyes of the media. (Part IV). Answering the pastoral leases question, The Wik Decision, Murdoch, W.A.: Murdoch University Environmental Law and Policy Centre, c1999.
Law Research 346.940432 155 - National Native Title Tribunal Compensation for native title: issues and challenges, (papers from workshops held in 1997, sponsored jointly by the Australian Property Institute and the National Native Title Tribunal). Perth: National Native Title Tribunal, 1999.
Law Research 346.940432 153 - National Native Title Tribunal Implementing the Native Title Act: the next step: facilitating negotiated agreements, (Gary D. Meyers, ed), Perth: National Native Tribunal, c1997.
Law Research 346.940432 107 - National Native Title Tribunal Indigenous land use agreements (ILUAs): alternative procedure agreements: application booklet, [Australia]: National Native Title Tribunal, 1999.
Law Research 346.940432 159 - National Native Title Tribunal Indigenous land use agreements (ILUAs): area agreements: application booklet, [Australia]: National Native Title Tribunal, 1999.
Law Research 346.940432 160 - National Native Title Tribunal Indigenous land use agreements (ILUAs): body corporate agreements: application booklet, [Australia]: National Native Title Tribunal, 1999.
Law Research 346.940432 161 - National Native Title Tribunal Making native title agreements, Canberra: National Native Title Tribunal, 1999.
Law Research 346.940432 162 - National Native Title Tribunal Native title: a five year retrospective 1994-1998: report on the operations of the Native Title Act 1993 and the effectiveness of the National Native Title Tribunal, Perth: National Native Title Tribunal, 1999.
Law Research 346.940432 138 - National Native Title Tribunal Native title bulletin: a status report on the first anniversary of the Native Title Act amendments 30 September 1998–29 September 1999, [Perth]: National Native Title Tribunal, [1999].
Law Research 346.940432 157 - National Native Title Tribunal Short guide to native title, [Australia]: National Native Title Tribunal, c2000.
Law Research 346.940432 158 - National Native Title Tribunal Understanding the amended Native Title Act, [Perth]: National Native Title Tribunal, 1998.
Law Research 346.940432 123 - National Native Title Tribunal. Brisbane Registry. Native title determinations: Moa and Saibai Islands, Queensland (application numbers QC96/20 Mualgal people and QC95/13 Saibai Island community), Brisbane: National Native Title Tribunal, 1999.
Law Research 346.9430432 7 - O'Faircheallaigh, C. Process, politics and regional agreements, Canberra: Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1998.
Law Research 346.940432 164 - Perry, M. & Lloyd, S. Australian native title law, Sydney: Lawbook Co, 2001 (forthcoming).
- Queensland. Land Tribunal. Aboriginal land claim to Iron Range National Park by the Kuuku Ya'u people / report of the Land Tribunal to the Hon the Minister for Natural Resources under the Aboriginal Land Act 1991, Brisbane: Dept. of Natural Resources, 1999.
Law Research 346.9430432 8 - Reynolds, H. Aboriginal sovereignty: reflections on race, state and nation, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1996.
Law Short Loan 323.119915 38 - Rural Landowners for Co-existence Talking common ground: negotiating agreements with Aboriginal people, [Sydney]: Rural Landowners for Co-existence, 2000.
Law Research 346.940432 170 - Stephenson, M. (ed) Mabo: the native title legislation, St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1995.
Law Research 346.940432 83 - Sutton, P. Native title and the descent of rights, Perth: National Native Title Tribunal, 1998.
Law Research 346.940432 120 - Tickner, R. Taking a stand: land rights to reconciliation, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2001 (forthcoming).
- University of New South Wales Law Journal. University of New South Wales Law Journal: Forum: Wik: the aftermath and implications, Kensington, NSW: UNSWLJ, 1997.
Law Research 346.940432 124 - University of Sydney. Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Sharing country: land rights, human rights and reconciliation after Wik: proceedings of a public forum, Sydney: Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sydney, c1997.
Law Short Loan 346.940432 108 - Veitch, D. Who owns the land? Flemington, Vic.: David Syme College of National Economics, Public Administration & Business Ltd, 1997.
Law Research 346.940432 114 - Way, F. Land-holding and governance structures under Australian land rights legislation, [Sydney: University of New South Wales, 1999].
Law Research 346.940432 139
Conference / Seminar proceedings
Below is a selection of useful conference and seminar proceedings relating to Australian native title law.
A more complete list can be found by searching the University of Sydney Library catalogue under the subject 'Native title – Congresses'.
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Native Title Research Unit. Proof and management of native title: summary of proceedings of a workshop conducted by the Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at University House, Canberra, 31 January–1 February 1994. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1994.
Law Research 346.940432 72 - Bartlett, R. and Millroy, J. (eds) Native title claims in Canada and Australia: Delgamuukw and Miriuwung Gajerrong, (papers and proceedings of a public forum considering the Delgamuukw decision of the Supreme Court of Canada and implications for and comparisons to Australia). Perth: Centre for Aboriginal Programmes and Centre for Commercial and Resources Law, University of Western Australia, 1999.
Law Reserve 346.0432 6 - Calley, K. and Pearson, N. (eds) The Wik Summit papers, Cairns, 21-24 January 1997, Cairns, Qld.: Cape York Land Council, c1997.
Fisher Research 346.94380432 WIK - Finlayson, J. and Jackson-Nakano, A. (eds) Heritage and native title: anthropological and legal perspectives: proceedings of a workshop conducted by the Australian Anthropological Society and Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the Australian National University, Canberra, 14-15 February 1996, Canberra: Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1996.
Law Research 306.0899915 65 - Native Title Legal Practitioners' Workshop (1997: Canberra, A.C.T) Working with the Native Title Act: alternatives to the adversarial method: proceedings from a workshop held 4-5 June 1997, Native Title Research Unit, AIATSIS, Canberra, (edited by Lisa Strelein), Canberra: Native Title Research Unit, 1998.
Law Research 346.940432 130
Journals
All journals in the Law Library are shelved alphabetically by title. Recent issues are located on Level 8, to the right of the Library entrance, while older bound volumes are located on Level 10. The following journals will certainly contain a large number of articles dealing with Australian native title law:
- Australian Indigenous Law Reporter
- Indigenous Law Bulletin
- Native Title News
- Native Title Newsletter - available online at http://ntru.aiatsis.gov.au/publications/newsletters.html
Please note that many other journals will contain useful articles on Australian native title law, even though they may not specialise in Australian indigenous law. See 'Journal Indexes' below for databases that will help you find these articles. Other law journals will occasionally devote special issues to indigenous law. For example:
- Sydney Law Review, Vol. 15 (2), June 1993, Special issue on Mabo.
- University of New South Wales Law Journal, Vol. 16(1), 1993, Special issue: Indigenous Peoples: Issues for the Nineties
- University of New South Wales Law Journal: Forum: Wik: the aftermath and implications, June 1997 (shelved in Law Research 346.940432 124)
Annual reports are also shelved in alphabetical order with the journals in the Law Library. Some of these, such as the National Native Title Tribunal’s annual report, may also contain useful information.
[To top of page]Journal indexes
The Library subscribes to numerous journal indexes. A complete listing of journal indexes and their access details can be found on the Law Databases web page at:
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/law/databases.html#journals
Obviously, for a subject like Australian native title law, indexes containing Australian journal articles will yield the best results. Therefore, the following journal indexes may provide the most likely sources of useful information:
- AGIS The Attorney General’s Information Service (AGIS) indexes and abstracts information on all areas of law from both Australian and overseas law journals.
- APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information Service) This is a general index of Australian journals in the social sciences.
- ATSIROM:AIATSIS (Indigenous Studies) The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies indexes and abstracts information on all areas related to indigenous affairs, from both Australian and overseas books and journals.
- CINCH Australian database with citations focussing on crime and criminal justice issues.
- FAMILY This Australian database contains abstracts of articles on family, including law as it relates to families.
- LegalTrac This is an American index but includes journals from other jurisdictions, including Australia. It has the broadest coverage of any legal journals index and is updated daily via the internet.
- Wilsons Index to Legal Periodicals This is another US index which has a wide coverage of other jurisdictions. To limit your searches to Australia when using overseas databases, simply add in Australia when doing your searches.
- Expanded Academic ASAP a database which is also accessible via the library catalogue, it contains citations to articles, news reports and reviews etc. in some 1500 social science, humanities, general science and current events periodicals.
- Dow Jones Interactive A news and research site with content from a large number of Australian as well as overseas newspapers and journals.
Looseleaf services
The major loose-leaf service for Australian native title is:
- Native Title / general editor, Graeme Neate
Sydney: Butterworths, 1994
Law Loose-leaf 346.940432 70 (v.1 and v. 2)
Loose-leaf services are located on Level 8 of the Law Library, to the right of the Library entrance.
Audiovisual resources
- After Mabo [videorecording] / writer / director, John Hughes; producers, Debra Annear, John Hughes. [Australia]: Mirimbiak Nations Aboriginal Corporation, c1997.
Law AV 346.940432 118 - After Mabo: the long and difficult road to native title [videorecording] / produced by Video Education Australasia with the cooperation of ABC-TV; compiled by Neil Barrett and Rob Wilkinson. Bendigo, Vic.: VEA and the ABC, c1997.
Law AV 346.940432 101 PAL - Mabo: life of an island man [videorecording] / director, co-producer and narrator, Trevor Graham; producer and editor, Denise Haslem; executive producer, Sharon Connolly; narration writer, Jonathon Holmes. Lindfield, NSW.: Film Australia, 1997.
Law AV 346.940432 110 PAL - Native title: a framework for the future [videorecording] / produced by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Interests Groups. [Woolloongabba, Qld.]: Department of Lands, 1995.
Law AV 346.940432 84 - Title fight [videorecording] / reporter, Murray Hogarth; presenter, Liz Jackson. [Australia]: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, c1995.
Law AV 306.3209943 1
The Law AV collection is located on Level 9 of the Law Library inside the Library Workroom.
Legislation
Legislation consists of acts and statutory rules or regulations and comes in many formats:
- Sessional –as passed by houses of parliament
- Reprints –as reprinted by government printers and commercial publishers
(Australian legislation is in Bays 6-10 of the Law Library Reference Collection on Level 8). - Loose-leaf as published in services like Butterworths Native Title (Level 8 of the Law Library to the right of the Library entrance).
- Digested (ie summarised) in Australian Current Law Legislation or Australian Legal Monthly Digest, located in Bay 1 of the Law Library Reference Collection on Level 8.
- Online – AustLII, ScalePlus and Timebase are three of the most useful web resources for Australian legislation.
See under Legislation on the Law Library's Electronic Databases list:
- http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/law/databases.html as well as Acts and Regulations on the Law Web Resources page http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/law/freeweblaw.html for access details and a full range of options in finding legislation on the web. Note that some databases, such as Timebase, can only be accessed from the Library web pages by University of Sydney students.
- Lexis http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/law/databases.html#mega is a US mega-database containing a wealth of primary legal material and full text journals, focussing primarily on US materials but also covering Australian law. Please contact the Law Library for a password.
Note that since 1984, the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s.15AB has allowed for the use of extrinsic materials in the interpretation of legislation. Extrinsic material includes explanatory memoranda, parliamentary debates (Hansard) including Second Reading speeches, as well as government, Royal Commission, Law Reform Commission and boards of enquiry reports. These can be located in hard copy in the Law Library (check with library staff or the Catalogue for location details). For online access, check the listings under Bills; Acts and Regulations; as well as Hansards/Parliamentary Debates on the Law Library Law Web Resources page http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/law/freeweblaw.html to see what is available.
For your convenience, some links have been provided below to some major Australian native title legislation (from AustLII). Note: many of these can also be accessed from ScalePlus.
- Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/nta1993147/index.html
- Native Title Amendment Act 1998 (Cth) http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/ntaa1998227/
- Native Title (New South Wales) Act 1994 (NSW) http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ntswa1994319/index.html
- Native Title (Queensland) Act 1993 (Qld) http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/nta1993249/
- Native Title (Tasmania) Act 1994 (Tas) http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/consol_act/nta1994217/
- Validation (Native Title) Act (NT) http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nt/consol_act/votaaa1994306.html>
Cases, Determinations and Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs)
Cases, decisions and agreements concerning native title in Australia are published in various formats. Some good places to look are:
CASES
- Looseleaf services (Butterworths Native Title. Law Loose-leaf 346.940432 70)
- On the web, at AustLII
http://www.austlii.edu.au/ or ScalePlus
http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/.
For a range of other possibilities, see the Law Web Resources page http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/law/freeweblaw.html - Lexis (http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/law/databases.html#mega) is a US mega-database containing a wealth of primary legal material, focussing primarily on US materials but also covering Australian law, such as cases and some unreported judgements. Please contact the Law Library for a password.
- Digested in both the Australian Current Law Reporter and Australian Legal Monthly Digest in Bay 1 of the Law Library Reference Collection on Level 8.
To see if a case has been reported or judicially considered, use one of the databases on the Law Databases page
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/law/databases.html under Case Citators and Cases. Casebase is a very useful database because it allows you to search by keyword (Global Search), and also allows users to search for cases linked to legislation such as Acts and sections of Acts.
You can also try the print versions of the Australian Case Citator in Bay 1 of the Law Library’s Reference Collection on Level 8. If you have to get a case, it is always easier if you have as many details as possible, such as the correct case name, court and date.
For your convenience, some links have been provided below to the landmark Mabo and Wik native title cases (from AustLII).
Mabo and Others v. Queensland (No 2) (1992)175 CLR 1 F.C. 92/014
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/175clr1.html
The Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland & Ors; The Thayorre People v The State of Queensland & Ors (1996) (CTH)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/unrep299.html
DETERMINATIONS and AGREEMENTS
The National Native Title Tribunal is the Commonwealth Government body that was set up to facilitate the making of agreements between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and governments, industry or any other parties whose rights or interests may co-exist with native title rights and interests.
The National Native Title Tribunal website,
http://www.nntt.gov.au/, provides explanations of the different types of determinations and agreements in existence, as well as links to determinations that have already been decided in the courts, and links to agreements that have already been facilitated by the Tribunal.
Web resources
There is a plethora of information related to Australian native title law on the web and most of it is extremely useful. However, the sheer volume of websites leads to an inevitable duplication of resources from one website to another. Here, we have attempted to outline the most useful and comprehensive websites on Australian native title law rather than simply list every website where this information can be found.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) http://www.atsic.gov.au/ An attractive and extremely comprehensive website for all Aboriginal issues, but there is an extremely useful Issues page exclusively devoted to native title. Information includes a detailed analysis of the Native Title Amendment Act 1998, a paper on the impact of native title and the right to negotiate on mining and mineral exploration in Australia, as well as a discussion of the Ten Point Plan on Wik and Native Title and implications for indigenous people.
- AustLII Australian Native Title Subject Index
http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/103.html
Contains links to key Australian native title cases and legislation, as well as National Native Title Tribunal decisions and determinations and a variety of papers and reports. -
AustLII Indigenous Law Resources
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/
Contains links to resources published by a wide range of government agencies and Australian indigenous law organisations, including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, as well as native title fact sheets from the National Indigenous Working Group. -
Federal Court of Australia Native Title Infobase
http://www.fedcourt.gov.au/catalogues/search.html
The NTIB covers all aspects of Australian native title and also includes selected material from other jurisdictions including New Zealand, United States, Canada, Africa, Asia and other countries with indigenous populations involved in disputes over access to their traditional lands. - Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission – Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice – Native Title
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/native_title/index.html
Includes access to the HREOC’s Native Title Reports from 1994 to 2000, as well as native title submissions to Parliament and the United Nations. - Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies – Native Title Research Unit
http://ntru.aiatsis.gov.au/
A very important website for Australian native title law research. Contents include information about the Native Title Research Service and upcoming conferences, workshops and seminars. There is also an extensive archive of previous publications, including Native Title Issues Papers and the Native Title Newsletter. - Minister for Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs http://www.atsia.gov.au/ Contents include media releases, fact sheets and budgets and initiatives relating to native title. There are also links to a range of Australian indigenous organisations.
- National Native Title Tribunal http://www.nntt.gov.au/ Contains links to native title determinations that have been decided by the Courts as well as Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILAUs) that have been negotiated by the Tribunal itself. Also includes native title fact sheets, public notices and annual reports.
- Parliament of Australia – Parliamentary Library – Indigenous Peoples and the Law http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/law/indiglaw.htm This website contains extensive links to legislation, Court and Tribunal decisions, as well as key national bodies and publications in the area of Australian native title.
Dictionaries of legal abbreviations
There are many places to look for legal abbreviations. The ones frequently used in the Law Library are:
- Fong, C & Edwards, A Australian and New Zealand legal abbreviations, 2nd ed, Sydney, Australian Law Librarians' Group NSW Division, 1995.
Law Reserve 349.90148 1A - Kavass, II & Prince, MM World dictionary of legal abbreviations, Buffalo, NY, Hein & Co, 1991- (Looseleaf).
Law Reference 340.014 11 - Prince, MM Beiber's Dictionary of legal abbreviations, 4th ed, Buffalo, NY, Hein & Co, 1993.
Law Reserve 340.148 3B - Raistrick, D Index to legal citations and abbreviations, 2nd ed, London, Bowker-Saur, 1993.
Law Reference 348.00148 1A
If you have used Casebase to find a case citation, first check under the menu item Scope, then Abbreviations.
For non-legal abbreviations, suggest:
- Jones, DJ Australian dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations, 4th ed, Canberra ALIA Press, 1995.
Law Reference 423.1 80A
Not held, try.....
There are some resources which the University of Sydney Library does not hold.
- Finding Journals
You can find out which Australian library holds a title by looking up the SIAL (Serials in Australian Libraries) database at the Law Library's Databases page under Journal Indexes
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/law/databases.html#journals - Finding Books
Try the University of New South Wales or Macquarie Library Catalogues (links available from the Library Catalogue page) http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/catalogue/othercat.html or library staff can check a database called Kinetica to see which library holds the title needed (ask at the Library Information desk).
For help with finding information in the University of Sydney Law Library, feel free to ask at the Library Information Desk on Level 8.
For specific research assistance, the following Library staff will be happy to help:
Margaret McAleese, Law librarian 02 9351 0220
Carolyn Kearney, Information Services Librarian 02 9351 0293
Compiled by Patrick O’Mara for the University of Sydney Law Library ( library@law.usyd.edu.au)