Extract from Schedule of Native Title Applications

Application Reference: Federal Court number: ACD6001/1998 NNTT number: AC1996/002

Application Name: People - Nurri Arnold Williams (Ngunnawal People (ACT))

Application Type: Claimant

Application filed with: National Native Title Tribunal

Date application filed: 28/10/1996

Current status: Discontinued - 03/05/2001

Registration information: Please refer to the Register of Native Title Claims/National Native Title Register (as appropriate) for registered details of this application.

Registration decision status: Not Accepted for registration Registration history: Registered from 28/10/1996 to 29/09/1999

Old Act* registered native Nurri Arnold Williams on behalfof the Ngunnawal people title claimants: Address(es) for Service: NSW Aboriginal Land Council PO Box 1125 PARRAMATTA NSW 2124 Phone: 02 9689 4418

Additional Information

Not applicable

Persons claiming to hold native title:

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Extract Created: 06/05/2021 06:24 (WST) Further information: National Native Title Tribunal 1800 640 501 The application is made on behalf of the Applicant, Nurri Arnold Williams, and others identified as Ngunnawal people which includes, among others, the following families:- Williams, Cross, House, Connors, Wallace.

Native title rights and interests claimed:

The applicant represents all the Ngunnawal people for the purpose of this application. The Native Title rights and interests possessed under traditional laws and customs include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. the right to live on the land and travel over the land.

2. the right to hunt and fish on or from the land and waters, and to collect food from the land and waters.

3. the right to take items from the land and waters, such as timber, stones, resin and shells and to make such things as shelter, tools and hunting implements.

4. the right to conduct ceremonies on the land and waters.

5. the right to prevent other people from entering the land and waters, and from removing any items from these areas.

6. the above rights are subject to any rights or interests created by the State of and/or the Commonwealth of not inconsistent with the Native Title Act (1993) or the Racial Discrimination Act (1975)

The applicant is a Ngunnawal person of the area and was born in the area as were his ancestors since time immemorial. The applicant is traditionally connected to the area.

Application Area: State/Territory: Australian Capital Territory Brief Location: Unalienated land in the ACT Primary RATSIB Area: ACT and Jervis Bay Approximate size: 471.6901 sq km (Note: There may be areas within the external boundary of the application that are not claimed.) Does Area Include Sea: No

Area covered by the claim (as detailed in the application):

Various areas in the ACT identified as apparently unalienated land by the ACT Government from a data base plot dated February 1994 (including land whose tenure history is not yet completely known), being:

1.Portion 165 Parish of . Gazetted as Travelling Stock Reserve 8.8.1880. Now divided by .

1.1 Block 314 District . Western part of Portion 165.

1.2 Block 1 Section 16 Hall. Eastern part of Portion 165.

2. Block 1 Section 22 Hall. Hall Cemetery.

3.4 Block 2 Section 23 Hall. Former R133 for Access. Notified 20.3.1882.

3.5 Block 1 Section 23 Hall. Former R138 for Recreation. Notified 20.3.1882.

13. Forest Reserve 129 Parish of . Notified 28 November 1881.

13.1 Part Block 5 Section 29 Bruce. Northern residue of Forest Reserve now part of Bruce Nature Reserve (which is designated Land).

13.2 Part Block 1 Section 49 Aranda. Public Land.

13.3 Part Block 1 Section 50 Aranda. Public land.

13.4 Part Block 861 . Part Block Mountain Reserve (which is Designation Land). National Native Title Tribunal Page 2 of 4 Extract from Schedule of Native Title Applications ACD6001/1998

Extract Created: 06/05/2021 06:24 (WST) Further information: National Native Title Tribunal 1800 640 501 13.5 Part Block 1 Section 52 Aranda. Part Block 1403 . Public Land and Nature Reserve (Part Designated Land).

14. Part Blocks 623 & 624 and Part Block 61 Canberra Central. Portion 61 Parish Pialligo Majura Trig. (Part of this area being: Reserve Public Works (Civil Aviation Structures) was withdrawn from AC96/2 native title application on 27/11/96)

15. Part Portion 126 Parish Pialligo. Travelling Stock and Camping Reserve. Notified 5.9.1881.

15.1 Block 45 Section 2 Pialligo. Pialligo Trig Reserve.

15.2 Part Block 3 Section 31 Pialligo. Residue of reserve beside Pialligo Avenue.

15.3 Part Block 47 Section 499 Pialligo. Residue of reserve beside Molonglo River.

19. Part Block 7 and Part Block 14 Section 42 Griffith. Part Travelling Stock and Camping Reserve 12064. Parish Narrabundah. Eastern residue of reserve now part of Griffith Park.

25. Blocks 2 & 3 Section 8 Hume. Part Water and Camping Reserve 28 Parish . Residue of water and camping reserve. Notified 31.5.1872. Block 2 contains a public work (weigh bridge) Block 3 subject to an agistment lease (9350590).

32. Village, Water and Camping Reserve 186 Parish Burra. Village, Water and Camping Reserve. Notified 3.3.1884.

32.1 Block 37 Tuggeranong. Part of original Reserve 186. Then Royalla school site. Some evidence of lease or Tenancy agreement but not conclusive.

32.2 Block 123 Tuggeranong. This block is not currently leased. However there is evidence, not yet confirmed, that it was freehold before 1884.

34. Village Reserve 15787. Notified 18.6.1892.

34.1 Part Block 2 Section 20 Tharwa. No alienation found.

34.2 Part Block 5 Section 20 Tharwa. No alienation found.

34.3 Part Block 9 Section 10 Tharwa. No alienation found.

36.1 Part Blocks 35 & 40 and Block 41 . Part Blocks 9,11, 12, 16, 17 & 18 . Part Blocks 60, 79, 190, 191 and 201 . Parts of Namadgi National Park, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Cotter River Catchment Area and ACT Forestry Plantations. Various public works have been constructed within these areas.

36.2 Block 14 . Previously Water and Camping Reserve 42725. Parish of Yarra. Notified 13.5.1908. No alienations found to date.

39. Block 1248 Tuggeranong. Gigerline Trig Reserve 118. Parish of Gigerline. Notified 18.7.1881.

40. Blocks 1515 and 1516 Tuggeranong. Formally Camping and Water Reserve 26 Parish of Burra. Block 1515 contains a telephone exchange facility allocated in September 1969. No evidence yet found of Block 1516 having been leased or alienated.

41. Blocks 92 & 93 . Previously Portions 130, 131 and 153 Parish Cuppacumbalong Reserved as School Site, Camping Reserve and Crossing Place 1897 and 1906. Then travelling Stock Reserve 11, Commonwealth Gazette No. 223 7.11.1940

50. Part Block 548 Majura. Residue of former Forest Reserve 9847 proclaimed 1889, revoked 1917.

52. (Withdrawn from AC96/2 native title application 27/11/96)

55. Part Block 86 . Formerly Portion 144 Parish of Amungala and an, as yet, unidentified area south east of Portion 144 and west of Portion 89.There is evidence of Portion 144 having been alienated in 1884. The tenure history of the unidentified portion has not yet been established.

56.(Withdrawn from AC96/2 native title application on 27/11/96)

57. Part Block 61 Kowen. Northern residue of Village of Burbong between Railway line and Molonglo River. No alienation found to date.

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Extract Created: 06/05/2021 06:24 (WST) Further information: National Native Title Tribunal 1800 640 501 58. Block 8 Kowen. Part of former Travelling Stock and Camping Reserve 11133 reserved 1893. No evidence of alienation found. The Kings Highway passes through this land.

67. Part Block 35 Coree. Travelling Stock and Camping Reserve 694 Parish Urayarra. Notified July 1882 revoked June 1924. No alienation found to date.

68. Part Block 35 Coree. Trig. Reserve 13506 (McDonald Trig) Parish Urayarra. No alienation found to date.

69. Part Blocks 47 & 201 Paddys River. Portion 20 Parish Congwarra. No alienation found to date. However the name J. McDonald appears on Portion Plan C1126-1793 dated 6.10.1891.

70.Part Block 11 Cotter River. Portion 19 Parish Tidbinbilla. No alienation found to date.

72. Part Block 79 Paddys River. Portion 65 parish Booroomba, reserve for school. This area falls within former rural holding 151. Title searching has not yet revealed whether Portion 65 was included or excluded from Holding 151. Now part of Tidninbilla Nature Reserve.

73. Part Block 79 Paddys River. Portion 81 Parish Booroomba, previously Block 59 Paddys River. Now Part Block 79, Tidninbilla Nature Reserve. Portion 81 was subject to NSW Conditional Lease 07/5 Queanbeyan until 6.2.1947. The terms of the NSW Conditional Lease have not yet been investigated.

75. Part Block 10 Rendezvous Ck. Camping Reserve 998 Parish Greenfield notified 16.1.1884. No alienation found to date, however tenure search for Block 10 still incomplete.

(Note: Part area 14, area 52 and 56 withdrawn from application on 27/11/96)

Attachments: 1. Ngunnawal Application - Map of Area, 1 page - A3, 01/02/2000

NNTT Contact Details Address: National Native Title Tribunal Sydney Office Level 14, Law Courts Queens Square SYDNEY NSW 2000 GPO Box 9973 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Telephone: +61 2 9227 4000 Freecall: 1800 640 501 Fax: +61 8 9425 1193 Web Page: www.nntt.gov.au

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Extract Created: 06/05/2021 06:24 (WST) Further information: National Native Title Tribunal 1800 640 501