Question: QUESTION ONE TOTAL 10 Marks (a) Native title rights in Australia are an illusion. On the one hand the law recognizes the concept of native

 QUESTION ONE TOTAL 10 Marks (a) "Native title rights in Australia

QUESTION ONE TOTAL 10 Marks (a) "Native title rights in Australia are an illusion. On the one hand the law recognizes the concept of native title, but on the other, maintains that for various reasons native title has been largely washed away or extinguished by events which have occurred since English colonization." Discuss. (b) Under the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 (Vic) ("the Act") a land agreement in relation to unreserved public land may provide for an estate in fee simple in that land to be granted to the traditional owner group. Do the provisions of the Act threaten both grants of freehold by the Crown and existing native title rights over the land in question? Explain Marks allocation for Question One Part 1a 5 marks Part 1b 5 marks TOTAL 15 Marks

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