Native title map of Australia

Exclusive native title
Non-exclusive native title
Registered claims

Native title determinationsExclusive native titleThe right to possess, occupy, use and enjoy the area to the exclusion of all others. The closest native title comes to freehold.Non-exclusive native titleRights such as access, camping, hunting, fishing and ceremony that sit alongside other interests, often a pastoral lease.Native title extinguishedThe court found native title was wiped out here, usually by an earlier grant such as freehold or public works.Native title does not existThe court determined that no native title exists in this area.

Indigenous Land Use AgreementsArea agreementsMade with native title holders or claimants over an area, often with a State, a miner or a pastoralist.Body corporate agreementsMade by the registered native title body corporate (PBC) where native title has been determined.

Native title claimsRegistered claimsAccepted for registration: the claimants hold procedural rights, such as the right to negotiate over mining, while the claim is decided.Other active claimsFiled in the Federal Court but not on the Register of Native Title Claims.

Native title holdersPrescribed bodies corporateAreas each registered native title body corporate (PBC) holds or manages native title for.

Land tenure

Queensland cadastre, Far North Queensland, the Torres Strait and the Gulf. Shows from zoom 8.

FreeholdLand held in fee simple: private land, and also Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander freehold and deeds of grant in trust held for communities. Ask the owner before going on.State leasesLeasehold from the State, including pastoral leases. Native title can survive on many of these.ReservesLand reserved for community and public purposes, held by trustees.National parksProtected areas, including jointly managed Aboriginal national parks (CYPAL).State forestsState forests, forest reserves and timber reserves.Unallocated State landState land not leased or reserved for any purpose.Other tenureMining tenure, roads, railways, Commonwealth land and other parcels.