Gove Peninsula traditional owners to launch compensation case over bauxite mining - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

One of Australia's most respected Aboriginal leaders, Galarrwuy Yunupingu, has announced his intention to lodge a native title compensation claim against the Commonwealth over the minerals that were mined on the Gove Peninsula.

In the early 1960s, the Commonwealth government granted a mining lease to Swiss company Nabalco — a lease that was then taken over by Rio Tinto in 2007

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