Chelsea Griffin-Breen

Chelsea undertakes native title, cultural heritage and related work undertaken on behalf of native title representative bodies, native title service providers, registered native title bodies corporate, native title holders, native title claimants, government agencies and departments and proponents.

Chelsea’s native title experience includes drafting indigenous land use agreements, cultural heritage management plans and associated documents, progressing native title claimant applications to determination by negotiation, mediation of disputes and litigation and generally providing advice on the nature, existence and extinguishment of native title and the operation of the Native Title Act and cultural heritage legislation, including in relation to future act negotiations concerning native title.

Chelsea is recognised by Doyle’s Guide to Australia’s leading lawyers as a Rising Star for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the area of Native Title.

Experience

Chelsea’s experience includes advising:

  • Native Title for traditional owners in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria (two determinations of native title over land and waters comprising Crown leasehold, deed of grant in trust land, national park, Crown reserves and unallocated State land) (2015) and two determinations of native title over land and waters comprising Crown leasehold (2019);
  • Native Title for traditional owners in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria (contested hearing involving issues of succession) (2020);
  • Native TitleĀ onĀ various native title holding and claim groups in the negotiation of numerous native title agreements, CHMPs and ILUAs concerning major mining, gas and infrastructure projects in western Cape York, north-western Queensland, western Queensland and central Queensland; and
  • Cultural Heritage for both traditional owners and proponents throughout Queensland in relation to mining, exploration, quarrying and renewables projects.

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