The Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania claims a Sydney to Hobart yacht that washed up on a remote beach is the property of Indigenous Australians and they are entitled to a third of its worth, despite the vessel already being salvaged.
abc.net.au/news/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-huntress-salvage-fight-indigenous-claim/101836372A stranded Sydney to Hobart yacht that washed up on a remote beach on a Tasmanian island has been salvaged despite a fight with the local Aboriginal Land Council, which claims the boat now "belongs to Aborigines".
The crew was rescued and the yacht was cut loose and left to drift for a week before it washed ashore. Mr Mansell said he was citing an old Aboriginal sea law practice that evolved from the time of the white settlement and has been practised on truwuna/Cape Barren since around 1820. "Some vessels that fell under this law were the Apparition in 1840; Antares in 1853; CC Funk in 1898 and Cambridgeshire in 1875 with general cargo valued at 52,000 pounds; GVH in 1895 and HJH at Badger Island in 1917; Idle Hour in 1930 and so on."'The salvor does not become the owner', lawyer says
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