The First Peoples of the River Murray and Mallee Region can fish, hunt and conduct ceremonies along a 150km stretch of the river in South Australia after winning native title.
SA's Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Paul Caica has welcomed the Federal Court decision made in Barmera on Friday.
"The River Murray is an area rich in Aboriginal heritage sites and this determination recognises the cultural attachment of the First Peoples to this part of the River Murray," he said in a statement.
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"This enables the First Peoples to fish, hunt, camp, conduct ceremonies and maintain their traditions in areas along the River Murray that are of particular significance to them."
The grant of non-exclusive Native Title to the First Peoples covers about 380 individual parcels of Crown land from the Victorian border to the town of Morgan.
