Alcoota Aboriginal Corporation and Arthur Turner v Justice P R a Gray in His Capacity as Aboriginal Land Commissionerandcentral Land Councilandrobert Alan Coppock, Suzanne Kay Coppock and Craig Robert Coppockand..

In the Federal Court of Australia, the case of Alcoota Aboriginal Corporation and Arthur Turner v Justice P R a Gray in His Capacity as Aboriginal Land Commissioner and others involved a dispute over the validity of a grazing licence executed over land held by the Alcoota Aboriginal Corporation. The Corporation alleged that the licence was invalid due to a misstatement in its recitals regarding a traditional land claim over the land, and that the Commissioner's approval of the licence was therefore invalid. The court was required to determine whether the Corporation held the land on behalf of Aboriginals, and whether the licence was valid.

The court examined the Constitution of the Corporation and found that it held title to the land for the benefit of its members, who were traditional owners of the land, and to assist Aboriginals claiming traditional land rights over the land. The court noted that the Corporation was not to transfer any fee simple vested in it nor grant an estate or interest in any land vested in it except with the consent of the Council, and that it was not to revoke any traditional land claim lodged by or on behalf of traditional owners over land to which it held title without the consent of the Council. The court held that the Corporation did hold the land on behalf of Aboriginals, and that the licence was invalid due to the misstatement in its recitals.

The court ordered that the licence be set aside and that the Commissioner refrain from approving any further licences over the land until the traditional land claim had been properly lodged with the Aboriginal Land Commissioner. The court also ordered that the Corporation be compensated for the costs of the proceeding.