‘Common sense and justice’: Sydney bowling club in Aboriginal hands after high court win

Published on September 3, 2025 at 06:46 AM
‘Common sense and justice’: Sydney bowling club in Aboriginal hands after high court win

Disused Paddington lawn bowls club to be passed to Aboriginal land council as high court decision set to ripple across numerous crown land leases

An Aboriginal land council will take control of an inner-city bowling club abandoned a decade ago after a narrowly won high court battle.

Lawn bowls last rolled down the greens of the Paddington Bowling Club in 2015 but the crown land site’s future had been in limbo until Wednesday after state and local land councils took their fight to the high court.

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