ðɪ ˌæbɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl klˈænz hˌuːz tɹɐdˈɪʃənəl lˈændz wɜːɹ ɐfˈɛktᵻd baɪ ðə ɡˈoʊv pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt wɜː sˌoʊ stɹˈɔŋli əpˈoʊzd tə ðə mˌeɪkɪŋ ʌvðə mˈaɪnɪŋ ɡˈoʊv pənˈɪnsjʊlə neɪbˈælkoʊ ɐɡɹˈiːmənt ˈɔːɹdɪnəns nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt ðæt ðeɪ tʃˈælɪndʒd ɪɾ ɪnðə suːpɹˈiːm kˈoːɹt ʌvðə nˈɔːɹðɚn tˈɛɹɪtˌoːɹi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt ɪn mˈɪlɚɹəpəm vˈiː neɪbˈælkoʊ tˈaɪ lˈɪmɪɾᵻd ðə "ɡˈoʊv lˈænd ɹˈaɪts kˈeɪs".
The Aboriginal clans whose traditional lands were affected by the Gove project were so strongly opposed to the making of the  Mining (Gove Peninsula Nabalco Agreement) Ordinance 1968 that they challenged it in the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in 1968 in Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd (the "Gove land rights case").