The Ngarrawanji determination was made at Moola Bulla Station on Tuesday, where Justice Debra Mortimer noted only two of the 11 original members of the claim group were still alive and said the recognition should not have taken so long.

Determinations for the Malarngowem and Yurriyangem Taam claims were delivered on Thursday in Warmun.

The ceremony also included acknowledgement of the Goorring decision, which occurred in Perth late last year.

The Malarngowem application was lodged two decades ago, covering an area of about 7504 square kilometres, but eight of the 20 people on the application are now deceased.

"The continued work and determination over many years to pursue and finalise this claim is to be admired," Justice Katrina Banks-Smith said.

The Yurriyangem Taam application was filed in 2010 and covers an area of about 23,180 square kilometres.

In his affidavit, applicant member Matt Dawson said the area included his ancestral country called Kalkara.

"One of the main responsibilities for country (is) to look after it and protect it. This means protecting it from harm from outsiders messing it up," he said.

Jean Malay is part of the Malarngowem claim and said in a statement that she had mixed feelings about the determination.

"Many of our elders have passed and now that we are ready for this recognition we wish they were here with us," she said.

Kimberley Land Council chief executive Nolan Hunter said the long process had taken its toll on traditional owners.

"The native title process forces people to disclose deeply personal and sensitive information to prove their connection to country," he said.

"The process of native title is creating trauma in people's lives, in addition to the trauma people have already experienced from being forcibly removed from their country."

Australian Associated Press