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As with any rock, ownership is highly dependant on where you find it. The earth may be just a big rock but various people think they own most of it!

As stated earlier: in Tasmania they belong to the Govt also, and in Qld you are not allowed to fossick for them but its unclear if illegal to possess one.

Pieces of meteorite from one fall can usually be analysed and matched to each other, so that may give you a location, but if its a new find you cannot tell where its from. Of course, until its analysed its just a rock (unless you see it fall).

Not usually, only if its a part of a known meteorite, but we would rather you kept the real location with the meteorite, else it loses scientific value. You are not likely to get raided by the Govt looking for meteorites.

In Tasmania all meteorites are the property of the Tasmanian museum, they even have a specific bit of legislation for this, under the Minister of Arts! Mind you I have only seen one new find here in 30 yrs that looked real, and forgot to tell the guy. Someone made a good point that its just a...