Aboriginal Land Rights Claim

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Aboriginal Land Rights Claim

• By Alex And Dylan

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1963 - The Bark Petition

• Petition written on bark
• Protesting against the commonwealths granting of
  mining rights to Nabalcl over 390 square
  kilometres of land excise from arnhem land
  reserve.

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1966 Wave Hill Strike

• Aboriginal pastoral workers walked off the job.
• Expressed their unhappiness with the poor working
  conditions and disrespectful treatment.

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1972 Grove Land Rights

• The Yongu people fight for their land rights
• Justice says Australia was legally Terra Nullis
• The couldnt prevent mining on their land

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1975 Gurindji Hand Back

• The Whitlam government came to power.
• They promised to legislate for land rights.
• The original Wave Hill lease was surrendered.

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1976 Aboriginal Land Rights Act

• Aboriginal make a effort to inherent right to
  land recognised
• Justice Wood Ward, appointed to hold inquiry into
  appropriate ways to recognise Aboriginal land
  rights in N.T.

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1992 The Mabo Case

• Australian High Court recognise Australia was not
  an empty piece of land.
• Australian High Court recognised the rights of
  Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders were
  similar to indigenous groups the rest of the
  world.

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1993 The Native Title Act

• The native title act recognises and protects
  native title.
• Validated any past grants of freehold or
  leasehold interests.