What did the Aboriginal land rights Act do?
What did the Aboriginal land rights Act do?
In December 1976 the federal parliament passed the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act. It was the first legislation in Australia that enabled First Nations peoples to claim land rights for Country where traditional ownership could be proven.
What is the Aboriginal land rights claim?
The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (ALRA) was introduced to compensate Aboriginal people in NSW for dispossession of their land. The ALRA enables Local Aboriginal Land Councils (LALCs) to claim Crown Land, that is, land in NSW that is owned and managed by the State Government.
When did the Aboriginal civil rights movement start?
1938
In 1938, a large group of Aboriginal people gathered in Sydney at a protest they called the Day of Mourning, which marked 150 years since European settlement. The Indigenous demonstrators demanded full citizen rights and equality and the protest was the beginning of the organised Aboriginal civil rights movement.
What Aboriginal groups are involved in the land dispute?
Comprehensive claims deal with Indigenous rights. These claims are based on the traditional use and occupancy of land by First Nations, Métis and Inuit who did not sign treaties.
Which Aboriginal fought for native title?
The Aboriginal peoples of the Wimmera region of Western Victoria won recognition of their native title on 13 December 2005 after a ten-year legal process commenced in 1995 when they filed an application for a determination of native title in respect of certain land and waters in Western Victoria.
What is wrong with the Native Title Act?
The problem is that native title can easily be extinguished, it is impossible to ‘revive’ extinguished title, and there’s a lack of either a right of veto or a statutory entitlement to any royalties from mining. Private payments negotiated with mining companies allow these access to traditional lands.
Who was involved in the Aboriginal civil rights movement?
1959 Social Services Benefits. Before 1959, Indigenous Australians could not claim any benefits and were not entitled to a pension. Activists Mary Bennet and Shirley Andrews, secretary of the Council for Aboriginal Rights, were both campaigning to get laws amended so Indigenous Australians had access to benefits.
Who started the Aboriginal civil rights movement?
Charles Perkins
In February 1965 a student movement led by Charles Perkins undertook a one week ‘freedom ride’ through Northern New South Wales towns including Wellington, Kempsey, Moree and Walgett. The freedom riders surveyed Indigenous residents, drawing attention to segregation and living conditions of many Aboriginal people.
What was the first land claim to be heard under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act NT 1976?
Significance. It was the first law by any Australian government that legally recognised the Aboriginal system of land ownership, legislating the concept of inalienable freehold title, and thus the first of all Aboriginal land rights legislation in Australia.
