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A history of the land rights struggle by Indigenous Australians since 1788.

A history of the land rights struggle by Indigenous Australians since 1788.

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Aborigines mourn the father of land rights
Newspaper
Jan, 23, 1993
Arnhem Land, Gove, Gove Case, Marika, Roy, Whitlam, Gough, Yirrkala
The Legacy Of A Tiny Island
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, Mabo, Edward Koiki, native title
...The Women's Camp...
Image and Text
1901
aborigines, anthropology, custom
Crown Land
Topic
 
colonisation, doctrine of tenure, indigenous Australians, International law, native title, New South Wales, sovereignty, terra nullius
Land Bilong Islanders & Gove
Video
 
bark petition, Blackburn, Justice, Gove, Gove Case, Land Bilong Islanders, Marika, Roy, McIntyre, Greg, Nabalco, Northern Territory, Supreme Court USA, Yirrkala
Pain for this land...
Video
1967-1971
Blackburn, Justice, Gove, Gove Case, land ownership, Marika, Roy, McIntyre, Greg, Nabalco, Northern Territory, Yirrkala
Gove Case
Topic
1971
aborigines, Blackburn, Justice, Gove, Gove Case, Gove Peninsula, McIntyre, Greg, Nabalco, Yirrkala
Gove Peninsula Land Rights Case
Image
Sep, 1, 1970
Australia, claim, Gove, Gove Case, land rights, Nabalco, Yirrkala
1967 Referendum
Topic
1967
1967 referendum, Australia, human rights
Activist
Topic
1962-1992
activism, human rights, indigenous rights, Mabo, Edward Koiki, politics, Torres Strait, Townsville
Advancement League
Topic
1962-1970
Aboriginal Advancement League, activism, Townsville
Black Community School
Topic
1973-1985
Black Community School, cultural preservation, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville, Townsville
Exile
Topic
1953-1957
activism, exile, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, pearling industry, Torres Strait
High Court Victory
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
Australia, Canberra, death, High Court judgement, High Court of Australia, High Court victory, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, native title
Inter-Racial Seminar
Topic
1967
1967 referendum, activism, civil rights, education, employment, indigenous Australians, Inter-racial Seminar, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
Land Rights Conference
Topic
1981
conference, James Cook University, land rights, land rights, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
Sea Totems
Topic
 
Mer, Meriam culture, sacred, sea claims, sea rights, totems, tribes
Malo's Laws
Topic
 
Christianity, clans, Malo, Malo's laws, Meriam culture, religion
The Torres Strait Islands Flag
Image
 
dari, flag, Torres Strait
Flash points
Text
1992
colonial warfare, colonisation, Deane, Sir William, dispossession, european contact, Gaudron, Justice Mary, Hawkesbury River, resistance, Sydney
The past
Text
 
cultural preservation, culture, language, lyrics, Noonuccal, Oodgeroo
Yirrkala & Gove
Topic
1963-1971
bark petition, Gove, industry, land rights, Marika, Roy, mining, Nabalco, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
Malo
Topic
 
Malo, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, religion, sacred, tag mauki mauki, trespass
Meriam Land Disputes
Topic
 
Dauar, Depoma, Marwer, land boundaries, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo's laws, Malo's laws, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island Native Court, sea rights, trespass, Waier
Indigenous People & Their Land
Topic
 
custom, indigenous people, land ownership, land rights, land use, sacred
Dreaming Creatures
Image and Text
May, 12, 1976
cultural preservation, culture, custom, dreamtime, land ownership, Northern Territory, Ranger Uranium Mine, Roberts, Silas, Roper River
International Comparisons
Topic
 
British law, Canada, colonialism, Common Law, High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, native title, New Zealand (Aotearoa), United States of America
US Domestic Dependent Nation Doctrine
Topic
1823
indigenous people, International law, treaties, United States of America
Aboriginal Rights & Title In Canada
Topic
1973-1982
Aboriginal Title, Canada, First Nations Canada, native title, treaties, United States of America
Legislation In Australia After Mabo
Topic
1990s
indigenous people, land rights, Mabo Case, Mabo judgement, mining, native title, Native Title Act (1993), pastoralism, political reaction
Wik & Co-Existence
Topic
1996
coexistence, High Court of Australia, native title, native title claim, pastoral lease, pastoralists, Queensland, Thayorre people, Wik
Referendum Campaign
Video
1967
1967 referendum
The '10 Point Plan'
Topic
1996
10 point plan, backlash, Canberra, extinguishment, High Court of Australia, Howard, John, Liberal - National Party coalition, Native Title Act (1993), Wik
Mediation & Other Parties
Topic
Nov, 25, 1993
coexistence, Federal Court of Australia, mediation, National Native Title Tribunal, Native Title Act (1993)
Native Title & Industry
Topic
1996-1998
mining, native title, Native Title Act (1993), Native Title Amendment Bill, pastoral industry, pastoral lease, Wik
Learning To Live With Native Title
Topic
 
Cowley, Camilla, De Crispegny, Robert Champion, mining, native title, Normandy Mining, pastoralism, reconciliation
Native Title & Statutory Land Rights
Topic
 
High Court judgement, land rights, Mabo judgement, native title
Indigenous Customary Law
Topic
 
indigenous people, Mabo judgement, native title
An Expression Of Sovereignty
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, native title, self determination, self-government, sovereignty
The Politics Of Native Title
Topic
1992-
citizenship, equality, human rights, land rights, national identity, native title, political reaction, politics
Australia In The Eyes Of The World
Topic
1992-
Australia, Australia, Australian International Relations, human rights, indigenous people, International law, national identity, native title, social justice
The Reshaping Of National Identity
Topic
1992-
backlash, decolonisation, indigenous people, national identity, native title, reconciliation
Belonging To Country
Topic
 
aborigines, Australia, dreamtime, indigenous Australians, land ownership, land rights, sacred
Emu Song - Millingimbi
Audio
1963
cultural preservation, culture, Millingimbi, Northern Territory, songs
...hospitality and open-handedness...
Text
 
anthropology, Arnhem Land, coexistence, Hiatt, Les, land ownership, Northern Territory, Roberts, Silas
...Political responsibility...
Text
 
anthropology, dreamings, land boundaries, land ownership
Aborigines of the Sea Coast
Video
1948
Arnhem Land, cultural preservation, culture, custom, Gove, hunting, Northern Territory, turtles
Times of Waringari
Text
 
anthropology, Bird Rose, Deborah, cultural preservation, culture, custom, Northern Territory, warriors
Atninga avenging party
Image and Text
May, 1, 1901
aborigines, anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, cultural preservation, culture, custom, warriors
Adapted To Their Continent
Topic
 
Australia, First Fleet, indigenous people, land use
Archaeologists and the knowledge frontier
Text
1788
anthropology, archaeology, cultural preservation, Tasmania, Victoria
Cultural Diversity & Common Identity
Topic
 
aborigines, fishing, hunting, land ownership, land use
Diversity & Unity
Text
 
cultural preservation, culture, custom, fishing, hunting, land use, language, language, Tasmania, Western Australia, Western Desert
Peterson's Map
Text
1976
anthropology, cultural preservation, culture, custom, land boundaries, tribes
The Archaeology of Diversity
Text
 
archaeology, cultural preservation, culture, custom, fishing, hunting
Indigenous Unity
Text
 
bicentennial, cultural preservation, culture, custom, Namok, Bernard, national identity, spirit, Thomas, Harold, Torres Strait Islanders
Bicentennial Protests
Video
1989
bicentennial, colonisation, land rights, resistance
Arrente Women Dancing
Image and Text
Apr, 1, 1901
aborigines, anthropology, Arrente, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Central Australia, cultural preservation, culture, custom, Northern Territory
A Group of Janjula
Image and Text
Dec, 1901
aborigines, anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, cultural preservation, culture, custom, Macarthur River, Northern Territory
A Humanitarian Tradition
Topic
 
Australia, colonialism, Cook, Captain James, First Fleet, humanitarians, land rights, terra nullius
Ways of seeing indigenous Australians
Text
 
colonialism, colonists, crown land, land boundaries, land ownership, recognition, sovereignty, Sydney Gazette
Major Mitchell's regrets
Text
1792-1855
coexistence, colonial warfare, colonialism, colonists, cultural preservation, culture, First Fleet, Mitchell, Sir Thomas, Sydney
A view of Sydney Cove, NSW
Image
 
aborigines, colonisation, conquest, settlements
John Batman's Treaty
Topic
Jun, 6, 1835
Batman, John, New South Wales, Port Phillip Association, treaties
...a countryman of theirs...
Text
Jun, 6, 1835
Batman, John, Clark, Manning, coexistence, land ownership, Port Phillip Association, trade, treaties
Was Batman a Fraud?
Text
Jun, 6, 1835
Batman, John, coexistence, land boundaries, land ownership, New South Wales, Port Phillip Association, treaties, treaties
Treaty, Sale or Tanderum?
Text
Jun, 6, 1835
Batman, John, coexistence, culture, Kulin nation, Port Phillip Association, trade, treaties
Batman's treaty with the Aborigines at Merri Creek
Image
Jun, 6, 1835
Batman, John, Port Phillip Association
A Queen's Birthday Feast
Text
1839-1842
Eyre, Edward John, Kaurna people, land boundaries, land ownership, Murray River, reserves, Sale of Waste Lands Act (1842), South Australia
Edward John Eyre
Text
1833-1845
Eyre, Edward John, land boundaries, land ownership, rations, reserves
19th century Aboriginal 'land rights campaign'
Text
1870-1895
land ownership, land rights
The Queen's Letter
Text
1860s
Corranderk, Kulin nation, land ownership, Protection Boards, Queen Victoria, reserves
Queen Victoria
Text
 
land ownership, Queen Victoria, reserves
Pastoral Interest & Public Interest
Topic
1830-1848
coexistence, Grey, Earl, native title, New South Wales, pastoral industry, pastoral lease, Wik
Earl Grey - An Historical Teaser
Text
Feb, 11, 1848
Grey, Earl, High Court of Australia, land ownership, New South Wales, pastoral industry, pastoral lease, pastoralism, Queen Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Wik
South Australia's 'Leases of the Waste Lands of the Crown'
Text
Jul, 1, 1851
coexistence, crown land, doctrine of tenure, pastoral industry, pastoral lease, South Australia
Self-government & Philanthropy
Text
1800s
colonialism, colonialism, colonisation, colonists, compensation, conquest, Grey, Earl, land tenure, migration, New South Wales, Queensland, rations, reserves, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Colonial Warfare
Topic
1788-1929
Australia, colonial warfare, colonialism, colonists, genocide, land rights, martial law, massacres, Tasmania, war, Warlpiri
Aboriginal Resistance Heroes
Text
1790-1897
colonial warfare, colonialism, colonists, Eora, Jandamarra, massacres, New South Wales, Pemulwuy, resistance, Sydney, warriors, Windradyne, Yagan
Science & Indigenous Australians
Topic
1960s-
anthropology, Eyre, Edward John, land rights
The limits of colonial curiosity
Text
1778-
anthropology, colonialism, colonists, convicts, custom, land ownership, New South Wales, religion, Tasmania, Victoria
The origins of humanity?
Text
 
anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, custom, Darwin, Charles, Fison, Lorimer, Howitt, William Alfred
Fison & Howitt discover the clan
Text
 
anthropology, clans, Fison, Lorimer, Hiatt, Les, Howitt, William Alfred, kinship, land boundaries, land ownership, marriage, Northern Territory
A Sacred Landscape
Topic
 
aboriginal property ownership, anthropology, Australia, clans, dispossession, kinship, land ownership, religion, sacred
...victims of philosophical prejudice...
Text
 
anthropology, Darwin, Charles, religion
A doomed race?
Text
 
anthropology, assimilation, barbarism, colonists, Darwin, Charles, humanitarians, religion, Victoria
Walter Baldwin Spencer Regrets
Text
1884-1938
Alice Springs, anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, religion, reserves, South Australia, Western Australia
The Horn Expedition
Image and Text
1894
aborigines, Alice Springs, anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Northern Territory, religion
W. Baldwin Spencer & F.T. Gillen Across Australia
Image
1901-1902
anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, culture, Northern Territory, religion
W. Baldwin Spencer, Wanderings in Wild Australia
Image
1911-1912
anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Northern Territory, religion
Gillen & Spencer
Image and Text
1920s
anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, custom, Northern Territory, rations
The Supervised Life
Topic
 
assimilation, colonialism, colonists, paternalism, racism, reserves
Moore River, WA
Text
1918-1951
assimilation, Moore River, racism, reserves, settlements, supervision, Western Australia
Special Institutions
Text
1890-1963
Arnhem Land, Gove, humanitarians, immigration, Kakadu National Park, missionaries, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, rations, religion, reserves, settlements, South Australia, supervision, The Northern Territory Land Rights Act, Victoria, Yirrkala
Second Dispossession & Indigenous Response
Topic
1901-1931
aborigines, Arnhem Land, Australia, land rights, reserves
The Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association
Image and Text
1920-1927
activism, Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association, dispossession, Maynard, Fred, New South Wales, Protection Boards, rations, reserves, resistance
A model Aboriginal state
Text
1920-1927
activism, Arnhem Land, coexistence, dispossession, Gove, humanitarians, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, reserves, Yirrkala
The Australian Aborigines League
Image and Text
1933-1938
activism, Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association, Australian Aborigines League, coexistence, Cooper, William, Day of Mourning (1938), New South Wales, reserves, South Australia, Victoria
Lousy Little Sixpence
Video
1938
activism, Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association, Australian Aborigines League, Cooper, William, Day of Mourning (1938)
Assimilation
Topic
 
assimilation, Australia, Australia, indigenous Australians, racism, Stolen Generation
Two phases of 'assimilation'
Text
1930-1949
assimilation, racism, Stolen Generation, Torres Strait Islanders, World War 2
The government's view of reserves: protection during a transitional period
Text
1951-1963
assimilation, FCAATSI, Hasluck, Paul, missions, Northern Territory, racism, reserves, Torres Strait Islanders
An alternative view of reserves: the conference of Aboriginal organisations
Text
1958
activism, assimilation, FCAATSI Federal Council For Aboriginal Advancement , Hasluck, Paul, land rights, racism, reconciliation, reserves, Torres Strait Islanders
Lake Tyers
Topic
1861-1970
Aboriginal Land Act 1970, Lake Tyers, land rights, missions, reserves, Victoria
Lake Tyers Reserve
Image and Text
1861-1970
Aboriginal Land Act 1970, Lake Tyers, land rights, Nicholls, Pastor Doug, reserves, Victoria
Giving them a chance, giving us an out.
Text
1970
Aboriginal Land Act 1970, aborigines, Lake Tyers, land rights, ownership, property, property law, reserves, Victoria
Yirrkala
Topic
1976
Arnhem Land, bark petition, Blackburn, Justice, Gove, Gove Case, Kakadu National Park, Marika, Roy, Northern Territory, Yirrkala, Yolgnu, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
...the Undersigned aboriginal people of Yirrkala...
Image and Text
Aug, 14 , 1963
activism, Arnhem Land, bark petition, Beazley, Kim Snr., Blackburn, Justice, Bryant, Gordon, Gove, Hasluck, Paul, Kakadu National Park, Marika, Roy, resistance, Wells, Reverend Edgar, Yirrkala, Yolgnu, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
The tradition of bark painting at Yirrkala
Image and Text
 
activism, anthropology, Arnhem Land, bark petition, Blackburn, Justice, culture, Gove, Gove Case, Kakadu National Park, Marika, Roy, missionaries, missions, Northern Territory, Yirrkala, Yolgnu, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
Seagull - Yirrkala
Audio
1962
Arnhem Land, culture, Gove Case, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, songs, Yirrkala, Yolgnu
Yolngu leadership
Text
1962-72
Arnhem Land, bark petition, Blackburn, Justice, cultural preservation, Gove Case, Kakadu National Park, Millingimbi, missionaries, missions, Wells, Reverend Edgar, Yirrkala, Yolgnu, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
The Gurindji Strike
Topic
1966-1975
Australian Labor Party, Communist Party of Australia, Gurindji, land rights, Lingiarri, Vincent, Northern Territory, pastoralism, resistance, strike, The Northern Territory Land Rights Act, trade unions, Vestey, Lord, Whitlam, Gough
...Land, the underlying issue...
Image and Text
1967-1975
Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory)(1976), activism, Australian Labor Party, Communist Party of Australia, Gurindji, land rights, pastoral industry, pastoral lease, resistance, resistance, strike, trade unions, Vestey, Lord, Whitlam, Gough
Vote 'Yes'
Topic
May, 27, 1967
1967 referendum, activism, citizenship, human rights, Inter-racial Seminar, justice, Mabo, Edward Koiki, vote
Land not the issue in 1967
Text
Aug, 9, 1968
1967 referendum, activism, citizenship, Gurindji, human rights, Inter-racial Seminar, justice, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Northern Territory, vote
Reserves: A continuing issue
Text
1967-1999
1967 referendum, assimilation, missions, Queensland, reserves, vote
Increasing Popularity Of Land Rights
Topic
1960s
Aboriginal Advancement League, Australian Labor Party, land rights, politics, Whitlam, Gough
FCAATSI: Land Rights
Text
1969
1967 referendum, Aboriginal Advancement League, activism, FCAATSI Federal Council For Aboriginal Advancement , land rights
Press Criticism
Text
Sep, 4, 1970
1967 referendum, activism, Gurindji, land rights, Northern Territory, Vestey, Lord
Gough Whitlam and the mandate of 1967
Image and Text
1967-1968
1967 referendum, activism, Australian Labor Party, land rights, Whitlam, Gough
Don Dunstan's 1966 reforms
Image and Text
1966-1972
1967 referendum, activism, Dunstan, Don, Gove Case, land rights, reserves, South Australia, vote
Dr. H. C. (Nugget) Coombs
Image and Text
Jun, 19, 1992
1967 referendum, Arnhem Land, Coombs, Dr. H.C. (Nugget), Gove, Gove Case, land rights, Northern land Council, Northern Territory, Yirrkala, Yolgnu, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
Public reaction to Gove decision
Text
Apr, 29, 1971
Blackburn judgement, Blackburn, Justice, crown land, First Fleet, Gove, Gove Case, land rights, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , mining, Nabalco, Northern Territory, terra nullius, Yirrkala, Yolgnu
2nd Yirrkala petition
Image and Text
May, 6, 1971
Gove, Gove Case, land rights, McMahon, William, mining, Northern Territory, Yirrkala
Tent Embassy
Topic
1972
activism, Australian Labor Party, Foley, Gary, land rights, resistance, tent embassy, Whitlam, Gough
ABC TV NEWS, Tent Embassy
Video
1972
activism, Australian Labor Party, Foley, Gary, land rights, resistance, tent embassy, Whitlam, Gough
Roberta Sykes (Embassy activist) on the Embassy
Image and Text
1973
activism, Australian Labor Party, FCAATSI Federal Council For Aboriginal Advancement , Foley, Gary, land rights, resistance, Sykes, Bobbi, tent embassy, Torres Strait Islanders, Whitlam, Gough
The Aboriginal Land Fund Commission
Topic
1974
Aboriginal Land Fund Commission, Australian Labor Party, land rights, McMahon, William, Northern Territory, Whitlam, Gough
Aboriginal Land Fund Commission
Text
1975-80
activism, Australian Labor Party, land rights, McMahon, William, Northern Territory, resistance, Whitlam, Gough
The Whitlam Government & Land Rights
Topic
1972-1975
Australian Labor Party, land rights, Whitlam, Gough
Justice A.E.Woodward
Image and Text
1973-1974
Central Land Council, Central Land Council, land rights, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , Nabalco, Northern land Council, Northern Territory, Whitlam, Gough, Woodward, Justice A.E., Yirrkala, Yolgnu
Whitlam hand back to Gurindji
Video
Aug, 16, 1975
Australian Labor Party, Gurindji, land rights, Lingiarri, Vincent, Northern Territory, Wave Hill, Whitlam, Gough
Whitlam's Gurindji Speech
Text
Aug, 16, 1975
Central Land Council, Coombs, Dr. H.C. (Nugget), Gurindji, land rights, Nabalco, Northern land Council, Northern Territory, Wave Hill, Whitlam, Gough, Yirrkala, Yolgnu
Northern Territory Land Rights Act
Topic
1975
Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory)(1976), Australian Labor Party, Fraser, Malcolm, land rights, Northern Territory, Whitlam, Gough
The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act
Text
1976
Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory)(1976), Fraser, Malcolm, land rights, Northern Territory, The Northern Territory Land Rights Act
Ranger Uranium Mine
Topic
1977-1979
Arnhem Land, industry, Kakadu National Park, mining, Northern land Council, Northern Territory, Ranger Uranium Mine
Ranger Inquiry
Text
1975-1979
Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory)(1976), Arnhem Land, Fraser, Malcolm, Kakadu National Park, land rights, mining, Northern land Council, Northern land Council, Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Ranger Uranium Mine, Whitlam, Gough, Yolgnu, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
Priscilla Girrabul
Text
 
Arnhem Land, Girrabul, Priscilla, Kakadu National Park, land ownership, land rights, mining, Northern Territory, Ranger Uranium Mine
Noonkanbah
Topic
1979
activism, Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberleys, mining, Noonkanbah, resistance, unionism, Western Australia
Noonkanbah, a History
Text
1880-1980
activism, activism, Court, Sir Charles, Fitzroy Crossing, Fraser, Malcolm, Kimberleys, mining, Noonkanbah, resistance, unionism, Western Australia
Land Rights vs 'States' Rights'
Topic
1980-1992
land rights, States' rights, Whitlam, Gough
South Australia
Text
1966-1984
Australian Labor Party, Dunstan, Don, land rights, Pitjantjatjara, Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Act, 1981, South Australia, States' rights
New South Wales
Text
1973-1998
Aboriginal Land Rights Act, 1983, land rights, Maralinga Tjarutja Land RIghts Act, 1983, New South Wales, States' rights
Victoria
Text
1983-1987
Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act, 1987, land rights, States' rights, Victoria
Queensland
Text
1978-1991
Aurukun, Deed of Grant in Trust, Fraser, Malcolm, land rights, Mer, Murray Island, Queensland, reserves, States' rights, Torres Strait
Western Australia
Text
1979-1984
Hawke, Bob, land rights, Noonkanbah, States' rights, Western Australia
The (Broken) Promise Of National Land Rights
Topic
1983-1985
Australian Labor Party, Hawke, Bob, land rights
The Hawke Government's failure to live up its five principles of land rights
Text
1983-1986
Australian Labor Party, Hawke, Bob, land rights, Western Australia
Uluru handback 1985
Text
1985
Australian Labor Party, Central Australia, Hawke, Bob, land ownership, Northern Territory, Pitjantjatjara, Uluru
...Land Rights...
Audio
 
activism, land rights, songs
Land Rights Stalled
Topic
1980s
land rights, Mabo judgement
The nineteenth century roots of late twentieth century 'enlightenment'
Text
 
1967 referendum, activism, anthropology, Australian Labor Party, Dunstan, Don, Hawke, Bob, humanitarians, land rights, Mabo judgement, New South Wales, Noonkanbah, Northern Territory, Queensland, Ranger Uranium Mine, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, Whitlam, Gough, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
The Laws Of Malo
Topic
 
indigenous law, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, religion, sacred, sacred
Malo's Law
Topic
 
Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, religion, sacred
The High Court Decides!
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, Mabo v Queensland No.2
Implications Of Mabo
Topic
 
Mabo Case, Mabo judgement, mining, pastoral industry, political reaction
Gelam
Topic
 
Meriam culture, Meriam Mer, Murray Island, myths
Warrior Tradition
Topic
 
aboriginal property ownership, Australia, colonisation, war
Barbarism
Topic
 
barbarism, conquest, International law
Las
Topic
 
Las, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Piadaram, Zogo le
Terra Nullius
Topic
 
colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, First Fleet, New South Wales, sovereignty, terra nullius
Aboriginal & Treaty Rights In Aotearoa - NZ
Topic
1840
Common Law, Maori, native title, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Privy Council, Treaty of Waitangi, 1840
Bases For Takeovers
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
Australian Labor Party, barbarism, Brennan, Justice Gerard, terra nullius, Whitlam, Gough
Black Activist
Topic
1972-1980
activism, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville, Townsville, Yumba Meta Housing Co-op
Boundaries & Markers
Topic
 
land ownership, Las, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island
Murray Island Annexation
Topic
1879
annexation, colonisation, conquest, International law, Mabo Case, Mer, Murray Island, Queensland, terra nullius
Defending Territories & Making Peace
Topic
 
Depoma, Marwer, land boundaries, land disputes, land ownership, Las, Mabo Case, Mer, Meriam culture, Papua New Guinea
Defining Native Title
Topic
 
aboriginal law, land ownership, native title
Dispossession
Topic
 
colonisation, dispossession
Education & Early Work
Topic
 
education, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island, pearling industry
Farming The Sea
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sea rights
General Principles Of Native Title
Topic
 
aboriginal law, Common Law, native title, Native Title Act (1993)
GovernmentAuthority
Topic
1879
assimilation, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, Murray Island Native Court, Queensland, school
Hierarchies Of Land Use
Topic
 
barbarism, colonisation, terra nullius
Human Rights
Topic
 
human rights, International law, Mabo judgement, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975 , United Nations
Justifications
Topic
 
barbarism, colonisation, terra nullius
Land Bilong Islanders - Mabo
Topic
 
Great Northern expedition, land ownership, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo's laws, Mer, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, sea rights
Land Disputes
Topic
 
clans, Depoma, Marwer, inheritance, land disputes, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island Native Court
Meriam Mir
Topic
 
Black Community School, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
Native Title & Indigenous Law
Topic
 
aboriginal law, Malo's laws, native title, Native Title Act (1993), sacred
Other Lands Settled By The British
Topic
 
Canada, colonisation, Common Law, native title, New Zealand (Aotearoa), treaties, Treaty of Waitangi, 1840 , United States of America
Performance, Art & The Sacred
Topic
 
Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Mer, Murray Island, religion, sacred
Rations & Reserves
Topic
1800s
humanitarians, land rights, missionaries, missions, reserves
Reception Of English Law
Topic
 
colonisation, Common Law, International law
Resistance
Topic
 
activism, land rights, land rights, resistance, strike, unionism
Seafarers & Food Growers
Topic
 
fishing, gardening, sea rights, seafarers
Something Deep Within Us
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, sacred, sea rights, seafarers
Sovereignty & Indigenous Self-Government
Topic
 
Mabo judgement, native title, sovereignty
Terra Nullius & Australia
Topic
 
crown land, dispossession, doctrine of tenure, First Fleet, land rights, resistance, terra nullius
Territorial Integrity
Topic
 
colonisation
The Age Of Paternalism
Topic
 
Chief Protector of Aborigines, colonisation, Federation, International law, paternalism, protection, terra nullius, White Australia Policy
Great Northern Expedition
Topic
1989
Great Northern expedition, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, Supreme Court of Queensland
The Eight Clans
Topic
 
clans, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island
The Gove Case
Topic
1967-1972
Arnhem Land, Australian Court Case, bark petition, Blackburn, Justice, Gove, Gove Case, land rights, Marika, Roy, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , mining, Nabalco, Northern Territory, Yirrkala
The Gove Decision Questioned
Topic
1971
Arnhem Land, Australian Court Case, bark petition, Blackburn, Justice, Canada, Gove, Gove Case, land rights, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , mining, Nabalco, Northern Territory, Yirrkala
High Court Challenge - WA vs Commonwealth
Topic
1995
backlash, Court, Richard, mining, native title, Native Title Act (1993), pastoral industry, WA v Commonwealth, Western Australia
The Mabo Decision
Topic
1992
High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement
The Status Of Australian Colonies
Topic
 
crown land, land ownership, sovereignty, terra nullius
The Townsville Conference
Topic
1981
James Cook University, Land Rights Conference, 1981, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
Tragedy & Victory
Topic
1992
Eddie Mabo's Death, 21/01/1992, High Court victory, Mabo judgement
Aboriginal land rights plea is turned down
Newspaper
Jan, 26, 1972
Australian Court Case, Coombs, Dr. H.C. (Nugget), Gove, Gove Case, land rights, McMahon, William, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , Nabalco, Yirrkala
Tent 'Embassy' defiant
Newspaper
Mar, 4, 1972
activism, Canberra, land rights, land rights, tent embassy, Whitlam, Gough
A price on our guilt
Newspaper
Jan, 26, 1972
activism, Canberra, land rights, McMahon, William, tent embassy, Whitlam, Gough
Wik allies mount attack on premiers
Newspaper
Jan, 22, 1997
aborigines, backlash, Borbidge, Robert, Djerrkura, Gatjil, Fischer, Tim, French, Justice Robert, Howard, John, native title, Native Title Act (1993), native title claim, pastoralism, Wik
The judiciary has done its duty
Newspaper
Jan, 20, 1997
Common Law, High Court judgement, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, native title, terra nullius, Wik
What price native rights?
Newspaper
Jan, 20, 1997
Common Law, compensation, extinguishment, land tenure, National Native Title Tribunal, Native Title Act (1993), NSW Acquisition Act, Western Australia, Wik
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition
Topic
1898
anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Mer, Murray Island, Torres Strait
Inside & Outside
Topic
1960-1981
activism, Mabo Case, Malo's laws, Meriam culture, Mimi, Marou, Passi, Reverend Dave, Torres Strait, Torres Strait Islanders
Arrente woman resting on a digging stick
Image and Text
1895
aborigines, anthropology, Arrente, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Central Australia, native title
Baldwin Spencer with Arrente elders
Image and Text
1896
aborigines, anthropology, Arrente, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Central Australia, totems
Kaititja Woman Pitchi
Image and Text
1901
aborigines, anthropology, custom
Day of Mourning
Image
Jan, 26, 1938
aborigines, activism, Australia Day, 1938, conference, Day of Mourning (1938), land rights, Sydney
Delegates to FCAATSI Conference
Image
1960s
Canberra, FCAATSI
WA Dept of Mines & AMEX meet with Aborigines
Image
Jun, 15, 1979
industry, mining
Gurindji Mining Lease & Cattle Station
Image
1970
Gurindji, Lingiarri, Vincent, mining, Northern Territory, Wattie Creek
Lake Tyers - people in front of houses
Image
1880
aborigines, Lake Tyers, Lake Tyers, reserves
'Yes' poster - 1967 referendum
Image
1967
1967 referendum, citizenship, human rights, indigenous Australians, vote
Handful of sand
Image
1975
Gurindji, Lingiarri, Vincent, Whitlam, Gough
Erecting Tent Embassy
Image
Feb, 26, 1982
activism, Canberra, Perkins, Charles, tent embassy
Police grapple with demonstrators- Tent Embassy
Image
1982
activism, Canberra, tent embassy
McMahon meets delegation from Yirrkala
Image
1971
Arnhem Land, Blackburn, Justice, Gove, Gove Case, McMahon, William, Northern Territory, Yirrkala
Tent Embassy Canberra
Image
1972
tent embassy
Tent Embassy & Parliament House
Image
1972
tent embassy
Mick Rangiari - Gurindji Tribesman
Image
 
Gurindji, Northern Territory, Rangiarri, Mick
Pastor Doug Nicholls
Image
1970
Nicholls, Pastor Doug
Assimilation Policies Still Have Relevance
Newspaper
Jun, 18, 1999
assimilation
Aborigine asks for 'yes' vote
Newspaper
1967
1967 referendum, vote
Bill Gives Blacks a Say in Mining
Newspaper
1972
Federal Government, Australia, land rights, mining, Northern land Council
The Referendum
Newspaper
May, 29, 1967
1967 referendum
A Yes Vote for Aborigines
Newspaper
May, 16, 1967
1967 referendum, vote
Uranium: Choice Left Open
Newspaper
May, 26, 1977
industry, mining
Plan for local clan rights in Arnhem Land
Newspaper
May, 26, 1977
Arnhem Land, clans, mining
Develop Ranger First
Newspaper
May, 26, 1977
Arnhem Land, mining, Northern Territory, Ranger Uranium Mine
Aborigines' Negotiator Now Rejects Ranger Agreement
Newspaper
Oct, 10, 1978
mining, Northern land Council, Northern Territory, Ranger Uranium Mine
Black Fellas Country
Video
1968-1972
Gurindji, land rights, Lingiarri, Vincent, Northern Territory, Wattie Creek
Two Arrente Women with a baby
Image and Text
1895
aborigines, anthropology, Arrente, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Central Australia, custom, Northern Territory
Tiwi Yam Ceremony
Image and Text
1912
aborigines, anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, culture, Northern Territory, Tiwi, yams
Gove Peninsula People At Court
Image
1970
Arnhem Land, bark petition, Gove, Gove Case, Northern Territory, Yirrkala
How a Culture Survived Against the Odds
Newspaper
 
colonialism
National Library of Australia
URL
 
Australia, culture
Dhimurru Land Management
URL
 
aboriginal property ownership, aborigines, Dhimurru
'Vote Yes' Jingle
Audio
May, 27, 1967
1967 referendum, citizenship, human rights, indigenous Australians, vote
Aboriginal Flags
Image
1971
Barunga Statement, flag
140 Years of Warfare
Text
1770-1930
colonial warfare, war, warriors