Charity & Sovereignty
Aboriginal people living on reserves, or rations, did not necessarily see themselves as objects of charity.
Tradition told them that the land had always been theirs; they saw reserves as recognition of their ownership of it. And in New South Wales during the 1840's, some aborigines joined campaigns to open up squatter's land to less wealthy, landless citizens.
Others turned to Queen Victoria, believing she was a monarch who acknowledged their rights.
She also appeared to behave in marked contrast to some of her more unscrupulous colonial subjects.
Crown Land
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colonisation, doctrine of tenure, indigenous Australians, International law, native title, New South Wales, sovereignty, terra nullius
An Expression Of Sovereignty
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Jun, 3, 1992
High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, native title, self determination, self-government, sovereignty
The Queen's Letter
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1860s
Corranderk, Kulin nation, land ownership, Protection Boards, Queen Victoria, reserves
Self-government & Philanthropy
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1800s
colonialism, colonialism, colonisation, colonists, compensation, conquest, Grey, Earl, land tenure, migration, New South Wales, Queensland, rations, reserves, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
GovernmentAuthority
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1879
assimilation, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, Murray Island Native Court, Queensland, school
The Age Of Paternalism
Topic
Chief Protector of Aborigines, colonisation, Federation, International law, paternalism, protection, terra nullius, White Australia Policy
