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Gove Case
Aborigines mourn the father of land rights
Newspaper
1993
Arnhem Land, Gove, Gove Case, Marika, Roy, Whitlam, Gough, Yirrkala
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
Canada
Text
1763-1988
Blackburn, Justice, British Columbia, Calder v Attorney-General, 1973 , Canada, Common Law, First Nations Canada, Gove Case, International Court Case, Nisga'a, Royal Proclamation of 1763, Supreme Court USA
Gove Peninsula Land Rights Case
Image
1970
Australia, claim, Gove, Gove Case, land rights, Nabalco, Yirrkala
...their 'title deeds' to lands...
Image and Text
 
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, dari, Gove, Gove Case, Haddon, A.C., head dresses, land ownership, Mabo Case, Mer, Yolgnu
...The reason why I was involved...
Image and Text
1981
Common Law, conference, Gove Case, Hocking, Barbara, James Cook University, Kennedy, Flo, Land Rights Conference, 1981, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Nettheim, Garth, Passi, Reverend Dave, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, The Townsville Conference
Yirrkala
Topic
1976
Arnhem Land, bark petition, Blackburn, Justice, Gove, Gove Case, Kakadu National Park, Marika, Roy, Northern Territory, Yirrkala, Yolgnu, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
The tradition of bark painting at Yirrkala
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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
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
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
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
1971
Gove, Gove Case, land rights, McMahon, William, mining, Northern Territory, Yirrkala
...Territory practically unoccupied...
Text
1889-1991
Australian Court Case, Blackburn, Justice, Cooper V Stuart, doctrine of tenure, Federal Court of Australia, Gove Case, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , mining, Nabalco, Nettheim, Garth, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Privy Council, terra nullius, Yirrkala, Yolgnu
Crown Land Continued
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1845-1975
Attorney-General (NSW) v Brown, 1847 , Australian Court Case, Blackburn, Justice, colonialism, crown land, doctrine of tenure, Gove Case, land ownership, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , Northern Territory, NSW v The Commonwealth, 1975, property law, Randwick Corporation v Rutledge, 1959 , Supreme Court of NSW, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
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
Aboriginal land rights plea is turned down
Newspaper
1972
Australian Court Case, Coombs, Dr. H.C. (Nugget), Gove, Gove Case, land rights, McMahon, William, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , Nabalco, Yirrkala
Yirrkala Bark Petition
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1976
Arnhem Land, Australian Court Case, bark petition, Blackburn, Justice, Canberra, Gove, Gove Case, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , Roberts, Silas, Yirrkala, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
McMahon meets delegation from Yirrkala
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1971
Arnhem Land, Blackburn, Justice, Gove, Gove Case, McMahon, William, Northern Territory, Yirrkala
Gove Peninsula People At Court
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1970
Arnhem Land, bark petition, Gove, Gove Case, Northern Territory, Yirrkala