The South Australian Pitjantjatjara Lands Act 1956 granted land to the Pitjantjatjara people, but did not provide a basis for future claims by other groups.[1]
As a result of the findings of the Woodward Aboriginal Land Rights Commission, a Royal Commission, the Fraser Government enacted the Aboriginal Land Rights Act[6] in 1976, after its drafting by the WhitlamLabor Government in 1975. Four land councils were established under this law. It established the basis upon which Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory could, for the first time, claim rights to land based on traditional occupation. This Act was the first Australian law which allowed a claim of title if claimants could provide evidence of their traditional association with land.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Communities Self-Management) Act 1978 (Cwth)
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Communities Self-Management) Act 1978 was repealed by the Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Act 2018.[7]
Local Government (Aboriginal Lands) Act 1978 (Qld)
The Queensland 1978 Local Government (Aboriginal Lands) Act[8] transferred land leases to the shires of Aurukun and Mornington.
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 (SA)
The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 of South Australia enabled land to be transferred to the Pitjantjatjara people, who had maintained a continuous connection with their land. However, the act provided no basis for claims by other groups.
The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983[9] It is a New South Wales statute that was established to return land to Aboriginal peoples through a process of lodging claims for certain Crown lands and the establishment of Aboriginal Land Councils. It was introduced in New South Wales in 1983 and repealed the Aborigines Act 1969. The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 introduced land rights for Aboriginal people in New South Wales,[10] allowing the Aboriginal Land Councils constituted under the Act to claim land as compensation for historic dispossession of land and to support the social and economic development of Aboriginal communities.[11]
The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983[12] provided land rights for Aboriginal persons, representative Aboriginal Land Councils, vested land in those Councils, provided for acquisition and management of land, and for the provision of community benefit schemes by or on behalf of those Councils.
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (Land Holding) Act 1985 (QLD)
The Aborigines and Torres Strait Islander Act,[13] brought in by Bob Katter, enabled the issuing of perpetual leases on existing Indigenous Lands in Queensland to Indigenous individuals.
Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986 (Cwlth)
The 1986 Commonwealth Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory)[14] established the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council and grants land to the council.
Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act 1987 (Cwlth)
The Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act 1987 (sometimes referred to as the Aboriginal Land Act 1987)[15] vests land to nominated Aboriginal Corporations.
Aboriginal Land (Northcote Land) Act 1989 (VIC)
The purpose of the Victorian Aboriginal Land (Northcote Land) Act[16] is to authorise the granting by the Crown of land at Northcote to the Aborigines Advancement League Incorporated.
Aboriginal Lands Act 1991 (VIC)
The main purpose of the Victorian Aboriginal Lands Act 1991[17] was to revoke the reservations of certain lands, and authorise the granting of that land for Aboriginal cultural and burial purposes.
Aboriginal Land Act 1991 and Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991 (QLD)
These two acts, the Aboriginal Land Act[18] and the Torres Strait Islander Land Act,[19] superseded the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (Land Holding) Act 1985.
Aboriginal Land (Manatunga Land) Act 1992 (VIC)
The purpose of the Victorian Aboriginal Land (Manatunga Land) Act[20] is to authorise the grant by the Crown of land at Robinvale to the Murray Valley Aboriginal Co-operative Limited and to extinguish a Crown lease and any other encumbrances existing over that land.
Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 (TAS)
The Aboriginal Lands Act 1995[21] created the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council and defined lands vested in the council.
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 2006 (Cwlth)
TheAboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2006[22] enables private housing on Indigenous lands.
^ ab"Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)". Documenting A Democracy. Museum of Australian Democracy. Retrieved 15 October 2020. PDF of original version
^"The Aboriginal Land Rights Act". Central Land Council, Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land". Austrade. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^1976 (Cwlth) Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act
^"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Communities Self-management) Act 1978 [Series]". Federal Register of Legislation. 10 April 1978. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
^NSW Government. "Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983". Legislation NSW. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^"Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW)". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^"Aboriginal Land Rights Act". Aboriginal Affairs NSW. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
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Commonwealth State and Territory Parliaments of Australia have passed Aboriginal land rights legislation Contents 1 Pitjantjatjara Lands Act 1956 SA 2 Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 SA 3 Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 VIC 4 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 Cwth 5 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Queensland Reserves and Communities Self Management Act 1978 Cwth 6 Local Government Aboriginal Lands Act 1978 Qld 7 Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 SA 8 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 NSW 9 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Land Holding Act 1985 QLD 10 Aboriginal Land Grant Jervis Bay Territory Act 1986 Cwlth 11 Aboriginal Land Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest Act 1987 Cwlth 12 Aboriginal Land Northcote Land Act 1989 VIC 13 Aboriginal Lands Act 1991 VIC 14 Aboriginal Land Act 1991 and Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991 QLD 15 Aboriginal Land Manatunga Land Act 1992 VIC 16 Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 TAS 17 Aboriginal Land Rights Northern Territory Amendment Act 2006 Cwlth 18 See also 19 ReferencesPitjantjatjara Lands Act 1956 SA EditThe South Australian Pitjantjatjara Lands Act 1956 granted land to the Pitjantjatjara people but did not provide a basis for future claims by other groups 1 Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 SA EditThe Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 2 established the South Australian Aboriginal Lands Trust Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 VIC EditVictorian Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 3 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 Cwth EditMain article Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 The Aboriginal Land Rights Northern Territory Act 1976 ALRA provides the basis upon which Aboriginal Australian people in the Northern Territory can claim rights to land based on traditional occupation It was the first law by any Australian government that legally recognised the Aboriginal system of land ownership and legislated the concept of inalienable freehold title as such was a fundamental piece of social reform 4 5 1 As a result of the findings of the Woodward Aboriginal Land Rights Commission a Royal Commission the Fraser Government enacted the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 6 in 1976 after its drafting by the Whitlam Labor Government in 1975 Four land councils were established under this law It established the basis upon which Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory could for the first time claim rights to land based on traditional occupation This Act was the first Australian law which allowed a claim of title if claimants could provide evidence of their traditional association with land Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Queensland Reserves and Communities Self Management Act 1978 Cwth EditThe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Queensland Reserves and Communities Self Management Act 1978 was repealed by the Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment 2017 Measures No 1 Act 2018 7 Local Government Aboriginal Lands Act 1978 Qld EditThe Queensland 1978 Local Government Aboriginal Lands Act 8 transferred land leases to the shires of Aurukun and Mornington Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 SA EditMain article Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 of South Australia enabled land to be transferred to the Pitjantjatjara people who had maintained a continuous connection with their land However the act provided no basis for claims by other groups Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 NSW EditMain article Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 9 It is a New South Wales statute that was established to return land to Aboriginal peoples through a process of lodging claims for certain Crown lands and the establishment of Aboriginal Land Councils It was introduced in New South Wales in 1983 and repealed the Aborigines Act 1969 The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 introduced land rights for Aboriginal people in New South Wales 10 allowing the Aboriginal Land Councils constituted under the Act to claim land as compensation for historic dispossession of land and to support the social and economic development of Aboriginal communities 11 The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 12 provided land rights for Aboriginal persons representative Aboriginal Land Councils vested land in those Councils provided for acquisition and management of land and for the provision of community benefit schemes by or on behalf of those Councils Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Land Holding Act 1985 QLD EditThe Aborigines and Torres Strait Islander Act 13 brought in by Bob Katter enabled the issuing of perpetual leases on existing Indigenous Lands in Queensland to Indigenous individuals Aboriginal Land Grant Jervis Bay Territory Act 1986 Cwlth EditThe 1986 Commonwealth Aboriginal Land Grant Jervis Bay Territory 14 established the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council and grants land to the council Aboriginal Land Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest Act 1987 Cwlth EditThe Aboriginal Land Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest Act 1987 sometimes referred to as the Aboriginal Land Act 1987 15 vests land to nominated Aboriginal Corporations Aboriginal Land Northcote Land Act 1989 VIC EditThe purpose of the Victorian Aboriginal Land Northcote Land Act 16 is to authorise the granting by the Crown of land at Northcote to the Aborigines Advancement League Incorporated Aboriginal Lands Act 1991 VIC EditThe main purpose of the Victorian Aboriginal Lands Act 1991 17 was to revoke the reservations of certain lands and authorise the granting of that land for Aboriginal cultural and burial purposes Aboriginal Land Act 1991 and Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991 QLD EditThese two acts the Aboriginal Land Act 18 and the Torres Strait Islander Land Act 19 superseded the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Land Holding Act 1985 Aboriginal Land Manatunga Land Act 1992 VIC EditThe purpose of the Victorian Aboriginal Land Manatunga Land Act 20 is to authorise the grant by the Crown of land at Robinvale to the Murray Valley Aboriginal Co operative Limited and to extinguish a Crown lease and any other encumbrances existing over that land Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 TAS EditThe Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 21 created the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council and defined lands vested in the council Aboriginal Land Rights Northern Territory Amendment Act 2006 Cwlth EditTheAboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2006 22 enables private housing on Indigenous lands See also Edit Australia portalAboriginal land rights in Australia Aboriginal reserves List of laws concerning Indigenous Australians Native title legislation in AustraliaReferences Edit a b Aboriginal Land Rights Northern Territory Act 1976 Cth Documenting A Democracy Museum of Australian Democracy Retrieved 15 October 2020 PDF of original version 1966 SA Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1970 VIC Aboriginal Lands Act The Aboriginal Land Rights Act Central Land Council Australia Retrieved 15 October 2020 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land Austrade 26 February 2016 Retrieved 15 October 2020 1976 Cwlth Aboriginal Land Rights Northern Territory Act Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Queensland Reserves and Communities Self management Act 1978 Series Federal Register of Legislation 10 April 1978 Retrieved 15 October 2020 1978 QLD Local Government Aboriginal Lands Act Archived from the original on 11 June 2011 Retrieved 26 January 2012 NSW Government Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 Legislation NSW Retrieved 31 January 2020 Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 NSW Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 7 December 2018 Retrieved 31 January 2020 Aboriginal Land Rights Act Aboriginal Affairs NSW Retrieved 31 January 2020 1983 NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1985 QLD Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Act Archived from the original on 11 April 2012 Retrieved 26 January 2012 1986 Cwlth Aboriginal Land Grant Jervis Bay Territory 1987 Cwlth Aboriginal Land Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest Act Archived from the original on 11 June 2011 Retrieved 26 January 2012 1989 VIC Aboriginal Land Northcote Land Act 1991 VIC Aboriginal Lands Act 1991 QLD Aboriginal Land Act 1991 QLD Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1992 VIC Aboriginal Land Manatunga Land Act Archived from the original on 11 June 2011 Retrieved 26 January 2012 1995 TAS Aboriginal Lands Act 2006 Cwlth Aboriginal Land Rights Northern Territory Amendment Act Archived from the original on 11 June 2011 Retrieved 26 January 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aboriginal land rights legislation in Australia amp oldid 1085091877, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
