the indigenous people‚ particularly their central relationship with land and waters. Tribal enterprise began to increase considerably during the 1990s across Australia. It was not until 1992 that the High Court in Australia made a popular decision in Mabo v Queensland (No2) [1992] 175 CLR1‚ which held that the common law of Australia could recognise and effectively give the aboriginals rights and interests in land and waters under their traditional indigenous laws and customs‚ herein referred to as
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NATIVE TITLE: THE DECLARATION OF TERRA NULLIUS Introduction This essay will discuss the declaration of Terra Nullius and what it implied for white settlement of Australia. Furthermore it will explain the High Court’s decision in the Case of Eddie Mabo vs. The State of Queensland. It all began when Australia was conquered under the doctrine of Terra Nullius. Terra nullius can be interpreted as an absence of civilized society. This declaration only gave a mandate for white settlement of Australia
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of popular support in many areas of the country. The fear of losing at the polls began to take over from the idea of progress in the sphere of Indigenous rights. This changed again in 1992 with the High Court judgement on the land mark Mabocase. Eddie Mabo was an Indigenous inhabitant of the Murray (Mer) Islands in the Torres Strait. He led a group of the Meriam people in a Supreme Court challenge against the Queensland government on the issue of land ownership. Their case stated; ’Since time immemorial
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challenged Australian sovereignty on the terms that ‘terra nullius’ was incorrectly applied. The Native Title Act 1993 and the Native Title Amendment 1998 are the mechanisms that have been put into action. The Native Title Act 1993 came about due to the Mabo cases‚ and the Native Title Amendment 1998 by the Wik case. When Australia was stated as ‘terra nullius’ ATSI peoples were impacted significantly‚ they lost all rights they had to their land. It was unjust considering they were the traditional owners
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Discuss why Aboriginal deaths in custody happened and the importance of the Royal commission. In the late 20th century‚ Australia?s indigenous peoples were 29 times more likely to be put in jail than other Australians; 20 times more likely to be picked up by the police; less likely to receive bail or have legal representation in the court; and more likely to plead guilty. At the same time‚ indigenous peoples were less likely to be called up for jury duty than other Australians. The Aboriginal Legal
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Question 1: The land rights debate in the 1970’s was a tough and hard-fought journey for the Aboriginal people. In the 1967 Referendum‚ Australians showed their support for the Aboriginals‚ by voting to change the Constitution to include the indigenous in the Census and giving overriding authority to the Commonwealth government regarding Aboriginal affairs. Ralph Hunt‚ of the National Coalition Party and Federal Minister in 1971 stated ‘To just set aside land because Aboriginal groups and tribes
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role in how they and their community were represented. The documentary‚ Mabo: Life of an Island Man (1997) directed by Trevor Graham‚ provides a window into the struggles that Eddie Mabo‚ a Torres Strait Islander‚ went through to have his rights to ancestral land recognised by the government. Unfortunately‚ the decision to award Eddie the rights to his ancestral land was not won until after he had passed away. The Mabo Case influenced the portrayal of the land and rights to the land in many films
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The Context The occasion for this speech was one which might discomfort a less experienced speaker than Noel Pearson. He was invited to address a distinguished academic gathering at the University of Western Sydney. His host was his former history professor‚ the Chancellor‚ Professor Derek Schreuder. His topic‚ inspired by High Court decisions and political statements at the time‚ was Australian history. In particular‚ the way Australian history presented the historic relationships between the European
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Contemporary Aborigional SpiritualitiesDiscuss how aboriginal spirituality is determined by the dreaming -Kinship-Ceremonial Life -Obligations to the land and peopleAboriginal spirituality is determined by the kinship because kinship is the fabric of traditional aborigional society. In this extended family everybody is related through the complex web of the dreaming.Tribes are made up of clans decended from a spirit ancestor denoted by a totem. The natural totem is from the clans region. It unifies
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Week 1: Screening Australianness ‘Newsfront’ (1978) Newsfront (1978) is about the commencement of Australian television. It notions the changing times; the context before the television was a household object. The movie marks the beginning of mass social and political change that was intensified by World War II. With countless men at war‚ Australian women were able to enter and overtake male roles in the workforce. As a result‚ Feminism was strengthening. Along with the Women’s movement into
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