What case gave Aboriginal land rights to the Northern Territory?
Following the failure of the Gove Lands Rights case, the Whitlam Labor Government instigated an inquiry into Aboriginal land rights (known as the Woodward Commission), which eventually led to the Fraser Liberal government passing the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1972.
What is the Aboriginal land rights claim?
The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (ALRA) was introduced to compensate Aboriginal people in NSW for dispossession of their land. The ALRA enables Local Aboriginal Land Councils (LALCs) to claim Crown Land, that is, land in NSW that is owned and managed by the State Government.
What does the Aboriginal land rights Act 1976 provide?
The main purpose of the Act is “to reinstate ownership of traditional Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory to Aboriginal people” (Austrade). It provides for the grant of inalienable freehold title for Aboriginal land, meaning that the land cannot be bought or otherwise acquired, including by any NT law.
Which state in Australia has no Aboriginal land claims?
Each state and territory treats Aboriginal land rights slightly differently and not all jurisdictions have a formal process for making claims to land. Only the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales have a formal claims process.
What was the first land claim to be heard under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act NT 1976?
It was the first legislation that allowed for First Nations peoples to claim land title if traditional association could be proven. Four land councils were established under the Act: the Central Land Council, responsible for the southern half of the Northern Territory.
What are the Aboriginal land rights in Australia?
The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (see above) provides the basis upon which Aboriginal Australian people in the Northern Territory can claim rights to land based on traditional occupation. The freehold land cannot be sold or transferred, but it can be leased.
When was the Aboriginal Land Rights Act passed?
December 1976
The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (The Land Rights Act) was passed by the Australian Parliament in December 1976 after years of political struggle by Aboriginal people to have their rights to land recognised.
Can you claim Crown land in Australia?
Under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), vacant Crown land can be granted as freehold to Aboriginal people if it is not lawfully used or occupied, required for an essential purpose or for residential land, or impacted by a registered application or determination of native title.
What did the Northern Territory Land Rights Act do?
In December 1976 the federal parliament passed the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act. It was the first legislation in Australia that enabled First Nations peoples to claim land rights for Country where traditional ownership could be proven.
Do Indigenous Australians have land rights?
As of 2020, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights and interests in land are formally recognised over around 40 per cent of Australia’s land mass. The recognition of Indigenous rights in land and waters is fundamental to the process of reconciliation.
Which Aboriginal Australian fought and won the right to native title which Recognised Aboriginal Australians rights to land according to their traditional laws and customs?
Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo
The man behind the fight The Mabo decision was named after Torres Strait Islander Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo who led the fight to change land laws to recognise Indigenous connection and traditional ownership of land in Australia.
What was the first Aboriginal land claim in Australia?
The people of Yirrkala were the first Aboriginal people to bring a claim for recognition of Aboriginal land title to court.