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- Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972 (WA)
Repealed earlier Native Welfare legislation. Governs most Aboriginal land related matters. Vests reserves in Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority. Planning Authority to promote well being and economic advancement of Aborigines (on State Law Publisher WA Legislation database) - Aboriginal Land (Aborigines' Advancement League) (Watt Street, Northcote) Act 1982 (Vic)
Statutory vesting of Aboriginal Community Centre land into Aboriginal hands (on AustLII) - Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act 1987 (Cth)
Vests ownership in an Aboriginal Corporation for each area with powers over mining and community government (on AustLII) - Aboriginal Land (Manatunga Land) Act 1992 (Vic)
Authorised the grant by the Crown of land at Robinvale to the Murray Valley Aboriginal Co-operative Limited (on AustLII) - Aboriginal Land (Northcote Land) Act 1989 (Vic)
Authorised the granting by the Crown of land at Northcote to the Aborigines Advancement League, declared as unalienated Crown land (on AustLII) - Aboriginal Land Act (NT)
Permits needed for entry onto Aboriginal land (on AustLII) - Aboriginal Land Act 1991 (Qld)
Transfer into Indigenous ownership all previous reserve land under DOGIT (Deed of Grant in Trust) titles (on AustLII) - Aboriginal Land Act 1995 (Tas)
Establishes Aboriginal Land Council to use andsustainably manage Aboriginal land (on AustLII) - Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986 (Cth)
Established Wreck Bay Aboriginal Council, and granted land in Jervis Bay Territory to Aboriginal community (on AustLII) - Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)
The first statute to recognise Aboriginal systems of land ownership, it resulted from the Woodward Inquiry’s report on Aboriginal land rights. Provides for land grants as inalienable freehold, also established Aboriginal Land Councils and procedures for negotiating mining agreements (on AustLII) - Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) [Search
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Background, Woodward Commission, summary of the Act, how the Act works, changes to the Act and benefits (Northern Land Council site) - Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 1996: Bills Digest [Search]
(on Parliament of Australia) - Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW)
Freehold granted over existing reservesgranted to local Aboriginal Land Councils. Also allows for claims over some crown lands (on AustLII) - Aboriginal Lands Act 1991 (Vic)
Statutory vesting of cemetry land at Coranderrk, Ebenezer and Ramahyuck missions into Aboriginal hands (on AustLII) - Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 (SA)
(on AustLII) - Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (Land Holding) Act 1985 (Qld)
Provided for the grant of leases in perpetuity and other title in land to members of communities of Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders(on AustLII) - Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 (SA)
Result of Report of Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Working Party - vests freehold to all former reserve lands (on AustLII) - ATSIC Issues: Land Rights [Search]
Information about the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, other Cth land rights legislation, full text of the Reeves Review and ATSIC's submission (on Pandora) - Cape York Land Council [Search]
Information on native title claims and related issues - Century Zinc Project Act 1997 (Qld)
Century mine developed on Aboriginal land after negotiations under Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (on AustLII) - Coburg Peninsula Aboriginal Land, Sanctuary and Marine Park Act 1996 (NT)
Hands back Gurig National Park to Indigenous owners (on AustLII) - Committee Exchange with New Zealand August 1995: Third Report of the Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account [Search]
The Commonwealth Government Committee's report on its visit to NZ to inquire into Indigenous land rights (on Parliament of Australia website) - Governance Structures for Indigenous Australians On and Off Native Title Lands
Australian Research Council Collaborative ResearchProject (RSJ Library on AustLII) - Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) [Search]
Independent Commonwealth statutory authorityestablished in 1995 - Jabiru Town Development Act (NT)
Provides for construction and management of the town to support Ranger Uranium Mine on traditional Mirarr lands in Kakadu (on AustLII) - Land Act 1994 (Qld)
(on AustLII) - Land and Sea Rights [Search]
Chronology of milestone events and links to legislation and related resources (Northern Land Council) - Land Fund and Indigenous Land Corporation (ATSIC Amendment Act) 1995 (Cth)
Established Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) to help Aboriginal groups manage their land. Disallowed lands purchased from fund in NT from being converted from leasehold into Aboriginal freehold (on AustLII) - Local Government (Aboriginal Lands) Act 1978 (Qld)
Grant of 50 year lease to Aurukun communities (with veto proviso by QLD govt). Thwarted Commonwealth initiative to vest power of self-management in the Aurukun and Mornington communities (on AustLII) - Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984 (SA)
Granted Maralinga land to Aboriginal people (on AustLII) - McArthur River Project Agreement Ratification Act 1993 (NT)
Pre-empted native title claims over McArthur river area by authorising mining project. Federal government upheld the validity of the legislaton (on AustLII) - National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2002 (NSW)
Included transfer of land to Aboriginal ownership (on AustLII) - Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park Act (1995)(NT)
'Leaseback' arrangement Katherine Gorge National Park Corporation between Jawoyn Aboriginal Land Trust and Conservation Land Corporation. Half of revenue from park to go to the NLC in addition to yearly rental (on AustLII) - Northern Land Council [Search]
Represents traditional Aboriginal landowners and Aboriginal people in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia - NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) [Search]
Provides information on the objectives, services and activities of the NSWALC and its members and information on issues affecting Aboriginal people in NSW and around Australia - Parks and Reserves (Framework for the Future) Act (NT)
Provides for negotiation between government and traditional Aboriginal land owners (on AustLII) - Pastoral Land Act (NT)
Includes provision for Aboriginal access to pastoral leasehold land and a scheme for claim of a small area of a pastoral lease for residential purposes (on AustLII) - Petermann Aboriginal Land Trust (Boundaries) Act 1985 (Cth)
Redefined the boundaries of Petermann Aboriginal Land, scheduled in Aboriginal Land Rights (NT) Act 1976 (Cth), to remove small overlap with area of Uluru National Park, proclaimed in 1977 (on AustLII) - Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991 (Qld)
Transfer into Indigenous ownership all previous reserve land under DOGIT (Deed of Grant in Trust) titles (on AustLII)