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The changing face of early Australia - Australia's Culture PortalEventually, the arrival of people from diverse societies created a cultural diversity that is now an integral part of Australian society and identity. Image courtesy of the Migration Museum, History Trust of South Australia. Migration Museum, History Trus...
Indigenous film either portrays Indigenous people, issues and stories or is film made by Indigenous Australians. The portrayal of Indigenous issues and people in film provides a unique insight into Australia's relationship with its Indigenous peoples and...
UNESCO states that Indigenous populations number some 350 million individuals in more than 70 countries in the world, and that this represents more than 5000 languages and cultures. Today, many Indigenous peoples live on the fringes of society and are de...
Reconciliation is about unity and respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians. It is about respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and valuing justice and equity for all Australians. National R...
World Heritage-listed Fraser Island. However, Australia is actually made up of more than 8,000 islands, including the island state of Tasmania. Norfolk Island is located far off the east coast of Australia. ...
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PlaceMade : Australian Print Workshop | Ellen JOS.â | R.I.P. terra nullius (website National Gallery of Australia (NGA) )1995, December relief linocut, printed in black ink cream, Velin Arche paper edition of 24; 2 artist's proofs; 1 right to print proof; 2 workshop proofs (one APW and APW 1/2) workshop proof 2/2 printed image 8.0 (h) x 6.5 (w) cm sheet 28.5 (h) x 18.5 (w)...
>> Proclamation of Governor Bourke,> 10 October 1835. The Proclamation of Governor Bourke has research value in the study of British settlement of Australia, the legal principle of terra nullius and dispossession. The Proclamation of Governor Bourke pro...
Australia is fighting not only the most stupid and manipulative war in history in Iraq, but has its own internal war going on, known as the history war. They declared the land terra nullius, meaning "empty land" or "no man's land". Ironically, the revis...
The British failed to acknowledge the prior rights of Aboriginal Australians possibly because they were seen as mere hunter-gatherers, who didn't cultivate the soil. Sir Joseph Banks, who sailed with Captain Cook, observed in his journal that eastern Aust...
By the latter part of the eighteenth century, British Imperial policy held some regard for indigenous peoples and their rights. Treaties were signed across much of North America and in New Zealand, while in 1763, a Royal Proclamation for North America ac...
The Australian colonies were acquired by Britain on the grounds they were terra nullius; under that part of International Law relating to sovereignty and the authority to govern new territories. Among those laws was the doctrine of tenures, under which l...
Many leading scholars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries insisted that European states venturing to distant territories must respect the rights of the existing owners. However there was no agreement about the link between land use and land ownersh...
Written by Garth Nettheim and published in 'Australian Law News' (July 1992) 9-14 under the title '... those courts have jurisdiction to determine the consequences of an acquisition under municipal law.' Native title to land survived the Crown's acquisit...
Intro to Law Report radio programme: Oh yea, oh yea. Professor Garth Nettheim: Australia stands out as the one major British former colony that has never recognised the pre-existing rights of the indigenous peoples. Legally it was held to be Terra Nulli...
a legal fiction called terra nullius... Keywords: High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Land Bilong Islanders, Native Title Act (1993), political reaction, terra nullius, 1992 'Land Bilong Islanders', CD-ROM version, 1999. ...
Terra Nullius Rejected and the Mabo Saga Unfolds Keywords: High Court judgement, Mabo Case, Native Title Act (1993), terra nullius, 1993 © 2007 Film Australia...
For some years there was real doubt about the extent to which the laws of England could apply to New South Wales. This initial inheritance of English law was extended to the other Australian colonies as they became established. And it wasn't until many ...
The next proposition the High Court considered was this: Because English law took effect in Australian colonies from the start, should the rights of indigenous people under their own laws therefore be disregarded? Because, while land might be terra nulliu...
In 1788, after the First Fleet arrived, what was the status of this colony of New South Wales? Was it a 'settled colony', or something else? The position was unclear at first; not so much because of the nature of the Aborigines, but rather because of th...
The High Court Justices then addressed the doctrine of tenures; that all land titles depend on a grant from the Crown. The Court held that this doctrine was the essential basis for the property rights of settlers, but not of the indigenous inhabitants. A...
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