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To 1987 - "Appendix – Legislation: Major acts and ordinances relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture. Vol. 2. Aboriginal Studies Press. 1994. pp. 1294–1297. "Timeline: Legal Developments Affecting Indigenous People".
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 is legislation passed by the parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia to enable the Commonwealth to intervene and, where necessary, preserve and protect areas and objects of particular significance to Australia's Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples. [2] [3]
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth), is an Act passed by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia to enable the Commonwealth Government to intervene and, where necessary, preserve and protect areas and objects of particular significance to Australia's Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples from being desecrated or injured.
The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 (ACH Act [2]) is a law in the state of Western Australia governing the protection of Aboriginal cultural sites. It superseded the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 on 1 July 2023. [3] On 8 August 2023, the Government of Western Australia announced the act would be repealed and the 1972 act reinstated. [4]
The Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (AHA [1]) is the principal South Australian legislation protecting and preserving the state's Aboriginal heritage. [2] It repealed and replaced the Aboriginal and Historic Relics Preservation Act 1965 , [ 3 ] which was the first state legislation to protect Aboriginal Australian heritage in Australia.
The Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (AHA [1]) of the state of Victoria, Australia was enacted "to provide for the protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage in Victoria". It established Registered Aboriginal Parties to act as the "primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage".
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Western Australia will overturn its 2021 Aboriginal cultural heritage protection laws, introduced after the destruction of the ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters, in response ...
Indigenous treaties in Australia are proposed binding legal agreements between Australian governments and Australian First Nations (or other similar groups). A treaty could (amongst other things) recognise First Nations as distinct political communities, acknowledge Indigenous Sovereignty, set out mutually recognised rights and responsibilities or provide for some degree of self-government. [1]