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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 [2] It repealed and replaced the Aboriginal and Historic Relics Preservation Act 1965, [3] which was the first state legislation to protect Aboriginal Australian heritage in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 Parliament of South Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the 47-seat House of Assembly ( lower house ) and the 22-seat Legislative Council ( upper house ). [ 2 ]
The new law was enacted to acknowledge Anangu ownership of the land; to establish the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Management (APY) as a body corporate; and to "provide for efficient and accountable administration and management of lands by Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjarra". [3]
The House of Assembly was created in 1857, when South Australia attained self-government. The development of an elected legislature — although only men could vote — marked a significant change from the prior system, where legislative power was in the hands of the Governor and the Legislative Council, which was appointed by the Governor.
In South Australia, the act was substantially revised in 1886, and this version remains in force in South Australia. The Real Property Act 1886 , updated 3 October 2019, has a long title "An Act to consolidate and amend the Real Property Act 1861, the Real Property Act Amendment Act 1878 and the Rights-of-Way Act 1881, and for other purposes".
Empowered by the Australian Constitutions Act, the South Australian Legislative Council enacted its first proper Constitution in 1856, titled the 'South Australian Constitution Act'. [2] It was the first Constitution in the Australian colonies to provide manhood suffrage , that is, all male residents of the colony over 21 years of age could ...
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When the Province of South Australia received its original constitution in 1857, it was the most democratic in the British Empire, combining a universal-suffrage lower house (the House of Assembly), with a restricted-suffrage upper house (the Legislative Council). The purpose of the Legislative Council was, as with the 19th century House of ...