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The Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 is a statute passed by the Parliament of Tasmania that came into effect on 14 November 1995. [1] It provided for the establishment of an elected Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania. [2] The Council consists of eight members elected by Tasmanian indigenous people. [3]
The Lands Trust Act 1966 was the first land rights law in modern times and predated the 1967 Referendum. It allowed for parcels of Aboriginal land previously held by the South Australian Government to be handed to the Aboriginal Lands Trust of SA under the Act. It was held in perpetuity for the benefit of Aboriginal South Australians.
A range of laws applying to or of specific relevance to Indigenous Australians.A number of laws have been passed since the European settlement of Australia, initially by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, then by the Governors or legislature of each of the Australian colonies and more recently by the Parliament of Australia and that of each of its States and Territories, these laws ...
The ALT was created under the Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966, but since 1 July 2014 has been governed by the Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 2013. The South Australian Government provides land rights administration funding to the ALT and works with the Trust on a range of economic, community development and landcare projects across the state. [6]
The Royal Societies of Australia (a national group representing the scientific academies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania) in 2021 proposed that: "This custodianship approach has to be the foundation of our stewardship of country, with priority for support for country on ethical and ...
Tasmanian Aboriginal mythology also records in their oral history that the first men emigrated by land from a far-off country and the land was subsequently flooded – an echo of the Tasmanian people's migration from mainland Australia to (then) peninsular Tasmania, and the submergence of the land bridge after the last ice age.
Native title claims may be made in any Australian jurisdiction under the Native Title Act 1993. Claims made in the State of South Australia are listed below by date of lodgement. Claims are claimed by the federal and the state government .
The purpose of the Native Title (Amendment) Act 2007 (Cth) is "to allow for more efficient management and faster resolution of native title claims". It amends the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), providing "the most significant changes to native title legislation since the 1998 amendments". [9]