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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]
In June 2005, the Tasmanian Legislative Council introduced a reformed definition of Aboriginality into the Aboriginal Lands Act. [171] The bill was passed to allow Aboriginal Lands Council elections to commence, resolving the uncertainty over who was "Aboriginal", and thus eligible to vote.
Aboriginal Relics Act 1975 (No. 81 of 1975) Tasmania: Heritage protection Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976: Commonwealth of Australia: Land rights Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act, 1981: South Australia: Land rights Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984 South Australia Land rights Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (SA) South ...
It was introduced in New South Wales in 1983 and repealed the Aborigines Act 1969. The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 introduced land rights for Aboriginal people in New South Wales, [10] allowing the Aboriginal Land Councils constituted under the Act to claim land as compensation for historic dispossession of land and to support the social ...
In Tasmania, ownership of several areas was transferred to a land council, in trust for Aboriginal Tasmanians, via the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995. [ 3 ] In Victoria , various pieces of legislation between 1970 and 1991 transferred specific land to Aboriginal communities. [ 3 ]
At that point, only 300 km 2 (120 sq mi) of the 67,000 km 2 (26,000 sq mi) of Tasmania had been returned under the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995. He said that returning a few key areas of uninhabited wilderness which was now Crown land would mean jobs for Aboriginal people. [61]
Pages in category "Tasmania legislation" ... Aboriginal Lands Act 1995; P. Private Forests Act 1994; T.
The Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 (SA) established the South Australian Aboriginal Lands Trust (ALT). [14] This was the first major recognition of Aboriginal land rights by any Australian government, [15] and predated the 1967 Referendum. It allowed for parcels of Aboriginal land previously held by the SA Government, to be handed to the ...