Aboriginal Land Rights Claim

By Alex And Dylan

1963 - The Bark Petition

• Petition written on bark • Protesting against the commonwealth’s granting of mining

rights to Nabalcl over 390 square kilometres of land excise from arnhem land reserve.

1966 – Wave Hill Strike

• Aboriginal pastoral workers walked off the job.• Expressed their unhappiness with the poor working conditions

and disrespectful treatment.

1972 – Grove Land Rights

• The Yongu people fight for their land rights• Justice says Australia was legally Terra

Nullis• The couldn’t prevent mining on their land

1975 – Gurindji Hand Back

• The Whitlam government came to power. • They promised to legislate for land rights.• The original Wave Hill lease was surrendered.

1976 – Aboriginal Land Rights Act

• Aboriginal make a effort to inherent right to land recognised

• Justice Wood Ward, appointed to hold inquiry into appropriate ways to recognise Aboriginal land rights in N.T.

1992 – The Mabo Case

• Australian High Court recognise Australia was not an empty piece of land.

• Australian High Court recognised the rights of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders were similar to indigenous groups the rest of the world.

1993 – The Native Title Act

• The native title act recognises and protects native title.• Validated any past grants of freehold or leasehold

interests.