Outline the importance of the following for the land rights movement Native Title Mabo Wik Evidently‚ the land rights movement involves the ideas of the Wik‚ Mabo decision‚ as well as the Native Title. Aboriginal people are able to rebuild connections with their spirituality‚ through the land. Aspects of Indigenous Aboriginal spirituality such as ancestral spirit beings‚ totems‚ sacred duties and rituals are held within the land. Native title refers to individual or communal‚ rights or
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which it is told without precise delineations. Sundiata’s story that is recounted by the griot to Mabo‚ begins in the 19th frame in the usual form of many stories dating back to an imprecise past: A long time ago! That brief spell is interrupted in the 21st frame by Sitan’s calling of Mabo. That sets in train the gamut of the extra-diegetical flow of their morning routine as a family up to the time when Mabo comes back from school. The Sundiata story resumes in the very close up of the 50th frame of the
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Although some small legal changes were made to the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as a result of the Mabo decision‚ the 2008 Apology and the ‘Bringing them Home’ Report had a much more symbolic impact on society‚ regarding the way indigenous people were perceived. The Mabo vs. Queensland case is a widely celebrated event. Eddie Koiki Mabo was the face of the decade long (1982
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Question 1: The land rights debate in the 1970’s was a tough and hard-fought journey for the Aboriginal people. In the 1967 Referendum‚ Australians showed their support for the Aboriginals‚ by voting to change the Constitution to include the indigenous in the Census and giving overriding authority to the Commonwealth government regarding Aboriginal affairs. Ralph Hunt‚ of the National Coalition Party and Federal Minister in 1971 stated ‘To just set aside land because Aboriginal groups and tribes
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the indigenous people‚ particularly their central relationship with land and waters. Tribal enterprise began to increase considerably during the 1990s across Australia. It was not until 1992 that the High Court in Australia made a popular decision in Mabo v Queensland (No2) [1992] 175 CLR1‚ which held that the common law of Australia could recognise and effectively give the aboriginals rights and interests in land and waters under their traditional indigenous laws and customs‚ herein referred to as
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challenged Australian sovereignty on the terms that ‘terra nullius’ was incorrectly applied. The Native Title Act 1993 and the Native Title Amendment 1998 are the mechanisms that have been put into action. The Native Title Act 1993 came about due to the Mabo cases‚ and the Native Title Amendment 1998 by the Wik case. When Australia was stated as ‘terra nullius’ ATSI peoples were impacted significantly‚ they lost all rights they had to their land. It was unjust considering they were the traditional owners
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popular support in many areas of the country. The fear of losing at the polls began to take over from the idea of progress in the sphere of Indigenous rights. This changed again in 1992 with the High Court judgement on the land mark Mabocase. Eddie Mabo was an Indigenous inhabitant of the Murray (Mer) Islands in the Torres Strait. He led a group of the Meriam people in a Supreme Court challenge against the Queensland government on the issue of land ownership. Their case stated; ’Since time immemorial
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ancestral spirits when they die. The Land Rights Movement formed due to the desire of the Aboriginal people to gain access to their traditional lands. The High Court’s Mabo decision in 1992 was the first recognition of the spiritual links that the Aboriginal people had with their land and allowed the Land Rights Movement to go forward. The Mabo decision was significant
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NATIVE TITLE: THE DECLARATION OF TERRA NULLIUS Introduction This essay will discuss the declaration of Terra Nullius and what it implied for white settlement of Australia. Furthermore it will explain the High Court’s decision in the Case of Eddie Mabo vs. The State of Queensland. It all began when Australia was conquered under the doctrine of Terra Nullius. Terra nullius can be interpreted as an absence of civilized society. This declaration only gave a mandate for white settlement of Australia
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Developing an interpretation There is no single correct reading of a text‚ nor is one reading more valid than another. Different interpretations arise from different responses to a text. An interpretation is more than an ‘opinion’ – it is the justification of your point of view using relevant examples or evidence from the text to support it and strengthen it. ‘The meaning happens as the text is read and reflected upon’ The world of the director‚ the world of the text and the world of the reader
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