Aboriginal legal status and laws
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Aboriginal Australians legal status and laws
Report
Towards an Indigenous order of Australian government: Rethinking self-determination as Indigenous affairs policy
The ultimate strength of Indigenous peoples' political claims lies in their being seen as quite different from those other interest groups. Following the example of Canada, Will Sanders looks at the idea of Indigenous peoples' organisations and their processes of representation as constituting an Indigenous order of Australian government. It is argued that this is...
Report
Our Culture: Our Future
This report contains findings and recommendations presented to the Board of Commissioners of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission and discusses the nature of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property and the aspects of it that Indigenous people feel should be protected.
Journal article
Speech by the Honourable Prime Minister, Paul Keating MP at the Australian launch of the United Nations International Year for the World's Indigenous People, on International Human Rights Day: Redfern, New South Wales, 10 December 1992
The Redfern Park Speech was made on 10 December 1992 by Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating at Redfern Park in Redfern, New South Wales.
Report
Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Aboriginal Tribes (British settlements)
In 1837 a British Parliamentary Select Committee published a report on the situation of Aboriginal peoples across its colonies around the world including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Pacific Island Countries, South America and Africa. A second version of this report was subsequently produced in the same year with additional comments by the Aborigines Protection Society...