| ISBN |
070222958X |
| Author |
Yunupingu, Galarrway (author.) |
| Title |
Our land is our life : land rights - past, present and future / edited by Galarrwuy Yunupingu. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 1997. |
| Description |
xviii, 242 pages, <16> pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
UQP paperbacks |
| Note |
Donation (Springfield copy) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface / William Deane -- Preface / Gatjl Djerrkura -- Introduction / Galarrwuy Yunupingu --1. From the Bark Petition to Native Title / Galarrwuy Yunupingu --2. Taking Stock of Land Rights / Tracker Tilmouth --3. Something to Celebrate / Lois O'Donoghue --4. Talking History / Mick Rangiari --5. Land Rights and Social Justice / Mick Dodson --6. Land Rights at Work: Aboriginal People and Regional Economies / John Ah Kit --7. Rights of the First Dispossessed: The New South Wales Situation / Aden Ridgeway --8. Women and Land Rights: Past, Present and Future / Mary Yarmirr --9. Grandmothers' Law, Company Business and Succession in Changing Aboriginal Land Tenure Systems / Marcia Langton --10. Talking History / Jessie Roberts --11. Future Directions - It's About Rights / David Ross --12. Reconciliation in Crisis / Patrick Dodson --13. The Concept of Native Title at Common Law / Noel Pearson --14. Talking History / Wenten Rabuntja --15. Multilateral Agreements - A New Accountability in Aboriginal Affairs / Peter Yu --16. My Island Home - A Marine Protection Strategy for Manbuynga ga Rulyapa (Arafura Sea) / Terry Yumbulul and Keith Djiniyini --17. Talking History / Barbara Cummings --18. Barricading Our Last Frontier - Aboriginal Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights / Michael Mansell --App. 1. Statement from the 1963 Bark Petition --App. 2. Extracts from the 1971 Milirrpum Case --App. 3. Extracts from the 1974 Aboriginal Land Rights Commission Report --App. 4. Summary of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act, 1976 --App. 5. Text of The Barunga Statement --App. 6. Extracts, Mabo vs. Queensland --App. 7. Summary of the Native Title Act, 1993 --App. 8. Comparison, main points of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory) and the Native Title Act, 1993. |
| Summary |
Our land is our life: land rights - past, present and future. |
| Subjects |
Australia. -- High Court |
| Native title (Australia) |
| Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Australia |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Northern Territory |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Northern Territory |
| Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Northern Territory |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Yunupingu, Galarrwuy, 1948- (editor.) |
| Series |
UQP paperbacks |
| Call number |
2018.525 |
