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Our land, our life : Aboriginal land rights in Australia's Northern Territory
Bib ID 1089157
Format BookBook
Description Alice Springs : Central Land Council ; Winnellie, N.T. : Northern Land Council, c1991 
32 p. : ill., maps (1 col.) ; 30 cm. 
ISBN 0642158916 (CLC) (paperback)
0959637729 (NLC) (paperback)
Summary

History of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory ) Act 1976; content of the Act; role and operation of the Northern Territory Land Councils; land claim procedures; procedures for dealing with proposals to use Aboriginal land; land gained and its use; sacred sites protection; people unable to claim land under the Act; law governing access to Aboriginal land; opposition to land rights in the Northern Territory; the Barunga statement, 1988.

Notes

Bibliography: p. 32.

Subjects Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Northern Territory.  |  Land tenure -- Northern Territory.  |  Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Northern Territory.  |  Law - Land - Commonwealth.  |  Law - Constitutional law - Treaty movement.  |  Councils - Land Councils.  |  Barundji people (NSW SH55-05)  |  Politics and Government - Political action - Land rights.  |  Sites - Sacred sites.  |  Sites - Conservation and protection.  |  Law - Land - State and Territory - Northern Territory.  |  Land rights - Claims, disputes, hearings.  |  Barunga / Bamyili (NT Top End Upper Roper SD53-09)
Other authors/contributors Central Land Council (Australia)  |  Northern Land Council (Australia)

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