The Gunditjmara land justice story / Jessica K Weir
- Bib ID:
- 4585094
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Weir, Jessica K
- Description:
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- Acton, A.C.T. : Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2009
- 40 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 DVD-video (sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
- ISBN:
- 9780855754396
- Series:
- Native title research monograph ; 2009, no. 1.
- Summary:
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Tells the story of the Gunditjmara's fight for their land from the early 1800s to the consent determination for their country, celebrated in March 2007; contact history of the area including the Eumerella Wars; setting up of Lake Condah Mission; discusses the legal significance of the court case undertaken by Sandra Onus and Christine Frankland against Alcoa, which resulted in the mission land being handed back to the Gunditjmara; how native title for the area was negotiated; establishment of the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Corporation; Tyrendarra Indigenous Protected Area; Lake Condah Sustainable Development Project and the work towards the re-flooding of Lake Condah.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 40)
- Digital content preserved
- Subject:
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- Native title (Australia) -- Victoria
- Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Victoria
- Gunditjmara (Australian people)
- Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- History
- Land rights - Land acquisition
- Gunditjmara / Gurndidy / Dhaurwurd-Wurrung people (S20) (Vic SJ54-11)
- Environment - Conservation
- Land rights
- Native title - Determinations - Victoria
- Indigenous knowledge - Ecology
- Animals - Fish - Eels
- Environment - Lakes and rivers
- Budj Bim / Mount Eccles (SW Vic SJ54-07)
- Tae Rak / Lake Condah (W Vic SJ54-11)
- Deen Maar / Lady Julia Percy Island (W Vic SJ54-11)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Native Title Research Unit
- Available From:
- Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, GPO Box 553, Acton ACT 2601
- Copyright:
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- Until 2059 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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