... concern and anger over the treatment of Aboriginals. Discriminatory pieces of Legislation were repealed and a new Commonwealth Electoral Act was formed. The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 entitled "Aboriginal natives of Australia to enroll and vote as electors. This right had previously only been granted to Aboriginal people who owned property, had been educated or who had served in the Defence Force ... the pastoral company's funds together with a Federal Government subsidies for the worker's dependents. When the Gurindji demands were understood, they attracted strong support from the...

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... mean to the spirituality of Aboriginals? The phrase land rights did not appear until 1970's, but there has been many protests and demands by aborigines about what societies had taken away from them, and the demand for this to be recognised and rectified (Mudge 1997 52). When the overwhelming ... make laws for them (Mudge 1997 52). In the bicentenary of Captain Cook's landing at Kurnell, the site that was previously home to the old Aborigines Protection Board at La Perouse a ceremony of mourning that called for "Land Rights - Nationally - Now" was held. Prime Minister McMahon thought that...

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