... determination, they do not provide the Aboriginal people the opportunity of self government (Lovatt 1993 139). Land rights are about land but for all indigenous people, and especially Australian Aborigines, it is more than this. It is everything that goes with the land (Mudge 1997 53) The High Court's decision in the Mabo case on 3 June ... 1992 rewrote the Australian common law and gave a massive boost to the struggle for the recognition of Aboriginal land rights. It handed down a decision that dismissed the European myth of "terra nullius ... pastoral leaseholder. The land rights move...

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... , lakes and mountains. The Aboriginals lived in large close-knit families. Everybody had his or her own responsibilities. Elders passed down knowledge about their culture, beliefs, and sacred sites to the younger generation through talking, song, dance, art, and storytelling. There were no horses or carriages, large farms ... just over 386 000 at the last census in 1996 including Torres Strait Islanders. Where they used to cover most of the Australian land they now mainly live in New South Wales and Queensland. While Aboriginals have now been given more rights such as land rights, ... h...

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... families and communities at a time. This dramatically affected the health and well being of the aboriginal people in a negative way. The introduction and eventual forced conformity to the British culture and its ideologies is the second way in which colonialism has impacted on the health and well being of Aboriginals in Australia. Through methods such as government policies and the ... removal of aboriginals from ancestral land the radically different British culture was thrust upon indigenous Australians. The forced removal of aboriginals from their families (known as the stolen genera...

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... reference to judicial attitudes towards Indian treaties. Introduction United States law has used the doctrine of "discovery" to justify the takeover of Indian people and territory. In the same way Australian law has used the concept of "terra nullius," the legal myth that Australia had no previous owners. Today it is easy to see that both doctrines are racist. Both are ... of aboriginal rights the decision should follow Sparrow and the hunting rights be upheld. Jack was something of a mistake and demonstrated the limited familiarity of the Court with traditional Indian culture. Horseman...

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