AustLit logo

AustLit

[Review] Our Land is Our Life : Land Rights — Past Present and Future single work   review  
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 [Review] Our Land is Our Life : Land Rights — Past Present and Future
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'All authored by Aboriginal people, the eighteen chapters in this in this book are mainly based on key papers presented at the August 1996 conference, held in Old Parliament House, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Aboriginal Land rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. Appropriately described as '...the most successful and far-reaching land rights legislation in Australia', the 1976 act has been the forerunner of further legislation and judicial decisions giving recognition to native title and other forms of property rights.' (Introduction)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Queensland Review vol. 4 no. 1 April 1997 Z1094607 1997 periodical issue 'Topicality has its drawbacks. In the last issue of the Journal of Australian Studies (UQP), the editor acknowledged that history - acting through the editor of the Courier-Mail - would seem to have overtaken an essay by one of the contributors about Helen Darville. In a somewhat similar way history, in the figure of Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Kev Lingard, has intervened on the situation so powerfully evoked by Ros Kidd in a paper delivered at our annual conference last December and published in the present issue of the Review. A week ago at the time of writing this editorial the Queensland Government acknowledged the justice of the Palm Island Aboriginal community'S compensation claim for many years of less than award wages, apologised to the claimants for the under-payments, and handed over some $50,000 in compensation cheques. Given the historical circumstances it was a fairly modest gesture, but it is to be hoped it will not be the last; and in the current post-Wik climate of opinion it was a welcome and - to many people - unexpected move.' (Editorial)  1997 pg. 89-90
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()
Last amended 31 Jul 2019 14:37:24
89-90 [Review] Our Land is Our Life : Land Rights — Past Present and Futuresmall AustLit logo Queensland Review
Review of:
Subjects:
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X