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Contents
Introduction 4
The land rights movement 5
Movement or movements? 5
Two attitudes to land rights 7
Who owns Australia? The legal basis 11
An unoccupied country 11
A 'settled colony' 12
Criticism of the 'settled colony' theory 14
Aboriginal and European relations in Australia 15
White attitudes 15
The first stage of settlement 16
The history of oppression: references 19
A history of the land rights movement 19
Beginnings 19
The 'Bark petition' 20
The Gurintji walk-off at Wave Hill 21
Milirrpum v. Nabalco 23
The Aboriginal Land Rights Commission (1977) 24
Traditional owners 26
Traditional attitudes to land tenure 26
Anthropological views 26
Local descent groups 31
'Owners' and 'managers' 33
The interpretation of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 39
Land rights: the present situation 41
The States 41
Significance of the land rights movement 41
Opposition to land rights 43
Aboriginal land rights in other countries 43
Conclusion 44
Resource materials 49
Select bibliography 51

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Aboriginal Land Rights Movement. Contributors: Max Charlesworth - author. Publisher: Hodja Educational Resources. Place of Publication: Richmond, Vic.. Publication Year: 1984. Page Number: 3.
    
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