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are forced to leave another group's country and choose to
return to their own lands as their spiritual home--this being
the place where they can exercise their rights as 'owners'.

In summary then, there are two very different attitudes to land
rights: the first based on traditional Aboriginal concepts of
land use and ownership, and the second based on quasi-
European ideas of land tenure. And any 'land rights
movement' will differ in intent and direction, according to
whether one or the other attitude is given primary emphasis.

One image of the Australian Aborigine
picture of Australian Aborigine


Who owns Australia? The legal basis

An unoccupied country

When the first English settlers arrived in Australia, English
law (including English property law) was introduced. This
applied to whites and Aborigines alike. The various Aboriginal

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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: 11.
    
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