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The Aboriginal Lands Trust was abolished by the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983. [20] The property was transferred to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and from there to Aboriginal Land Councils. [19] [21] In 1997 a system of Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) was introduced in Australia. The remaining Aboriginal Reserves in New South Wales ...
At the 2011 census, there were 16,075 people in the Inverell local government area, of these 49.1 per cent were male, and 50.9 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.5 per cent of the population which is approximately two-and-a-half times above both the national and state averages of 2.5 per cent.
He named his run 'Inverell', the word being of Gaelic origin, and signifies "meeting place of the swans"; from Inbhir, a confluence, and eala, a swan. [4] [3] In the initial years, the local Aboriginal people resisted this occupation by spearing MacIntyre's shepherds and taking his livestock. [5] [6]
Formerly part of Armidale Region, on 1 July 2019, responsibility for Tingha was transferred from Armidale Regional Council to Inverell Shire Council. [3] [4] The town is 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Inverell and 559 kilometres (347 mi) north-north-east of Sydney. Tingha is an Aboriginal word for "flat or level".
The first land councils were created in the Northern Territory under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976, with the states later creating their own legislation and system of land councils. Aboriginal land trusts (ALTs) were also set up under the Act, which hold the freehold title to the land granted under the Act. There are 151 Aboriginal land ...
A British university has given back four spears taken more than 250 years ago from an aboriginal community in Australia by explorer ... chair of the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council, in ...
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) is the peak representative body of Aboriginal Australians in New South Wales.It has the mandate, under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW), to develop land rights among Aboriginal people in New South Wales through its network of 120 Local Aboriginal Land Councils (LALCs).
In 1977, a non-statutory NSW Aboriginal Land Council was established as a specialist Aboriginal lobby on land rights representing more than 200 Aboriginal community representatives. [1] The Land Council advocated for change and influenced the New South Wales Government to establish a Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly upon Aborigines ...