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A range of laws applying to or of specific relevance to Indigenous Australians.A number of laws have been passed since the European settlement of Australia, initially by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, then by the Governors or legislature of each of the Australian colonies and more recently by the Parliament of Australia and that of each of its States and Territories, these laws ...
The Aborigines Act 1915 [45] removed most Aboriginal people from the bounds of the board's regulation by removing their Aboriginal status for the purposes of the act. In 1916, the state's Chief Secretary (Premier) Alexander Peacock , asserted his authority as Chairman, and convened the board for the first time in two years.
The Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 (SA) established the South Australian Aboriginal Lands Trust (ALT). [226] This was the first major recognition of Aboriginal land rights by any Australian government. [227] It allowed for parcels of Aboriginal land previously held by the SA Government, to be handed to the Aboriginal Lands Trust of SA under ...
9 May – A general election is held in Tasmania, which implements compulsory voting clauses of the Electoral Act for the first time. The Nationalist Party led by John McPhee defeats the Australian Labor Party, and substantially increasing its majority. 15 August – The two ends of the Sydney Harbour Bridge are joined in the middle.
Aboriginal reserves were used from the nineteenth century to keep Aboriginal people separate from the white Australian population, often ostensibly for their protection. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Protectors of Aborigines had been appointed from as early as 1836 in South Australia (with Matthew Moorhouse as the first permanent appointment as Chief Protector ...
The Aborigines Act 1910 increased the rights of Aboriginal people in Victoria. [4] The board was abolished in 1957 by the Aborigines Act 1957. [5] The Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 gave recognition of Aboriginal people's right to land. Under this Act the deeds of land at the Lake Tyers Mission and Framlingham reserves were transferred to the ...
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 1989 (No. 149) Yes (as amended) Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Act 1964 1964 (No. 56) No Australian Institute of Anatomy Agreement Act 1931 1931 (No. 44) No Australian Institute of Health Act 1987 1987 (No. 41) Yes (as amended)
The New Deal for Aborigines (or Aboriginal New Deal) was a landmark Australian federal government policy statement on Indigenous Australians.The policy was announced in December 1938 by interior minister John McEwen and detailed in a white paper released in February 1939.