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As Europeans spread across South Australia, a number of Christian missionaries set up mission stations to reach out to Aboriginal people. Many of these became Aboriginal towns and settlements in later years. Ernabella was established as a Presbyterian mission station for Aboriginal people in 1937, driven by medical doctor and Aboriginal rights ...
This list of Indigenous Australian politicians includes Indigenous Australians who have been members of Australian legislatures—federal, state or territory. It does not include those elected to local councils (including mayors), Governors/Governors-General, leaders of political parties (outside of parliament), Indigenous Australians actively involved in political institutions and those who ...
By 1962–65 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were granted universal suffrage. Specifically, the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 gave all Aboriginal people the option of enrolling to vote in federal elections, [1] whereas the previous Commonwealth Electoral Act 1949 gave Aboriginal people the right to vote in federal elections only if they were able to vote in their state elections.
The first State in Australia to give constitutional recognition to Aboriginal people was Victoria, which introduced it in 2004, Queensland (2010) without bipartisan support, [39] New South Wales (2010) with labor/liberal bipartisan support, [40] [41] South Australia (2013) with labor/liberal bipartisan support, [42] [43] Western Australia (2015 ...
Today, Indigenous sovereignty generally relates to "inherent rights deriving from spiritual and historical connections to land". [1] Indigenous studies academic Aileen Moreton-Robinson has written that the first owners of the land were ancestral beings of Aboriginal peoples, and "since spiritual belief is completely integrated into human daily activity, the powers that guide and direct the ...
In the 2016 Census, Australia's Indigenous and non-Indigenous population were broadly similar with 54% (vs 55%) reporting a Christian affiliation, while less than 2% reported traditional beliefs as their religion, and 36% reported no religion. The proportion of Indigenous people who reported no religion has increased gradually since 2001 ...
Indigenist political parties in South America (1 C, 21 P) T. ... Indigenous People's Democratic Party; Ittifaq Party; K. Khoisan Aboriginal and Others Movement; M.
In South Australia, most Indigenous people did not meet the requirement that all voters reside at a particular address for a specified period. [16] Some Aboriginal people are known to have voted. For example, there was a polling station at Point McLeay, a mission station near the mouth of the Murray River in South Australia. [17]