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In proclaiming the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003, Queensland Parliament intended to provide "blanket" statutory protection to ALL of Queensland's Aboriginal cultural heritage, irrespective of whether or not that heritage is known toland users. [3]
The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 (Qld), was an Act of the Parliament of Queensland.It was the first instrument of separate legal control over Aboriginal peoples, and was more restrictive than any contemporary legislation operating in other states.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) Queensland Heritage Commission of Inquiry (Children in State Care and Children on APY Lands) Act 2004: South Australia Investigatory/ Child protection [19] Aboriginal Land Council Elections Act 2004: Tasmania Elections Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006: Victoria Heritage [20]
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Communities Self-Management) Act 1978 was repealed by the Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Act 2018.
The Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 aims to protect and preserve South Australia's Aboriginal heritage. [21] While the Act maintains the Aboriginal Heritage Register for the previous legislation it also provides blanket protection for all Aboriginal heritage, whether on the register or not. It also establishes an Aboriginal Heritage Committee of ...
In Queensland, the Aboriginal Land Act 1991 and the Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991 provide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander freehold respectively. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander freehold land occupies 5%, or 59,489 square kilometres (22,969 sq mi) of northern Queensland.
Queensland and Western Australia effectively removed voting rights for Indigenous Australians in the late-19th century. Following Australian Federation in 1901, the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 denied Aboriginal people the right to vote at the federal level unless they were enrolled to vote in a state as at 1 January 1901. State electoral ...
Before the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897, various religious organisations had established a number of mission stations, and the Colony of Queensland government had gazetted small areas as reserves for Aboriginal people to use. Once the Act was passed, all Aboriginal reserves became subject to the Act.