Palm Island Case Study

Eddie Mabo’s ancestors lived for centuries on a group of three islands in the Torres Strait, near Cape York. The islands, known as the Murray Islands, were annexed by the Queensland Government in 1879 which meant they became a part of Australia

In the 1980’s the state and government drew back from pursuing more legislations or granting land rights from the indigenous land rights because of the shortage of popular support in different places of the country. The indigenous fear of losing from votes and it began to take over from the state and progress of the indigenous rights, but all of this changed in 1992 from a case called the Mabo case that took place with a High Court. This case was named after Eddie Mabo, who was an indigenous from the Murray Island in the Torres Strait. He was the head of a group of his fellow indigenous Torres Strait people called the Meriam people and lead them into the Supreme Court to challenge the Queensland government for their land rights and ownership,

Communities of tribes and people occupying the Australian Land before the British Colonization in the early 1800’s. Dark skin appearance and lived among tribes and communities all over Australia. Traditional land owners.

Before Whitlam came into power Indigenous Australians had tough lifestyle. In 1966, 200 Gurindji stockmen and their families walked off Wave Hill for a strike against Vestey’s, which was a British pastoral company that ran the cattle station, they employed the local Aboriginal people. It was to protest against their poor working and living conditions they suffered from. Aboriginal workers would be paid less to non-Aboriginal employees (Naagovau, 2015). This then lead to an attempt to introduce equal wages for the Aboriginal employees in 1965, but in March 1966 the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission decided to delay it further until 1978. The Wave Hill walk off had started the first Aboriginal land claims (Naagovau, 2015). December 1968, people of a well known Indigenous community called Yirrkala became the first Aboriginal people to bring a claim for their recognition to their land title to the Northern Territory Supreme Court, this was known as the Gove Case (QLDeduau, 2015). This action was reviewed and put on trial in May 1969. In the 1967 Commonwealth Referendum there was more than 90% of the voters to assist the Commonwealth to allow all Aboriginal people to be counted in the poll. All states except Queensland had abandoned the policies and laws that

One of the possible origins traced back to an African American man named Benjamin Darling. In 1794, he bought Horse Island which is now known as Harbor Island, located near Malaga Island. All of Darling’s descendants and families started to live on the island, but Fatima Darling Griffin and Henry Griffin were the first ones to live on Malaga Island.

In 1976 the Fraser government passed the Aboriginal Land Rights Act. Several state governments passed their own Land Rights Acts, which recognised aboriginal and Torres Strait islander claims to land and guaranteed them royalty payments from mining companies working there. Some laws enforced by the government became challenging for most indigenous people to abide by. Through the analysis of this information we understand the impacts the government and its laws had towards the indigenous society of

In 1967, after ten years of campaigning, a referendum was held to change the Australian Constitution. Two negative references to Aboriginal Australians were removed, giving the Commonwealth the power to legislate for them as a group. This change was seen by many as a recognition of Aboriginal people as full Australian citizens.

On June 3rd 1992 The Mabo decision changed lives of Aboriginals all around Australia. It was the first time that Aboriginals where acknowledged as the traditional owners of the land, and their customs and traditions recognised. It also made improvement between the relationship of Aboriginals and Non-aboriginal people. The Mabo decision also led to the declaration of the Native Title Act in 1993. The Native Title Act is the recognition of Aboriginal’s having rights and interests in certain land because of their tradition laws and customs.

-addresses a number of issues impacting ATSI communities, including the establishment of Community Justice Groups, establishment of Community Police Officers, entry to trust areas, the regulation of alcohol possession and consumption in community areas, and the establishment of the Island Industries Board.

One of the most beautiful stretch of beaches on the East coast of Florida; Hutchinson Island is an island off the coast of the Treasure Coast. It is home to 48.1 square miles and also beautiful, tropical weather year round. It has many other interesting festivities such as the Elliot Museum, Sailfish Point, and many royal golf courses. The bold actions of James Hutchinson were a major influence to the growth of the island and it might not be the same without him!

The Aborigines Protection Act 1909 (NSW) was a law that changed Indigenous Australian lives forever. The act enabled the New South Wales Board for the Protection of Aborigines to essentially control the lives of Aboriginal people. It was the Aborigines Protection Act 1909 (NSW) that had major provisions that resulted in the containment and suffering that Aboriginal people endured. This suffering included the practice of forcible removing Indigenous children from their families. These major provisions help us understand what the Aborigines Protection Act 1909 (NSW) involved and the impact it has had on the daily lives and cultures of Indigenous Australian peoples today.

Self-determination is one of the most recent trends for aboriginals In 1973, Australians agreed that they would transfer policy making and coordinating functions to the commonwealth and aboriginal affairs. This can led to the development of many government agencies for aboriginal self-determination including the Aboriginal Development Commission and the council for aboriginal

Arguably one of the most notable cases conducted in the Australian High Court, Mabo and others v Queensland (No2) (1992), or shortened to Mabo 2, holds prominent significance in Indigenous Australian history as being the first legal recognition of land rights for Indigenous Peoples under the common law system. Despite the court ruling in favour of Mabo, and additional legislation protecting First Peoples native title claims, little buffer presently exists to prevent land claims from being extinguished. The recent McGlade v Native Title Registrar (2017) decision stands to counter Indigenous Peoples’ rights, as well as amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 Cth to impeach on Indigenous communities’ livelihoods by the restriction of their entitlement

Attempts have been made by the Australian government to protect Aboriginal culture, beginning in the late 1920s with the creation of special reserves. Aborigines are now officially recognised as Australian citizens, and

of the Act as the rights and interests of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders observed under