1. Aborigines
Aboriginal Australia When Australia was first settled in 1788 the international law of terra nullius was applied. ... At the time of settlement it was noted by Sir Joseph Banks that the land was indeed terra nullius as there was no way to communicate or negotiate with the small population of natives. Over the past century and indeed the last decade Australia's history is being rewritten with the rejection of the doctrine of terra nullius through the High Court. ... Even with the rejection of terra nullius, Australia was still settled as a colony by a State under international law....
"Describe and explain the changes that have occurred to the rights and freedoms of aboriginal people between 1900 and today" Between the 1900 and today, there have been many significant changes to the rights and freedoms of Aboriginal people. Some of the main issues being the stolen genera...
In 1788, Captain Cook claimed the newfound land of Australia, and declared it "Terra Nullius"." ... In 1993, the Native Title Act was established that recognised that Australia was not "Terra Nullis " at the time of European settlement. ...
Eddie Mabo was a fighter for the land rights of Aboriginals. During the 70's, the Queensland Government denied the Meriam Islanders the use of their land. Eddies Mabo led his people into court challenging the Queensland Government in 1982. He stated that his people had inhabited the Island long befo...
In the legal theory of the formative years, the land known as Terra Australis or Terra Incognito was regarded as 'terra nullius' - a territory belonging to no one. ... Before 1992 the courts generally accepted that the classification of the colony as 'settled' was a matter of law which was not to be questioned upon a reconsideration of the historical facts, although these facts have been found to be at variance with the legal doctrine that Australia was 'terra nullius'. ... In its 1992 decision in Mabo v QLD (No 2), the High Court rejected the doctrine that Austra...
When the British arrived in Australia, they declared the land Terra Nullius. ... Even though the notion of Terra Nullius was upheld and native title rights were at this point denied, Judge Blackburn did acknowledge the claimants [the aboriginal people] ritual and economic use of the land and recognized that they had an adequate system of law." ...
We live in a country that is not rightfully ours, a country that generations before us have stolen, a land that belongs to others, a land that belongs to the Indigenous people of Australia. The Aboriginals have occupied Australia for thousands of years and the land is an integral part of their life,...
The land had been claimed by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770 and was known as "terra nullius"meaning empty land. ... In 1992 the High Court of Australia recognised that Australia was not "terra nulius" at the time of colonisation, this was know as the "Mabo Decision" A formal reconciliation has been in place which over the past decade has tried to bring indigenous and non-indigenous people together as one. ...
In the late eighteen hundreds, Japan surveyed the islands as "terra nullius," which translates in Latin as "belonging to no one" ("Narrative," 2012). ... In opposition, China insists the Japanese annexation was unlawful, because the islands should not have been classified as terra nullius. ... Furthermore, China declares that Japan's 1985 terra nullius claim to the Senkaku islands was conveniently during China's "century of humiliation," a time when China did not possess the power to object (McDevitt, 2014). ...
Before embarking on the analysis of Keating's speech and Rudd's speeches, there is significant historical context and facts that influenced the Redfern speech and the national apology. 1967; Australians voted overwhelmingly to amend the constitution to include Aboriginal people in the census and allow the Commonwealth to create laws for them. 1975; the Racial Discrimination Act is implemented making racial discrimination unlawful in Australia. 1991; Aboriginal Reconciliation Act put in place, promoting a process of reconciliation between Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and the...
Does Australia Need a Bill Of Rights? The Australian Constitution does not include a specific section detailing the rights of the individual, although it has existed for over a century through many times when rights have been disregarded. Countries such as France and the United States of Americ...
The Europeans began to settle Australia on the 26th of January as a convict colony in 1788. At this time, Aboriginals had already inhabited the land for 50,000 or more years. In 1788, there were an estimated 300,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in Australia (www.schoolnet.ca/aborigi...
Australia's First Settlement Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet landed at Port Jackson in the new colony of New South Wales on 26 January 1788. They were the first people to colonise Australia. Until the American War of Independence, Britain had sent all of its convicts to America. When Am...
Social movements are brought on by various forms of civil disobedience which Thoreau (cited in Goodman, 2002) describes as a "responsibility, not a right in the face of injustice". Thoreau, publisher of Civil Disobedience 1849, was one of the first advocates for civil disobedience, not just in wri...
Introduction The British colonists declared that before their arrival to Australia, the entire continent was terra nullius (uninhabited by humans). ... The exclusion of indigenous Australians from the governance of themselves and the nation did not end with the Constitution and terra nullius. ...
In recent decades the High Court has been the center of much political controversy, particularly in regards to the impact of a number of its landmark decisions. Assess the reasons for this on-going debate about the role and decisions of the High Court. The High Court of Australia sits at the a...
Eliza Berry: "And brilliant record show Whose names but said, our children stand And noble deeds recall! Farewell! Ye heroes of our land, Ye brave explorers, all!" Each and every Australian should be so proud of our wonderful, brave and heroic explorers of the Eighteenth and N...
Crime, criminality and colonialism are all intricately tied together in the Australian Indigenous context. To understand the nature of crime and criminality as it exists today one must understand the context of the history of colonialism and how it relates to both past and present crime. The underly...
Although many people deny that certain acts of genocide happen in different places of the world, there are facts enough to prove that it did happen, and it was a major part of some countries histories. Besides the killing of Jewish people in World War II Germany, two other chief acts of genocid...
THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA AND THE `LEGAL AND POLITICAL STRUGGLE' OVER INDIGENOUS RIGHTS[*] ABSTRACT/RESUME Many Indian leaders have recognized that the Supreme Court of Canada has changed direction very significantly on issues of treaty and aboriginal rights. As a result, Indian ...