It ruled that indigenous ownership of the land had survived where it hadn't been extinguished by a valid act of government and where aboriginal people had maintained traditional law and links to the land. ... In December 1993 the Native Title Act was passed which put into law what the Mabo decision stated and made Native Title possible. Although the Mabo decision was quite important in regard to land ownership it did leave two issues unresolved which included native title rights on pastoral leases and native title rights to the seas. ... It extinguished native title on pastoral leases...

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They believed them to be unable to act for themselves, so there therefore needed this kind of care. In 1993 the Native Title Act was created to make a legal process in which Aboriginal communities could attempt to claim title to their traditional lands. The act requires that those who attempt to make claims on the land must demonstrate a connection to the land. ...

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The Europeans living in these urban areas also alienated these Aboriginals, as they looked different, and acted differently to the Europeans. ... Since the Racial Discrimination Act (1975) was set up, understanding and acceptance is on the rise, with organisations such as ATSIC beginning to be more commonly known. ... Government housing has been allocated to some communities, and there is currently debate into the usage of sacred land, and more consideration is being given to native titles, since the Mabo and Wik cases, regarding the Native Title Act (1993), an act put together by the governme...

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The Mabo decision triggered the creation of the Native Title Bill. ... For Aboriginals wanting to claim land under the act, have to prove that they have been living on the land continuously since 1788. ...

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The title metaphorically refers to a time outside the present, but part of the persona's "circle". ... Her own strong relationship to this past is evident in the first person possessive pronoun of the title and the metaphor "part of my blood's country" but this also imitates an Aboriginal phrasing about the connection to land, suggesting an indigenous presence which is absent from the rest of the poem. ... The juxtaposition suggested in the title of the "flame tree" in the "quarry" sets up the negative impact of time on nature, as the beaut...

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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." ... If the native title survived, why didn't other property laws? ... Acts that currently exist include the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act (Cth) which allows indigenous claims to the Crown land to be made on the basis of traditional concepts of ownership. Also, the Aboriginal Communities Act (WA) 1979, allow ab...

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Recent legal and political decisions in this country (High Court Mabo Decision 1992 & subsequent Native Title Act 1993) show that Australia as a nation is at least beginning to formally recognise the importance of what the land means to Aboriginals. ...

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