Get out your workbooks and a pen.
Write the date: 26/02.
Write the title: Aboriginal Land Rights.
What are land rights? Who has them in Australia? Why?
Today we are going to look at land rights. We will define the term, look at
what they entail, and how government policy has shaped them in Australia.
DEFINE
We will define the term land rights.
IDENTIFY
We will identify what land rights are, and what they
control.
EXAMINE
We will examine how the Australian government has
shaped land rights since Federation.
LEARNING GOAL: Understand what land rights are and how the
Australian government has shaped & controlled them.
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Rights to land and the
natural resources within.
What natural resources do you
think are included here?
What natural resources would
Aboriginal people care about?
What natural resources would
the (contemporary) Australian
government care about?
How might this cause conflict
today?
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Convicts given land grants
under Terra Nullius.
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Colony spread often
outpaced land grants.
What do you think this fast
expansion of the colony may
have caused?
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Conflict with Aboriginal
people was common.
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Colonial government often
declared martial law (use
whatever force necessary).
Do you think Aboriginal land
rights were acknowledged
during this historical
period? Why or why not?
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‘Protection’ policies established by various
state governments.
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NSW appointed a ‘protector’ of ‘Aborigines’ in
1881, and a board in 1883.
VIC created a ‘protection’ act in 1869.
What do you think protection looked like for
Aboriginal people at this time?
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Reserves were areas set aside for Aboriginal
people.
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No govt. control.
Little oversight.
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Stations were established & run by the
protection boards.
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Missions were established by churches &
missionaries.
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No govt. control either.
What do you think was the purpose of these
separate areas for Aboriginal people?
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EXT:
What did these early
protection policies lead
to?
How could they be
related to land rights?
What was the impact of the
Aborigines Protection Boards
and Acts on First Nations
People?
Why did the government
create the reserves and
stations for Aboriginal
people? How did this reflect
their ultimate goal for
Aboriginal Australians?