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First report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly upon Aborigines : Part 1 - report and minutes of proceedings - Aboriginal land rights and sacred and significant sites

New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee upon Aborigines1980
Books, Manuscripts
Imprint:
Sydney Govt. Printer August 1980
Collation:
204 pages
Contents:
Section 1-Introduction -- Section 2-Historical Background; Aboriginal life before the white occupation; First impressions; Anthropological evidence; European denial of relationship to land; Aboriginal resistance-Sydney region; Resistance beyond the Great Dividing Range; Resistance subdued; Survivors and the creation of reserves; Revocations begin; Aborigines in contemporary New South Wales; Housing and assimilation; The Aboriginal situation in Sydney; Conclusion; Map-Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales -- Section 3-Land Rights-Justification; The attitude of political parties, organisations, and individuals; Additional material considered by Committee; The evidence of Aboriginal witnesses; Conclusion -- Section 4-Bases of Aboriginal Land Rights claims; Situations in which Aboriginal people live; Urban situation, Reserve situation, Fringe situation; Compensation; Recommendation -- Section 5-Processing of Land Claims-the Organisations and Method -- Conciliation and arbitration method; Proposed model for processing claims; Aboriginal Community Councils; Aboriginal Regional Land Councils; Aboriginal Land and Compensation Tribunal; Aboriginal Land and Development Commission; Conclusion; Recommendations -- Section 6-Types of Interests in Land; Reserves and communal land purchased or otherwise acquired; Urban and fringe dwellers; Other interest; Rights of access to areas of sacred and significant sites, Hunting and fishing rights, Mineral rights; Recommendations -- Section 7-Aboriginal Land Holding Bodies; Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act (Commonwealth); Companies Act (N.S.W); Co-operation Act (N.S.W); Alternatives to be considered; Recommendations -- Section 8-Funding of Aboriginal Land Rights; Royalties from non-Aboriginal land; Recommendations -- Section 9-Local Government Land Use and Planning; Considerations; Recommendations -- Section 10-Land Rights and Land Use; Recommendaton -- Section 11-Role of the Aboriginal Land Trust of New South Wales -- Section 12-Treaty of Commitment -- Section 13-Importance of Sacred and Significant Sites; Recommendation -- Section 14-Protection and Recording of Sacred and Significant Sites; Protection of sites; Recording of sites; Aboriginal Heritage Commission; ""Freezes"" on land; Recommendations -- Section 15-Title to Sites; Recommendations -- Section 16-Parliamentary Standing Committee upon Aborigines; Recommendation -- Section 17-Aboriginal Consideration of Committee Recommendations; Recommendation -- Appendix 1- Statistics of the Aboriginal Population in New South Wales -- Appendix 2-Current Aboriginal Land
Dewey class:
333.2994 FIR
Local class:
333.2994
Language:
English
BRN:
27243
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
ResearchHistory Support Collection333.2994 FIRAvailable
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