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Record Nr.

UNINA9910275024103321

Autore

Palmer Kingsley <1946->

Titolo

Australian native title anthropology : strategic practice, the law and the state / / Kingsley Palmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Acton, Australia : , : Australian National University Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-76046-188-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : illustrations, map

Disciplina

346.940432

Soggetti

Native title (Australia) - Law and legislation

Aboriginal Australians

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Certainty and uncertainty: Native title anthropology; The society question; Customary rights to country; Exercise of native title rights; Aboriginal religion and native title; Native title research and oral testimony; Early texts and other sources; Native title disputes; Genealogies; Compensation; The art of the possible

Sommario/riassunto

The Australian Federal Native Title Act 1993 marked a revolution in the recognition of the rights of Australia’s Indigenous peoples. The legislation established a means whereby Indigenous Australians could make application to the Federal Court for the recognition of their rights to traditional country. The fiction that Australia was terra nullius (or ‘void country’), which had prevailed since European settlement, was overturned. The ensuing legal cases, mediated resolutions and agreements made within the terms of the Native Title Act quickly proved the importance of having sound, scholarly and well-researched anthropology conducted with claimants so that the fundamentals of the claims made could be properly established. In turn, this meant that those opposing the claims would also benefit from anthropological expertise.