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The historical framework used in understanding the ongoing colonisation of Australia directly implicates our knowledge of the present and hopes for the future. The history of Australia, post 1788 invasion, is fraught with contestation, selective forgetting and the appropriation of other people’s collective memory (Todorov, 2001). However, history is not fixed and as MacIntyre and Read More …
The Treaty involved in part the establishment by the two countries of an agreed position on their sovereignty over certain islands. This agree- ment entailed a close examination of the historical factors which indi- cated whether sovereignty over certain islands belonged to Australia or Papua-New Guinea. The agreement also involved the establishment of maritime boundaries Read More …
Does an indigenous right exist for self determination and therefore a right to choose or not to choose Vaccination? Does this Equal and inalienable Right exist for all within Queensland? HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2019 – SECT Preamble— Preamble— In enacting this Act, the Parliament of Queensland recognises— 1 The Read More …
Incarceration Nation tells the story of Indigenous incarceration in Australia from invasion to today. Told by First Nations voices, this powerful documentary goes beyond the headlines and statistics to the real people and families who are harmed by our justice system. Tune in this at 8:30 pm on NITV (Ch 34) Documentary Australia Foundation is proud Read More …
Oct 28, 2020 Dear FOI Officer, I make this request on behalf of the Original Sovereign Tribal Federation, to which I am authorised to do. Please make the FOI response in the name of the Original Sovereign Tribal Federation. (Please do not provide this email address within the reply). Please find the request below. Read More …
This legislation arose from requests for the lease of islands off the Queensland coast. Before this Act, Queensland had control of all islands within three miles of the coast and New South Wales controlled those beyond this limit. Queensland established a northern government centre at Somerset on Cape York during 1864 (relocated to Thursday Island Read More …
Australian Treaty Series 1985 No 4 DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CANBERRA Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning Sovereignty and Maritime Boundaries in the area between the two Countries, including the area known as Torres Strait, and Related Matters (Sydney, 18 December 1978) Entry into force: Read More …
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The General Assembly Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the Read More …
An enquiry was pursued with the Agency for National Indigenous Australians seeking the most recent financial statement of the Aboriginals Benefit Account established under the Australian Land Rights Act 1976 for the benefit of the Aboriginal people. Below is the response and supplied information. The Larrakia people thank the Agency for their co-operation in supplying Read More …
