religion & belief systems

Question 1

DISPOSSESSION

Answer 1

systematic process of Indigenous peoples removal from their land and kinship groups

Question 2

PROTECTIONISM

Answer 2

Facilitated the taking of large parcel of land for pastoral purposes

Question 3

ASSIMILATION

Answer 3

Facilitated the systematic removal of children, Abs not of ‘full blood’ should be absorbed into the wider population (officially abandoned in 1972)

Question 4

3 land rights acts

Answer 4

Mabo Decision (1992) 
Native Title Act (1993) 
Wik Decision (1996)

Question 5

Mabo Decision (1992)

Answer 5

Created a legal precedent (history) to claim Native Title
Abolished terra nullius (the legal declaration that Aus was empty of civilisation) resulting in the recognition of the First Peoples

Question 6

native title act 1933

Answer 6

Increased access to LAND - First LAW recognising Indigenous have rights and interests to land
Native title can co-exist with non-Indigenous property rights such as pastoral stations