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Legislation Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986 (Cth) (1986 - )
Aboriginal Reserve, Wreck Bay, 1959, courtesy of National Archives of Australia.
Details
- From
- 1986
- Website
- http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/algbta1986422/
Summary
The Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986 (Cth) (the Act) is, according to the long title, 'an Act to grant land in the Jervis Bay Territory to the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community, and for other purposes'. The Act provides for grants of land in the Jervis Bay Territory of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), and is the only legislation in the ACT to implement Aboriginal land rights.
Related Entries
Publications
Books
- Egloff, Brian J. in association with members of the Wreck Bay Community, Wreck Bay, an Aboriginal Fishing Community, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, ACT, 1981. Also available at http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6029376. Details
Online Resources
- Brown, Coleen, Stories of Wreck Bay, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, vol. v. 12 no.3, 1991, 127-132 pp, http://www.anzjft.com/pages/articles/754.pdf. Details
- Agreement treaties and Negotiated Settlements Project (ATNS); Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986 (Cth), Indigenous Studies Program, The University of Melbourne, 2011, http://www.atns.net.au/agreement.asp?EntityID=3495. Details
Gallery
- Title
- Aboriginal Reserve, Wreck Bay
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1959
- Control
- 161441774
- Source
- National Archives of Australia
Sources used to compile this entry: Agreement treaties and Negotiated Settlements Project (ATNS); Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986 (Cth), Indigenous Studies Program, The University of Melbourne, 2011, http://www.atns.net.au/agreement.asp?EntityID=3495.
Prepared by: Lydia Connell
Created: 29 March 2012, Last modified: 30 August 2012
Last updated: 13 December 2012
Cite this: http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/act/biogs/AE00093b.htm
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