Reconciliation and Social Justice Library

COUNCIL FOR ABORIGINAL RECONCILIATION

UNDERSTANDING COUNTRY

• UNDERSTANDING COUNTRY
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
    • DIFFERENT PEOPLES
    • WHAT IS 'COUNTRY'?
  • IN THE BEGINNING ...
    • SACRED SITES AND DREAMING TRACKS
    • OWNING AND CARING FOR COUNTRY
  • CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' LAND AND SEA MANAGEMENT
    • NATIONAL PARKS
    • MARINE PARKS
    • FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
    • CULTURAL SITES
    • COMMUNITY RANGERS
    • COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
    • OTHER LAND MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
    • ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES' MARINE MANAGEMENT
    • ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES' USE OF LAND AND SEA RESOURCES
  • CURRENT RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' LAND AND SEA INTERESTS
    • HUNTING, GATHERING AND FISHING RIGHTS
    • PROTECTION OF CULTURAL SITES
    • LAND RIGHTS
    • SEA RIGHTS
  • NATIVE TITLE ON LAND AND SEA
    • THE HIGH COURT NATIVE TITLE DECISION
    • THE IMPLICATIONS OF NATIVE TITLE
    • NATIVE TITLE IN THE SEA
  • FUTURE RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' LAND AND SEA INTERESTS
  • TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES' LAND AND SEA INTERESTS
    • RELATIONS WITH PAPUA NEW GUINEA
    • TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS ON MAINLAND AUSTRALIA
    • COMMERCIAL UTILISATION OF TORRES STRAIT RESOURCES
    • FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF TORTES STRAIT LAND AND SEA
  • INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
  • PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM THE COUNCIL FOR ABORIGINAL RECONCILIATION OR COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT BOOKSHOPS
    • VIDEOS
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