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WorldLII >> Categories >> Countries >> Australia >> By Subject >> Aboriginals & Torres Strait Islanders >> Legislation >> New South Wales

• Aboriginal Housing Act 1998 (NSW)
  Constitutes the Aboriginal Housing Office (AHO) (on AustLII)
• Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW)
  Freehold granted over existing reservesgranted to local Aboriginal Land Councils. Also allows for claims over some crown lands (on AustLII)
• Anti-Discrimination (Racial Vilification) Act 1989 (NSW)
  Makes racially vilifying acts or words illegal (on AustLII)
• Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)
  Deals with racial discrimination in work, education, access to public places provision of goods and services and accommodation (on AustLII)
• Children (Care and Protection) Act 1987 (NSW)
  Sets out Aboriginal child placement principle - Aboriginal children are not to be placed with non-Aboriginal families (on AustLII)
• Intoxicated Persons Act 1979 (NSW)
  Decriminalised public drunkenness, was repealed and replaced by Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) s 206(on AustLII)
• National Park Estate (Reservations) Act 2002 (NSW)
  Included transfer of land to Aboriginal ownership (on AustLII)
• National Parks and Wildlife Amendment (Aboriginal Ownership) Act 1996 (NSW)
  Provided for Aboriginal ownership of land used for national parks, negotiation of lease-back arrangements with State in return for rent, and joint management plans with Aboriginal owners and State agencies (on AustLII)
• Native Title (New South Wales) Act 1994 (NSW)
  Land subject to native title claims cannot be subject to claim under Aboriginal land rights act. Also allows claims to be defeated by ministerial certificate (on AustLII)
• Summary Offences Act 1988 (NSW)
  (on AustLII)