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Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 (Tas)

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State/Country:Tasmania, Australia
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/consol_act/ala1995144/index.html#s27
Summary Information:
The Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 (Tas) (the Act) is an 'Act to promote reconciliation with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community by granting to Aboriginal people certain parcels of land of historic or cultural significance' (long title). The Act came into operation on 14 November 1995. The Act acknowledges the dispossession of the Indigenous people of Tasmania and provides for the establishment of an elected Aboriginal Land Council to hold and manage lands of cultural and historical significance. The Act sets out the functions and powers of the Council (see Division 3, section 18). The Council is:

'(a) to use and sustainably manage Aboriginal land and its natural resources for the benefit of all Aboriginal persons;

(b) to exercise, for the benefit of all Aboriginal persons, the Council's powers as owner of Aboriginal land;

(c) to prepare management plans in respect of Aboriginal land;

(d) to use and sustainably manage any other land in which the Council acquires an interest;

(e) such other functions as are imposed on it by or under this Act or any other Act.'

The Council is to perform its functions for the benefit of all Aboriginal people and in the interests of reconciliation with the broader Tasmanian community. The Act sets out provisions regarding the staffing, finances, and land to be vested in the Council (see Schedule 3).

The Act vests in the Council 12 parcels of culturally significant land, accepted by elders of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, at:
-Oyster Cove;
-Big Dog Island;
-Babel Island;
-Wargata Mina Cave;
-Kuti Kina Cave;
-Steep Head Island;
-Chappell Island;
-Ballawinnie Cave;
-Risdon Cove;
-Mount Cameron West (now Preminghana);
-Cape Barren Island; and
-Badger Island.

Related Entries

Organisation
  • Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
  • Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
  • Tasmanian Aboriginal Land and Sea Council
  • Event
  • Aboriginal Land Claim
  • Cape Barren Island Land Transfer # 2
  • Clarke Island Land Transfer
  • Wybalenna Land Transfer
  • Goose Island Land Transfer
  • Oyster Cove Land Transfer
  • Mount Cameron West (Preminghana) Land Transfer
  • Mount Chappell Island Land Transfer
  • Steep Head Island Land Transfer
  • Kutikina Cave Land Transfer
  • Ballawinne Cave Land Transfer
  • Wargata Mina Cave Land Transfer
  • Badger Island Land Transfer
  • Babel Island Land Transfer
  • Big Dog Island Land Transfer
  • Risdon Cove Land Transfer
  • Cape Barren Island Land Transfer # 1
  • Legislation
  • Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act 2004 (Tas)
  • People
  • Tasmanian Aboriginal community
  • Place
  • Preminghana Indigenous Protected Area
  • Risdon Cove Indigenous Protected Area
  • Oyster Cove Indigenous Protected Area
  • Mount Chappell Island Indigenous Protected Area
  • Badger Island Indigenous Protected Area

  • References

    Resource
    Australasian Legal Information Institute Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 (Tas)
    Documenting a Democracy (2000) Tasmania: Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 (Tas)

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