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| Policy aimed at having all people in a country, regardless of their ethnic or cultural background, adopting the culture of the dominant group |
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| Two-hundredth anniversary |
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| Deliberate destruction of a race of people |
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| Policy aimed at bringing Aboriginal peoples into mainstream Australian society without forcing them to abandon their cultural traditions |
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| Aboriginal organisation established in the 1970s to represent Aboriginal groups in land rights claims |
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| Claim of Aboriginal peoples to regain their traditional lands |
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| High Court decision, named after Eddie Mabo, recognising for the first time that Aboriginal peoples were legally the owners of Australian land before British occupation of Australia from 1788 |
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| Name given by the High Court in 1992 to the property rights of indigenous Australians, in accordance with their traditional and spiritual ownership of it |
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| Land owner who uses land, whether it is leased or owned, for grazing stock |
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| Voting on a particular question, usually to agree to or reject a proposed change to the Australian Constitution |
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| Federal government initiative to promote understanding between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the wider Australian community |
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| Forced separation of groups of people |
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| Policy aimed at having Aboriginal communities taking part in decisions that affect their lives |
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| Name given to Aboriginal peoples who were taken away from their families when they were children |
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| Meaning land belonging to no one, this term was applied to Australia when the British first colonised it. Until the 1992 Mabo judgement, it meant that Australian governments and courts did not legally recognise Aboriginal rights to traditional lands |
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| Judgement of the High Court in 1996 ruling that native title could exist along with other rights on land held under a pastoral lease |
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| Native to a particular place |
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| Taking of land from Indigenous people by European settlers |
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| Voting on a particular question, usually to agree to or reject a change to the Australian Constitution |
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| Government policy controlling ALL aspects of Indigenous peoples lives |
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| Land owned by the government |
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| Native to a particular place |
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