This is an NFSA Digital Learning resource. See all Digital Learning websites.

New South Wales
Cooper v Stuart
Text
 
colonialism, colonisation, Cooper V Stuart, crown land, doctrine of tenure, New South Wales, Privy Council, settlements, terra nullius
Crown Land
Topic
 
colonisation, doctrine of tenure, indigenous Australians, International law, native title, New South Wales, sovereignty, terra nullius
Dunghutti & Compensation
Text
1997
determinations, Dunghutti, Federal Court of Australia, French, Justice Robert, National Native Title Tribunal, native title claim, New South Wales
Yorta Yorta & Abandonment
Text
1998
determinations, Federal Court of Australia, Miriuwung Gajerrong Determination, Murray River, native title claim, New South Wales, Victoria, Yorta Yorta, Yorta Yorta Decision
Testing jurisdiction: Walker v NSW
Text
1994
aboriginal law, coexistence, extinguishment, High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, Mason, Chief Justice Anthony, New South Wales, recognition, Walker v NSW (1994)
John Batman's Treaty
Topic
1835
Batman, John, New South Wales, Port Phillip Association, treaties
Was Batman a Fraud?
Text
1835
Batman, John, coexistence, land boundaries, land ownership, New South Wales, Port Phillip Association, treaties, treaties
Charity & Sovereignty
Topic
1840s
aborigines, Australia, land ownership, New South Wales, Queen Victoria, reserves, sovereignty
Pastoral Interest & Public Interest
Topic
1830-1848
coexistence, Grey, Earl, native title, New South Wales, pastoral industry, pastoral lease, Wik
Earl Grey - An Historical Teaser
Text
1848
Grey, Earl, High Court of Australia, land ownership, New South Wales, pastoral industry, pastoral lease, pastoralism, Queen Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Wik
Self-government & Philanthropy
Text
1800s
colonialism, colonialism, colonisation, colonists, compensation, conquest, Grey, Earl, land tenure, migration, New South Wales, Queensland, rations, reserves, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Aboriginal Resistance Heroes
Text
1790-1897
colonial warfare, colonialism, colonists, Eora, Jandamarra, massacres, New South Wales, Pemulwuy, resistance, Sydney, warriors, Windradyne, Yagan
The limits of colonial curiosity
Text
1778-
anthropology, colonialism, colonists, convicts, custom, land ownership, New South Wales, religion, Tasmania, Victoria
Special Institutions
Text
1890-1963
Arnhem Land, Gove, humanitarians, immigration, Kakadu National Park, missionaries, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, rations, religion, reserves, settlements, South Australia, supervision, The Northern Territory Land Rights Act, Victoria, Yirrkala
The Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association
Image and Text
1920-1927
activism, Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association, dispossession, Maynard, Fred, New South Wales, Protection Boards, rations, reserves, resistance
The Australian Aborigines League
Image and Text
1933-1938
activism, Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association, Australian Aborigines League, coexistence, Cooper, William, Day of Mourning (1938), New South Wales, reserves, South Australia, Victoria
New South Wales
Text
1973-1998
Aboriginal Land Rights Act, 1983, land rights, Maralinga Tjarutja Land RIghts Act, 1983, New South Wales, States' rights
The nineteenth century roots of late twentieth century 'enlightenment'
Text
 
1967 referendum, activism, anthropology, Australian Labor Party, Dunstan, Don, Hawke, Bob, humanitarians, land rights, Mabo judgement, New South Wales, Noonkanbah, Northern Territory, Queensland, Ranger Uranium Mine, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, Whitlam, Gough, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
...The doctrine of terra nullius...
Text
 
Canada, extinguishment, First Fleet, land rights, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo judgement, Murray Island, New South Wales, New Zealand (Aotearoa), plaintiffs, Queensland, terra nullius, United States of America
...Territory practically unoccupied...
Text
1889-1991
Australian Court Case, Blackburn, Justice, Cooper V Stuart, doctrine of tenure, Federal Court of Australia, Gove Case, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , mining, Nabalco, Nettheim, Garth, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Privy Council, terra nullius, Yirrkala, Yolgnu
Radical Title
Text
 
Australian Court Case, Common Law, Cooper V Stuart, crown land, New South Wales, plaintiffs, Queensland, Radical Title, sovereignty
...Title and Ownership Distinguished...
Text
1847-1992
Attorney-General (NSW) v Brown, 1847 , Australian Court Case, Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, Common Law, Mabo v Queensland No.2, native title, New South Wales, NSW v The Commonwealth, 1975, ownership, Radical Title, Randwick Corporation v Rutledge, 1959 , sovereignty
...Native title: a burden on the radical title of the Crown...
Text
1992
Common Law, native title, New South Wales, plaintiffs, Radical Title, terra nullius, Toohey, Justice
Terra Nullius
Topic
 
colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, First Fleet, New South Wales, sovereignty, terra nullius
First Contact
Image
 
colonialism, First Fleet, New South Wales, Sydney