FCAATSI: Land Rights
FCAATSI resolved that a government respecting land rights would establish:
1. Aboriginal ownership of existing reserves;
2. Recognition of Aboriginal ownership of traditional tribal land at present owned and leased by the Crown;
3. Aboriginal consent for, and benefit from, mining and other development on all Aboriginal land;
4. An Aboriginal Land Claims Court, to facilitate the awarding of compensation to Aborigines wherever Aboriginal land is alienated;
5. A National Aboriginal Lands Trust Fund to accept and allocate compensation or rent for all the land of Australia which has been alienated from former Aboriginal owners.
1. Aboriginal ownership of existing reserves;
2. Recognition of Aboriginal ownership of traditional tribal land at present owned and leased by the Crown;
3. Aboriginal consent for, and benefit from, mining and other development on all Aboriginal land;
4. An Aboriginal Land Claims Court, to facilitate the awarding of compensation to Aborigines wherever Aboriginal land is alienated;
5. A National Aboriginal Lands Trust Fund to accept and allocate compensation or rent for all the land of Australia which has been alienated from former Aboriginal owners.
Keywords: 1967 referendum, Aboriginal Advancement League, activism, FCAATSI Federal Council For Aboriginal Advancement , land rights, 1969
'Smoke Signals' September 1969, p 15.
Author: Rowse, Tim and Graham, Trevor
Source: FCAATSI
Author: Rowse, Tim and Graham, Trevor
Source: FCAATSI