Aboriginal Land Rights Act

Australia [1976]

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Aboriginal activism in Australia

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    In Australia: Strains of modern radicalism

    …from 1966, and the federal Aboriginal Land Rights Act (1976), applying to the Northern Territory, was particularly important. In 1967 the general electorate overwhelmingly supported a constitutional amendment to increase Commonwealth powers in Aboriginal matters. Equality in formal civic rights, wage payments, and social welfare benefits became the norm. Some…

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