Main Title: |
The Gunditjmara land justice story / Jessica K Weir. |
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Author: |
Weir, Jessica K., 1971- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Native Title Research Unit
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Imprint: |
Acton, ACT : Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2009. |
Collation: |
41 pages : electronic resource ; PDF |
Subject: |
First Nations Australians First Nations Australians - - Land rights Gunditjmara (First Nations Australian people) Lake Condah (Vic.) (Gunditjmara Country) Western Victoria
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Series: |
Native title research monograph,, 1835-7709 ;; no. 1/2009;
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ISBN: |
9780855754396 (pbk.) |
Notes: |
Tells the story of the Gunditjmara's fight for their land from the early 1800s to the consent determination for their country, celebrated in March 2007; contact history of the area including the Eumerella Wars; setting up of Lake Condah Mission; discusses the legal significance of the court case undertaken by Sandra Onus and Christine Frankland against Alcoa, which resulted in the mission land being handed back to the Gunditjmara; how native title for the area was negotiated; establishment of the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Corporation; Tyrendarra Indigenous Protected Area; Lake Condah Sustainable Development Project and the work towards the re-flooding of Lake Condah.
Contents: Welcome to country spoken in Dhauwurd Wurrung / Vicki Couzens -- Introduction : Gunditjmara country; the arrival of the British colony and the Federation of Australia; Onus v. Alcoa -- Agreeing on native title -- Recognising Gunditjmara -- Land justice -- Having a row -- Gunditj Mirring traditional owners Corporation
AIATSIS Native Title Research Unit. Includes bibliographical references (p. 40)
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