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Lawrence Bamblett, Senior Lecturer, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University

More than 40 years on, the NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Act speaks to an enduring desire for a strong future

Land Back, a collection of essays edited by Gomeroi professor Heidi Norman, marks over 40 years of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, New South Wales.

The act had a pervasive effect on daily living for Kooris in New South Wales. It established local Aboriginal land councils, setting out their constitutions, membership rules and functions. It established the rules relating to the authority, functions and powers of local land councils and their staff and leadership.


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