A range of laws applying to or of specific relevance to Indigenous Australians. A number of laws have been passed since the European settlement of Australia, initially by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, then by the Governors or legislature of each of the Australian colonies and more recently by the Parliament of Australia and that of each of its States and Territories, these laws, arranged chronologically, include:
Title Jurisdiction Focus Notes Aboriginals Fire Arm Regulation Act 1840New South Wales Control An Act to prohibit the Aboriginal Natives of New South Wales from having Fire Arms or Ammunition in their possession without the permission of a Magistrate (No.13a/1840) Aboriginal Orphans Act 1844South Australia Control An Ordinance to Provide for the Protection, Maintenance, and Up-Bringing of Orphans and other Destitute Children of the Aborigines (No.12/1844) Aboriginal Witnesses ActSouth Australia Control To facilitate the admission of the unsworn testimony of Aboriginal inhabitants of South Australia and parts adjacent (No.8/1844) Supply of Liquors to Aborigines Prevention Act 1867New South Wales Control An Act to prohibit the supply of Intoxicating Liquors to the Aboriginal Natives of New South Wales Aboriginal Protection Act 1869Victoria (colonial) Control Aborigines Protection Act 1886 (WA) Western Australia Control For records relating to the WA Aboriginal Protection Board see the WA States Records Office accessed 20 March 2008 An Act to provide for the better protection and management of the Aboriginal natives of Western Australia, and to amend the law relating to certain contracts with such Aboriginal natives (statute 25/1886) Half-Caste Act 1886 (Vic) Victoria Control Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to Provide for the Protection and Management of the Aboriginal Natives of Victoria Half-Caste Act 1886 (WA) Western Australia Control Act to provide certain matters connected with the Aborigines 1889 (statute 24/1889) Western Australia Control Aboriginal Protection and restriction of the sale of opium act 1897 Queensland Control Aborigines Protection Act 1909 New South Wales Control Aborigines Act 1910 Victoria Aborigines Act 1911South Australia Control An Act to make provision for the better protection and control of the Aboriginal and Half-Caste Inhabitants of the State of South Australia (No.1048/1911) Aborigines (Training of Children) Act 1923South Australia Control An Act to make Better Provision for the Care, Control, and Training of Aboriginal Children, for placing Aboriginal Children under the Control of the State Children's Council, to amend the Aborigines Act, 1911, and for other purposes (No.1565/1923) Aborigines Act 1934South Australia Control An Act to consolidate certain Acts relating to the protection and control of the aboriginal and half-caste inhabitants of South Australia (No.2154/1934) Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1940 New South Wales Control Pitjantjatjara Lands Act 1956 South Australia First native title legislation in the country Aboriginal Affairs Act 1962South Australia Control An Act to repeal the Aborigines Act, 1934-1939, and to promote the welfare and advancement of Aborigines and of persons of Aboriginal blood in South Australia and for other purposes (No.45/1962) Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 South Australia Land rights Aborigines Act 1969 (NSW) New South Wales ControlAboriginal Affairs in NSW: A Short History, NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs, accessed 20 March 2008 Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 Victoria Land rights Aboriginal Affairs (Arrangements with the States) Act 1973 Commonwealth of Australia Inter-governmental administration National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW) New South Wales Heritage Aboriginal Relics Act 1975 (No. 81 of 1975) Tasmania Heritage protection Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 Commonwealth of Australia Land rights Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act, 1981 South Australia Land rights Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984 South Australia Land rights Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (SA) South Australia Heritage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 Commonwealth Control Native Title Act 1993 Commonwealth Native titleNative Title Act 1993 Native Title (South Australia) Act 1994 South Australia Native title Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 Tasmania Land rights Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 (No. 25 of 1995) Tasmania Protection Hindmarsh Island Bridge Act 1996 Commonwealth DevelopmentBills Digest 50 1996-97, Hindmarsh Island Bridge Bill 1996, Australian Parliamentary Library See Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy Native Title Amendment Act 1998 Commonwealth Native titleNative Title Amendment Act 1998 Burial and Cremation Act 2002 (No. 4 of 2002) Tasmania Control National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 (No. 62 of 2002) Tasmania Protection and Control Nature Conservation Act 2002 (No. 63 of 2002) Tasmania Protection Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee Act 2003 South Australia Land rights Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) Queensland Heritage Commission of Inquiry (Children in State Care and Children on APY Lands) Act 2004 South Australia Investigatory/Child protection Ted Mullighan is the Commissioner Aboriginal Land Council Elections Act 2004 Tasmania Elections Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 Victoria HeritageAboriginal Heritage Act 2006 Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Children Act 2006 Tasmania Compensation for people of the Stolen Generations Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 (No. 129, 2007) Commonwealth Land control, protection, Control Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 (No. 129, 2007)
See also Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 History of Indigenous Australians Native title in Australia Native title legislation in Australia
References
Further reading To 1987 -
External links Indigenous Australia: Timeline - Contact 1901 - 1969 at the Australian Museum