Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Aboriginal_Land_Rights_(Northern_Territory)_Act_1976
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:amendedBy multiple times since 1976
gptkbp:citation Cth Act No. 191 of 1976
gptkbp:covers approximately 50% of land in the Northern Territory
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1976
gptkbp:enables gptkb:Aboriginal_Land_Trusts
gptkb:Aboriginal_Land_Councils
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
gptkbp:influencedBy Woodward Royal Commission
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Northern_Territory
gptkbp:passedUnder gptkb:Malcolm_Fraser_government
gptkbp:providesFor protection of sacred sites
claiming of unalienated Crown land by Aboriginal people
royalty payments from mining on Aboriginal land
gptkbp:purpose to provide for the granting of land to Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Native_Title_Act_1993
gptkbp:significance first law in Australia to legally recognize Aboriginal land ownership
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Gough_Whitlam_government
gptkbp:startDate 26 January 1977
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arnhem_Land_Aboriginal_Land_Trust
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6