Aboriginal land rights : a comparative assessment / by Ruth S. Kerr.

Brisbane : Queensland Parliamentary Library Resources and Publications Section, 1991.

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Aboriginal Australians.

Land tenure -- Australia.

Native title (Australia)

1. Introduction

2. Human attachments to land

3. Legal history

4. Crown's title to land

5. Acquisition of territorial sovereignty by the crown

6. Acquisition of title by occupancy

7. Relevance of common law Aboriginal title to United States, Canada and Australia

8. Anthropological approaches

9. Current land rights legislation in Australia

10. Conclusion --11. Table of cases cited

12. List of abbreviations

13. Appendix - Mabo case.

Includes bibliographical references.

56 p.