SLSS1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gough Whitlam, Native Title Act 1993, Judicial Activism

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Sociolegal Studies
• Course: SLSS1001
• Professor: Allen George

Document Summary

Segregation (from mid-nineteenth century): involved the placement of indigenous people on reserves, missions and government settlements away from their traditional country. Based on view that they would die out. State and territory protection legislation, under protectionism ( late mid-nineteenth century) was know as. Aboriginal acts. " provided for a network of protectors, policing ab movement, marriages, income, work, recieve welfare cash, practise traditional laws and ceremonies. The acts made it unlawful for ab people to leave a particular area. The removal of children were authorised under these acts. (sending them home report) Assimilation (early to mid-twentieth century): objective to integrate ab people into the dominant non-indigenous society. It promoted the removal of ab children and placement into white homes and institutions, employment (unequal wages), provided housing. However still could not vote, freedom of mov, and have a public education (could refuse ab enrollment till 1972)