Understanding Country: The Importance of Land and Sea in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Societies"The Council's vision: A united Australia which respects this land of ours; values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage; and provides justice and equity for all". |
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Aboriginal and Torres Aboriginal community Aboriginal Land Act Aboriginal Land Trust Aboriginal Reconciliation AIATSIS Pictorial Collection animals Arnhem Land Cape York Peninsula clan estates Coastal Zone Inquiry commercial fishing Commonwealth community ranger connection to land Council for Aboriginal creation beliefs cultural sites customary law Cwlth deaths in custody Development Dreaming tracks Dreamtime dugong economic environment fisheries management fishing and gathering fishing rights gathering rights Helen Nunggalurr hunting important indigenous Australians indigenous organisations indigenous ownership interests in land issues Jervis Bay Territory land and sea Land Rights Act legislation mainland Australia marine estates marine management Murray Island national parks Northern Territory Papua New Guinea Photo protect Queensland recognition of Aboriginal recognition of indigenous recognition of native recommendations sacred sites sea interests sea management sea resources seas and resources significance of land sites and Dreaming Strait Islander societies subsistence Torres Strait Islander totems traditional country UNDERSTANDING COUNTRY Western Australia World Heritage Area