Indigenous People, History and the Law

This subject is not offered in 2008.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This history subject is a study of the relationship between indigenous Australians and the law brought to Australia by the British from 1788 onwards. Topics studied will include notions of sovereignty and the state; the position of indigenous people under the criminal law in early white settlement; property law, possession and use of the land; citizenship and political rights; land rights, native title and the courts; criminal law and customary law. In addition to relevant secondary accounts, students will examine primary materials, including court judgments, imperial and colonial enactments, indigenous statements and claims of rights. Students will have good opportunities for independent research into some of these materials.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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