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IMPORTANCE OF DREAMING FOR THE LAND RIGHTS MOVEMENT (Mabo 1992 (aboriginal…
IMPORTANCE OF DREAMING FOR THE LAND RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Mabo 1992
aboriginal spirituality motivated the land rights movement
dreaming acted as evidence in order to overturn terra nullius
Wik 1996
pastoralists, pastoral leases and land priority
their spiritual and cultural connection to the land acted as evidence to prove their long lasting connection to the land - necessary to achieve land rights
their knowledge of the land reinforced this
Eddie Mabo (Meriam people)
Protection of traditional ceremonial sites
Native title 1994
dreaming = past, present and future
the land rights movements allowed for Indigenous people to rediscover their connection with the Ancestral Beings
land is central to the dreaming
Land inextricable to dreaming
Through art, Indigenous people express the importance of country and land to their sense of identity
A series of government decisions in response to land claims which explored the right of Aboriginal peoples who had maintained continual contact with their traditional lands for hundreds of years before settlement.
Dreaming takes place on sacred land and is the product of thousands of years of traditional knowledge
Indigenous ancestors have been born in the desert, it is their identity and their traditional country
The connection of the Aboriginal people to the land is fundamental in their link to the dreaming
There is a strong desire between Aboriginal communities to gain access to their traditional lands
'The Dreaming' recognises the relationships between the balance of spiritual, natural and physical world for the Australian Indigenous people