Protecting Aboriginal intangible heritage

Recognising, Protecting and Conserving Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

Realising self-determined ownership of our Culture, Heritage, History and Country 2021.

Reorganising the law to understand and protect all forms of cultural ...

Aboriginal cultural heritage attracts legal protection through a distinct regime of federal and state legislation.Footnote The heritage rights ...

Protecting Aboriginal heritage during land development

Large developments and other high impact activities in culturally sensitive landscapes can cause significant harm to Aboriginal cultural ...

Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Heritage, and the Law

The Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH) research project is an international collaboration of over 50 archaeologists, lawyers, ...

The Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage According to ...

The UNESCO 2003 Convention on the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage and the First Nations of Canada: Aspects of the First Nations ...

Mining and the Protection of Aboriginal Heritage in South Australia

The incident led to an explosion of concern in Australia regarding the adequacy of domestic laws that aim to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage from the ...

Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage: Laws, Policy, and ...

Indigenous peoples around the world are seeking greater control over tangible and intangible cultural heritage. In Canada, issues concerning repatriation ...

Protecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage

The Department of Transport and Main Roads recognises the significance of different cultures and the importance of managing Indigenous, historical, shared and ...

Aboriginal Heritage Act in Western Australia

Aboriginal culture is the oldest living culture in the world, requiring recognition, protection, preservation, and management.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage

The main purpose of the Cultural Heritage Acts is to provide effective recognition, protection and conservation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Reform in Australia and the Dilemmas ...

Currently, the relevant legislation “protecting” Aboriginal heritage in NSW is the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NPW Act).Footnote Since ...

Explainer: Western Australia ditches Aboriginal heritage protection act

* The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 was developed to update 1972 laws that granted Rio Tinto permission to damage the heritage site in a ...

The legislative frameworks protecting Indigenous cultural heritage

The following provides a short summary of the legislative framework which governs the protection of Indigenous cultural heritage.

Aboriginal objects and places | NSW Environment and Heritage

The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 protects Aboriginal cultural heritage in NSW. We consider applications for proposals that may cause ...

Tasmania to Introduce Registration for Intangible Cultural Heritage?

In Tasmania, the main law protecting cultural heritage is the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1975. ... intangible Aboriginal cultural heritage. It ...

Cultural heritage laws in Queensland | Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

The main purpose of the Cultural Heritage Acts is to provide effective recognition, protection and conservation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

Operational Policy: Protecting Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The NPW Act, administered by DECC, is the primary legislation for the protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage in NSW. One of the objects of the NPW Act is: ' ...

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage - Parks Victoria

Park users, volunteers and others working in parks also have a responsibility for making sure these core cultural values in parks are protected. An Aboriginal ...

Understanding Intangible Cultural Heritage

The key for safeguarding is transmission – ensuring that intangible cultural heritage is passed from generation to generation in a way that ...

Protecting our unique Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage

Each state and territory in Australia has laws that seek to protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) cultural heritage from unlawful harm.