Native Title
The Native Title Act recognises the traditional rights and interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples based on their ongoing cultural and spiritual connection to Country. It provides a legal process for determining where Native Title exists and how those rights are acknowledged under Australian law.
Aboriginal Land Rights
The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) recognises that Aboriginal people were dispossessed of their land and provides a way to return land through a legal claim process. Under this Act, Aboriginal Land Councils can claim only claimable Crown land.