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Mineral development agreements negotiated by Aboriginal communities in the 1990s

Details:

Title

Mineral development agreements negotiated by Aboriginal communities in the 1990s,

Creator

O’Faircheallaigh, Ciaran,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Discussion Paper No. 85/1995,

Date

1995-07,

Description

"This paper describes and critically examines five resource development agreements signed between mining companies and Aboriginal communities between 1992 and 1994 in the Northern Territory and north Queensland. These include the Mt Todd Agreement, the McArthur River Agreement, the Cape Flattery-Hope Vale Agreement, the Mapoon-Skardon River Agreement and the Placer Pacific-Kalkadoon Tribal Council Agreement. It also discusses the general approach adopted by the Northern Land Council in the Northern Territory to negotiating exploration licence agreements under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976." - Abstract, Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,

Table of contents

Foreword -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Northern Land Council exploration licence agreements -- The Mt Todd Agreement -- The McArthur River Agreement -- The Cape Flattery-Hope Vale Agreement -- The Mapoon-Skardon River Agreement -- The Placer Pacific-Kalkadoon Tribal Council Agreement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References,

Language

English,

Subject

Mines and mineral resources, Land Councils, Land tenure, Excisions and leases, Mining industry, Native title, Negotiated agreements, Aboriginal Australians,

Publisher name

Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University,

Place of publication

Canberra,

Series

Discussion Paper No. 85/1995,

Format

24 pages ; 25 cm.,

File type

application/pdf.,

ISBN

0731517598,

ISSN

1036-1774,

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/290531,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/402630

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