Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cwlth)
Encyclopedia
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth) is legislation passed by the parliament
of the Commonwealth of Australia to enable the Commonwealth to intervene and, where necessary, preserve and protect areas and objects of particular significance to Australia's Aboriginal
or Torres Strait Islander
peoples from being desecrated or injured
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
of the Commonwealth of Australia to enable the Commonwealth to intervene and, where necessary, preserve and protect areas and objects of particular significance to Australia's Aboriginal
Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...
or Torres Strait Islander
Torres Strait Islanders
Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, Australia. They are culturally and genetically linked to Melanesian peoples and those of Papua New Guinea....
peoples from being desecrated or injured
External links
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 at ComLawComLawComLaw is an Australian government web site run by the Attorney-General's Department providing online copies of Commonwealth legislation and related documents. The website was redesigned and re-released early in 2011....
. Accessed 2011-10-01