Government policy in relation to Aboriginal people

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Barani/themes/theme3.htm

The NSW Land Rights Act 1983 was an important milestone. The dispossession of Aboriginal people from their land is acknowledged in the Act’s preamble, which states:

• Land in the State of New South Wales was traditionally owned and occupied by Aborigines:
• Land is of spiritual, social, cultural and economic importance to Aborigines;
• It is fitting to acknowledge the importance which land has for Aborigines and the need for Aborigines of land:
• It is accepted that as a result of past government decisions the amount of land set aside for Aborigines has been progressively reduced without compensation.