Tag: Mary-Jean Sutton
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Under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act, we have responsibilities and a statutory role to: (a) Take action to protect the culture and heritage of Aboriginal persons in the council’s area, subject to any other law; and (b) Promote awareness in the community of the culture and heritage of Aboriginal persons in the council’s area. This…
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Aboriginal people in Cape York Peninsula area of Australia have strong emotional attachment to cemeteries and the burial places of their ancestors. Often, as at Mapoon, in northern Queensland, many such places are unmarked and neglected. The graves can be difficult to identify on the ground surface, either because they were never marked, or because…