Author : Pamela Faye McGrath
Publisher : Aiatsis Research Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781922102393
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (23 download)
Book Synopsis The Right to Protect Sites by : Pamela Faye McGrath
Download or read book The Right to Protect Sites written by Pamela Faye McGrath and published by Aiatsis Research Publications. This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have native titles rights made it easier for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to manage special places and protect them from the impacts of development? A large and profitable Indigenous heritage management industry has emerged in the wake of the resources boom of recent decades, with thousands of Indigenous heritage impact assessments conducted every year. Yet few governments have successfully reformed heritage laws to accommodate native title rights, and conflict over site destruction is regularly front page news. "The right to protect sites" examines the key cultural, legal and conceptual complexities of the intersection between native title law and Indigenous heritage. Featuring contributions from native title and heritage experts, among them Graham Atkinson, Deane Fergie, Janet Hunt, Emma Lee, Jo McDonald, Pamela McGrath, Ian McNiven, Benedict Scambary, Carolyn Tan and David Triggger, this timely volume gives an unprecedented overview of Indigenous place-based heritage management regimes around the country. It charts the history of advocacy and policy development and highlights the successes, limitations, inequalities and opportunities of current arrangements.