| Physical description |
xviii, 309 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. A. The interconnected waterscape -- Ch. 1. Introduction - the web of water rights -- Ch. 2. 'We belong to water' - Aboriginal identity and cultural authority -- Ch. 3. Aboriginal property and Western values - concepts of ownership -- Ch. 4. Health, wealth and water rights -- Ch. 5. 'Little more than a sense of justice' : Mabo and native title -- Pt. B. Trading water - the disconnect in water values -- Ch. 6. Polarised paradigms - Western and Aboriginal conceptions -- Ch. 7. 'A fluid element' - water in Australian policy -- Ch. 8. The Murray-Darling Basin and the Commonwealth Water Act -- Ch. 9. Water rights - for economic independence -- Ch. 10. Aboriginal water values in Australian policy and law -- Ch. 11. Human rights - incorporating Aboriginal water rights -- Pt. C. A paradigm shift for Aboriginal water rights -- Conclusion - securing Aboriginal water rights. |
| Summary |
Overturning aqua nullius aims to cultivate a new understanding of Aboriginal water rights and interests in the context of Aboriginal water concepts and water policy development in Australia. In this award-winning work, Dr Marshall argues that Aboriginal water rights require legal recognition as property rights, and that water access and water infrastructure are integral to successful economic enterprise in Aboriginal communities. Aboriginal peoples social, cultural and economic certainty rests on their right to control and manage customary water. Drawing on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Marshall argues that the reservation of Aboriginal water rights needs to be prioritised above the water rights and interests of other groups. |
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Native title (Australia)
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Water -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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Water rights -- Australia.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
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Native title.
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Land rights - Water rights.
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Australian. |
| ISBN |
9781922059093 (paperback) |
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