'A Mere Impertinence...' - Howie, Ross
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In November 1972 Gough Whitlam promised land rights to Aboriginal People in the Northern Territory. The legislation he introduced was substantially enacted by the Fraser Government in 1976. For 24 years between 1979 and 2002 Ross Howie SC acted for Aboriginal claimants in twenty-two traditional land claims and seven early native title cases. In requiring proof of spiritual affiliation, responsibility and traditional attachment to land the cases revealed significant accounts of cultural understanding and practice and extraordinary personal histories. It was a mind-enlarging experience for a lawyer and a unique period in Australian legal history.…mehr

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In November 1972 Gough Whitlam promised land rights to Aboriginal People in the Northern Territory. The legislation he introduced was substantially enacted by the Fraser Government in 1976. For 24 years between 1979 and 2002 Ross Howie SC acted for Aboriginal claimants in twenty-two traditional land claims and seven early native title cases. In requiring proof of spiritual affiliation, responsibility and traditional attachment to land the cases revealed significant accounts of cultural understanding and practice and extraordinary personal histories. It was a mind-enlarging experience for a lawyer and a unique period in Australian legal history.
Autorenporträt
Ross Howie was a partner in a Melbourne law firm before going to Alice Springs on 11 November 1975 to work until December 1981 with the Aboriginal Legal Service and Central Land Council. As a barrister at the Victorian Bar until October 2002, his practice included many Aboriginal land claims and early native title cases. Paul Burke in Law's Anthropology described him as 'the most experienced and successful land claim trial lawyer in Australia'.