Representing 'Australian Land'

International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies Volume 3 , Number 1 , 2010 Representing ‘ Australian Land ’ : Mainstream Media Reporting

This article examines how Indigenous Australians‟ claims to their land are represented in the mainstream, non-Indigenous Australian media. In so doing, the article explores the common tropes available to non-Indigenous Australians in relation to Indigenous ownership of land, and in particular the native title system. It is argued that whilst initial land claims are discussed in detail within th...

Traffic Impact Assessment of Land Use Proposals: Fifty Years of Australian Experience

Draft traffic impact assessment (TIA) guidelines for various landuses in general, and for high traffic generating buildings in particular, were published in Iran in the middle of 2016. In formulating that report the Traffic Committee of the Iranian Building Engineering Order reviewed international experience, including that of Australia. Traffic impact assessment started in Australia in the 196...

De Facto and De Jure Property Rights : Land Settlement and Land Conflict on the Australian , Brazilian

We present a conceptual framework to better understand the interaction between settlement and the emergence of de facto property rights on frontiers prior to governments establishing and enforcing de jure property rights. In this framework, potential rents associated with more exclusivity drives “demand” for commons arrangements but demand is not a sufficient explanation; norms and politics mat...

Designing Australian Land Power For The 21st Century

Land Administration, Spatial Systems and Cities – an Australian Perspective

The paper argues that any spatial information strategy for urban, local government or city jurisdiction is intimately linked to and influenced by the state or national land administration and cadastral systems where it is located. It is these state or national systems which usually provide the spatial infrastructure for urban information systems. Therefore to understand current trends in urban ...