The Structural Failure Of Cultural Heritage Law: Forensic Analysis Of Hindmarsh Island, Juukan Gorge, And Section 18 Wa Aha
BIBBULLMUN SOVEREIGN NATION ARCHIVE • INDIGENOUS & ABORIGINAL CUSTOMARY LAW, NOONGAR & NYUNGAR ETHNOHISTORY, SOUTH-WEST WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. The Heritage Protection Illusion: A License to Destroy
In Australian legal discourse, heritage legislation is promoted as a statutory framework designed to preserve Indigenous sacred culture. In reality, forensic legal analysis reveals that both Commonwealth and State heritage laws operate as statutory administrative mechanisms to lawfully authorise the destruction of Indigenous sacred sites for commercial and extractive profit.Complete AGLC4 Footnotes & Master References
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