Thursday, 29 November 2012
By Annie Hastwell
for 270+ community stations
Official recognition of Aboriginal South Australians as the state's First People is to be written into the State's constitution. Premier Jay Weatherill today introduced legislation into parliament which will give symbolic recognition of Indigenous people's prior possession of the land when white settlement arrived in 1836.
Chair of the advisory panel, Narunga man and Professor at UniSA Peter Buckskin says the reogntion is an historic moment and an important step forward. However the changes are not intended to convey any extra legal rights to Aboriginal people.