Aboriginal people in Queensland: a brief human rights history

This resource gives an outline of historical and more recent events that have had an impact on Aboriginal peoples in Queensland.

It is provided to:

acknowledge the history, and that certain events took place;
recognise the impacts of historical events still felt today by Aboriginal peoples;
recognise that these impacts have resulted in discrimination and breaches of the human rights of Aboriginal peoples; and
give insight into Aboriginal peoples' relationships with non-Indigenous Queenslanders, government agencies and their representatives.