Kings Seal (2015)

In the circle of life birth survival and death Aboriginal people have a network of sites and tracks embedded in the land that connect them to all things and enable them to practice their laws traditions and beliefs Colonisation in Australia denied Aboriginal people access to their land breaking the life cycle for Aboriginal people The FreeSettler Colony of South Australia was going to be different King William IV recognised the continued rights to land for Aboriginal people in South Australias founding document the Letters Patent in Feb 1836 The first ever Aboriginal rights granted in Australias colonial history Rights to the land to occupy and enjoy their land for always enshrined in law by the Kings seal What actually occurred in South Australia after colonisation in 1836 was treason The Kings Letters Patent was disobeyed and Aboriginal rights that were granted to occupy and enjoy their land were denied