Framlingham (Victoria)
Framlingham is a reserve and was an Aboriginal mission station of Gunditjmara, which was built by the Aboriginal Protection Board in Victoria, Australia in 1861. The reserve is located near Warrnambool on the south west coast of Victoria. In this mission the Gunditjmara were housed. It was closed in 1971 after the Aboriginal Lands Act was passed in 1970 by the Parliament in Victoria.
Foundation
Framlingham was founded in 1861 as a reserve by the Aboriginal Protection Board. The Reserve did not develop accordingly and in 1865 by the Church of England commissioned to build a mission. 1866 years Framlingham was placed again under the supervision of the Board and 1867, the mission station was closed and the residents were taken to Lake Condah part. In 1869, the reopening of the mission station by the Anglican Church adopted until 1898. Due to protests by the Board gave 500 acres of land for the use of Aborigines. Due to public interest in the 1930s, eleven houses and a school were built. Furthermore, the Aborigines living there were weekly meals.
As Framlingham was founded, the area 14.2 km ² was originally large; the present territory has an area of 18 km ².
After 1950
In 1957, the Aboriginal Protection Board was abolished, and in 1970 the Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 passed by Parliament in Victoria. This legislation was the requirement that the Aborigines of this area was returned to the first country in Victoria to the traditional property, The country took over the Aborigines on 1 July 1971 along the Lake Tyers on the eastern Gippsland.
As in 1987, the Labour Party ruled in Victoria by John Cain, she intended parts of Framlingham State Forest to transfer the Aborigines as an immutable legal title. This however, this was of the legislature, the Liberal Party opposition in the Victorian Legislative Council, blocked. However, the federal Labor government under Hawke intervened by an Aboriginal Land Act 1987 enacted, which allowed 5 km ² of Framlingham Forest to transfer it to the Framlingham Trust. Although this title was not transferred, he could be transferred to another Aboriginal Land Trust. The Framlingham Trust has no right to operate in the field of mining. This is unusual in comparison with other Trust or communities which hold a native title.
In 1993, the spokesman for the Peek Whurrong got the Dhauwurdwurung of the Deen Maar Indigenous Gunditjmara the Protected Area under the auspices of ATSIC awarded for the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust, with the intension that it is a protection zone of the Aborigines. This status is guaranteed since 1999; this is the only such recognized status in Victoria.