Indigenous Australian customary law, also called Indigenous Australian customary lore, refers to the legal systems and practices belonging uniquely to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. It governs matters of kinship, land, ceremony and dispute resolution according to traditions maintained by particular communities, existing alongside the introduced Australian common law system. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Indigenous Australian customary law or Indigenous Australian customary lore refers to the legal systems and practices uniquely belonging to Indigenous Australians of Australia, that is, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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Indigenous Australian customary law or Indigenous Australian customary lore refers to the legal systems and practices uniquely belonging to Indigenous Australians of Australia, that is, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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