[talk-au] boundary=aboriginal_lands ( Was Re: admin_level, suburbs and rendering; should the order be updated?)

[Andrew Davidson]

On 30/11/21 17:51, stevea wrote:
> 
> This is REALLY going to be different in Oz than USA, but please consider boundary=aboriginal_lands. 

boundary=aboriginal_lands is not applicable to Australia for at least 
two reasons:

1. Australia does not have a system of "reservations". Before the 1960s 
there were Aboriginal reserve 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_reserve). But these no longer 
exist for fairly obvious reasons.

2. Where Indigenous land rights have been recognised in Australia 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_land_rights_in_Australia) this 
is done by issuing a communally owned freehold or leasehold title. In 
effect this is the same as anyone else who owns land in Australia.

The other concept that seems to confuse mappers is the Indigenous 
Protected Area 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Protected_Area). This is an 
area protected by indigenous people rather than for protecting 
indigenous people. The areas have a IUCN protection category so should 
be protect_class 1-6.