This article contains an interview by Heather Goodall of Peter Thompson regarding Aboriginal land rights, conservation and social justice.

Peter Thompson, 'From Movement to Management: Aboriginal assertion, government and environmentalist responses and some ways forward regarding conservation and social justice' 2008 3(1) Transforming Cultures eJournal 323

From 1879, laws set aside areas of land as National Parks. They did not include provisions for the involvement of Aboriginal people in their management.  In recent decades, laws and policies have introduced mechanisms that facilitate Aboriginal people’s ownership and co-management of some National Parks.