In Queensland, any group
of Indigenous people may claim «claimable» land on the basis
of traditional affiliation54 or historical association, 55 as well as economic or cultural viability.56 This acknowledges the greater impact
of colonisation within these states, which saw substantial
numbers of Indigenous people removed from their traditional lands to
other regions under government powers to remove and confine Aboriginal people to any Aboriginal reserve.57 It also
recognises that this removal did not sever the continuing connection
of Indigenous peoples to the land, both their traditional
country and reserves.