Legislative bills of rights in Australia include the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) (‘HRA’) and the Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) (‘Charter’). Focusing on the rights and the interpretive method set out in the HRA and the Charter, this article analyses the ways in which these instruments address the rights of Indigenous Australians. It argues that the ability to use international law in the interpretive process has the potential to imbue these general human rights regimes with an understanding of international developments regarding the rights of Indigenous peoples.