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Mabo/Mabo - the film/Tragedy & Victory (website Mabo - The Native Title Revolution )On June 3rd, 1992, only five months after Mabo's death, the High Court delivered its historic judgement on the Mabo Case. TV Reporter: Today in Canberra, the high court ruled that residents of the Murray Islands in the Torres Strait owned customary title...
There have been a small number cases since the Mabo judgment that have helped refine the definition of native title and clarify how the Native Title Act operates. The questions left unanswered by Mabo included which specific acts or grants extinguish nat...
Their elaborate land tenure rules extended to these maritime areas, and the plaintiffs' claims included specific areas of both land and sea. Nevertheless, for strategic reasons, the plaintiffs restricted their evidence to those claims within the three mi...
Thank God for the first missionaries, who on July the first 1871, at Darnley Island, brought the light of Christ to the Torres Strait." So reads the inscription outside the Anglican Church on Thursday Island, in the Torres Strait. The following year, Lon...
The power of the sea is central to Meriam life and culture. While the Meriam gained sustenance from their food gardens, they also "farmed" the sea; they built small coral structures to raise lobsters. In ancient times, they built stone traps on the reef...
Radio: Mr Mabo has widened his original statement of claim to include two tiny quays or reefs 10 kms East of Mer Island on the northern fringe of the Great Barrier Reef. Murray Island families and clans could own seabeds and reefs, even stars, wind and w...
Five months after Koiki's death the High Court of Australia delivered it's historic judgement on the Mabo Case and recognised native title in Australia's Common Law. The High Court decided it didn't need to rule on the validity of Eddie Mabo's claims to ...
It would not be easy to persuade the High Court of Australia to reverse the two century old assumption that any pre-existing land rights of indigenous people were simply not an issue. And how could it be achieved without throwing into question two centuri...
This is a biography of Eddie Mabo, the leading plaintiff in the Mabo case. His strength and determination made native title in Australia a reality. Mabo, Bethel, Mabo, Eddie Jnr....
On November 16, 1990, after a year of considering the facts of the case, Justice Moynihan delivered his written findings to the High Court of Australia. Mabo's credibility as the primary witness for the case was savaged by Moynihan, and Eddie's claim to ...
Terra nullius means 'land belonging to no one'. It tells an international story of European conquest and how changes in international law now defend human rights. Extinguishment of native title and compensation......
An exploration of the common law principle of native title and how it was established in Australia as a result of the Mabo case. The stream examines successful native title claims across the country and looks at who can make a claim and how. The implica...
A history of the Mabo case from its inception in Townsville in 1981 to the High Court victory in 1992. Brisbane, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Kobere, Henry, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, Mabo, Eddie Jnr. Brisbane, cancer, death, diaries, inheritance, Mabo, Benny, Mabo,...
Mer is Eddie Mabo's birthplace and the home of the Meriam people. Mabo and his fellow plaintiff's fought for land on Mer - their ancestral gardens and home. Meriam history and culture were crucial to the success of the Mabo case. ...
CRC REEF RESEARCH CENTRE TECHNICAL REPORT NO. Partner organisations are the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation, James Cook...
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