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Mer (Murrays Islands)

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.

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...We are closed in a box...
Text
1936
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Mer, Murray Island, pearling industry, Protection Act, strike
Malo Dance
Topic
Sep, 19, 1995
ceremony, dancing, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Mabo, Maiga, Malo dance, Malo's laws, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island, reburial, sacred
Scales from the eyes of justice
Text
Jun, 22, 1992
High Court judgement, land rights, Mabo Case, Mer, Murray Island
The islander migration
Text
1945-
employment, James Cook University, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, migration, pearling industry, Queensland, Torres Strait Islanders, World War 2
...only a handful of black teachers...
Audio and Image
1973
James Cook University, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
...the fastest railway line builders in the world...
Text
1973
James Cook University, Mabo, Edward Koiki, migration, Queensland, railways
...the only thing we had was the land...
Text
 
childhood, land ownership, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga, Mabo's Garden
...we call it Watai...
Audio
 
Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Watai, wind
...we were being exploited...
Image and Text
1953-57
Department of Native Affairs, Exile, 1952, pearling industry, Queensland
...traditional sailing canoe...
Text
 
canoes, culture, custom, Las, Mer
White beliefs were not the only ones
Text
 
gardening, land disputes, land use, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo's Garden, Mer
...Growing up on Murray...
Image and Text
1936-52
childhood, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
...12 months exile...
Text
1951
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Department of Native Affairs, exile, Exile, 1952, gaol, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island Council, pearling industry, Protection Act
...my father told me...
Text
1986-89
Brisbane, evidence, gardening, hearsay, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.1, plaintiffs
...funeral...
Audio and Image
Feb, 1, 1992
Eddie Mabo's Death, 21/01/1992, funeral, songs
...June 3rd 1992...
Video
1992
High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, High Court judgement, human rights, Land Bilong Islanders, land ownership
...Eddie Mabo's tombstone opening...
Image and Text
Jun, 3, 1995
ceremony, desecration, Mabo, Bonita, Tickner, Robert, tombstone ceremony, Townsville
...Invitation...
Image and Text
Jun, 3, 1995
desecration, Mabo family, tombstone ceremony
Las - 1890s**
Image
1888
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Las, Las, London Missionary Society
Malo Dance from Mabo film
Video
1995
ancestors, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo dance, Malo's laws, reburial, sacred
...I'm plaintiff for this court case...
Video
1989
human rights, Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Murray Island, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, Rice, James
Crown Land
Topic
 
colonisation, doctrine of tenure, indigenous Australians, International law, native title, New South Wales, sovereignty, terra nullius
...since time immemorial...
Video
 
annexation, Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Mer, Murray Island
...clearly defined boundaries...
Video
1989
inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, land ownership, McIntyre, Greg, Mer, Murray Island
...A tiny island...
Video
 
High Court of Australia, Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo Case, plaintiffs, reconciliation, terra nullius
Eddie Koiki Mabo - JCU lectures with sardine scoop
Image
1970s
James Cook University, Mabo, Edward Koiki, sardine scoop, Townsville, weris
Mer, Waier & Dauar
Topic
 
Dauar, Dauar, HMS Pandora, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Meriam history, Murray Island, Waier
Debekey
Audio and Image
 
Debekey, Meriam culture, Mills Sisters, songs
James Rice playing pan pipe
Video
 
Land Bilong Islanders, Meriam culture, music, Rice, James
Sardine fishing
Video
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Land Bilong Islanders, Meriam culture, sea claims, sea rights, weris
Adoption
Topic
Jun, 29, 1936
adoption, gardening, inheritance, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga, Mer, Mer, Meriam Mer, Murray Island, Sambo, Poipe, Sambo, Robert
Ancient & Modern Ways
Topic
 
Great Barrier Reef, Mer, Murray Island, native title, reef, sea claims, sea rights, Subkaur Island
A Child's First Catch
Topic
 
fishing, Mer, Meriam culture
Bakir Auski - Tombstone Opening 1995
Topic
Jun, 3, 1995
Bakir Auski, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, mourning, tombstone, tombstone unveiling, Townsville
Big Noting Himself
Topic
1982-1992
exile, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island
The Best Of Two Cultures
Topic
1973-1985
Black Community School, cultural preservation, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, multiculturalism
Exile
Topic
1953-1957
activism, exile, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, pearling industry, Torres Strait
Gardener At James Cook University
Topic
1967-1975
activism, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, employment, James Cook University, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
Meriam Mir Words, Torres Strait Creole words
Text
 
language, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam Mer
A Voyage to Terra Australis
Text
1814
canoes, european contact, Flinders, Matthew , Mer, sea, Torres Strait
...Owning the stars, wind and sea...
Video
 
inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, Malo's laws, Mer, Murray Island, ownership
...When the tide goes out...
Video
 
fish traps, fishing, Land Bilong Islanders, Mer, Murray Island, sea claims, sea rights, Wailu, Jack, witnesses
Fishing the reef at low tide
Video
1989
fishing, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki
...Children as young as five or six...
Text
 
childhood, food gathering, Mer, Mer
Fishing at Las
Video
 
fishing, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Meriam culture
Shark Dance
Image
 
dancing, totems
Taba Naba
Audio and Text
 
dancing, fishing, Mills Sisters, songs
The Roar of the Sea
Image and Text
 
canoes, childhood, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, sea
Shell friends
Text
1875-1905
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, London Missionary Society, Malo, Papua New Guinea, sea routes, seafarers, trade
...I use nature for my book...
Text
 
calendar, canoes, gardening, housing, Mer, Meriam culture, Passi, Sam, Stars of Tagai, yams
Grass Houses
Image
1898
housing, Meriam culture, Meriam history
Malo Dance 1967
Video
1967
dancing, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Malo, Malo dance, Malo's laws, Meriam culture, sacred
Cone Shells
Image
 
fishing, sea, shells, Stars of Tagai, trade
...It's a Yam...
Video
 
food gathering, gardening, Land Bilong Islanders, land use, Meriam culture, yams
Tagai
Image
 
Meriam culture, Stars of Tagai, Tagai, Torres Strait
Yam Gardeners
Image
 
gardening
...This yam is like a bank...
Text
 
Land Bilong Islanders, land ownership, yams
Elders Demonstrating a range of traditional skills, Native Title Week, Mer
Image
Jun, 4, 1997
Meriam culture, traditional skills
Belong to the Wind
Audio and Text
 
clans, Mer, totems, wind
Figures of wind circle
Image
 
Mer, Meriam culture, Stars of Tagai, wind
The totem of each named clan
Text
1993
clans, Meriam culture, Stars of Tagai, totems, wind
...As Willed by my Father...
Text
1989
evidence, inheritance, land ownership, No Ordinary Judgement, Noah, Gobedar, witnesses
...my ancestors been name all the lands...
Video
 
ancestors, evidence, Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, Meriam culture, plaintiffs, Rice, James
...He's got no claim for this land...
Video
 
Depoma, Marwer, evidence, inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, land disputes, land ownership, Sebeg, witnesses
Letters of E.K. Mabo to Mr. Marwer Depoma
Text
 
inheritance, land boundaries, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Sebeg, witnesses
...ancestors handed down to this generation now...
Text
 
ancestors, evidence, fish traps, land disputes, Las, Sagigi, Victor, witnesses
Murray Island Court
Video
 
inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, land disputes, Malo's laws, Murray Island Council, Murray Island Native Court, property, Queensland Government
...creating balance and symmetry...
Text
 
fish traps, Meriam culture, No Ordinary Judgement
...Before there was Europeans...
Text
 
Kobere, Henry, land disputes, land ownership, Malo's laws
...there goes my dust...
Text
 
Day, Ron, fish traps, fish traps, land ownership, sea rights, trespass
...before you go catch fish...
Video
 
fish traps, Land Bilong Islanders, Malo's laws, Noah, Kaba, wasikor
...you have to ask...
Image and Text
 
evidence, fish traps, land ownership, Wailu, Jack, witnesses
...swim with the same kind...
Image and Text
 
clans, evidence, Mabo Case, Malo's laws, No Ordinary Judgement, Wailu, Jack, witnesses
The Malo-Bomai myth
Text
 
Las, Malo dance, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Papua New Guinea, sacred, Stars of Tagai, Torres Strait
...One of the Shark Clan...
Video
 
dancing, Land Bilong Islanders, Malo, Malo dance
...Isn't he the same as the Indian's Great Spirit?...
Video
 
Christianity, clans, Land Bilong Islanders, London Missionary Society, Malo, Malo's laws
Malo's Laws
Topic
 
Christianity, clans, Malo, Malo's laws, Meriam culture, religion
Malo Ceremonial Dance 1898
Video
1898
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, ceremony, Haddon, A.C., Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Malo dance, Malo's laws, Meriam culture
Malo ceremonial dance as drawn by A.C.Haddon
Image
1898
ceremony, Haddon, A.C., Malo's laws, Meriam culture, songs
Wasikor and Nemau
Text
 
ceremony, Malo, wasikor
Star-headed Malo clubs
Image and Text
 
Las, Malo, Malo dance, songs
Malo Ra Gelar - Malo's Laws
Text
 
gardening, Malo's laws, Meriam Mer, tag mauki mauki, trespass
Tag mauki mauki, teter mauki mauki
Video
 
Land Bilong Islanders, Malo's laws, Noah, Kaba, tag mauki mauki, trespass, wasikor
...Malo wali ariat sem areet arreet...
Video
 
ancestors, evidence, Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo Case, Malo, Malo's laws, Passi, Sam, tag mauki mauki, witnesses
...I've heard from many witnesses...
Video
1989
evidence, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Land Bilong Islanders, Malo's laws, McIntyre, Greg, Meriam Mer, tag mauki mauki, trespass, witnesses
...It's against Malo's law...
Text
1989
Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo's laws, property law, tag mauki mauki, trespass
...you must be like Bezar...
Text
 
bezar, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, tag mauki mauki, trespass
...an increased zest to life...
Image and Text
1888
ancestors, anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Malo, Meriam culture
...unlocks the sea...
Text
 
ceremony, Christianity, clans, Kaddy, George, Malo, meriam calendar, turtles
Tagai Myth
Image and Text
 
Dauar, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Stars of Tagai, Tagai, Torres Strait
Myth of Bai
Text
 
Mabo, Benny, Meriam culture, Meriam history, myths
Apinini and Sidipuar
Text
 
Meriam culture, Meriam history, myths
The Story of Peibri
Text
 
Meriam culture, Meriam history, Mimi, Marou, myths
Mukeis
Text
 
Meriam culture, Meriam history, myths
The murmur of the Great Barrier Reef
Text
 
dancing, Great Barrier Reef, sea, songs
A Form of Remembering
Image and Text
 
ceremony, dari, Malo dance, Meriam culture, shells
The Torres Strait Islands Flag
Image
 
dari, flag, Torres Strait
Pearl Shell Ornaments
Text
 
pearling industry, shells, Torres Strait
Pincatada Maxima
Text
1870-1970
Mer, pearling industry, shells, Torres Strait
Diving for Pearl Shell
Video
1968
pearling industry, shells
The Newcomers
Text
1840s-
Mer, pearling industry, sea rights, Torres Strait, Yorke Island
Douglas Pitt descendants
Image and Text
 
colonisation, Hayes, Bully, Kennedy, Flo, Mer, pearling industry, Pitt, Douglas, Stars of Tagai, Torres Strait Islanders
Flo Kennedy
Image
 
Kennedy, Flo
60 Days Notice
Text
May, 11, 1882
Mimi, Marou, Murray Island, Papua New Guinea, pearling industry, Pitt, Douglas, Torres Strait Islanders, trade
Coming of the Light Stone at Erub (Darnley Island)
Image
Jul, 1, 1871
Christianity, Erub Island, London Missionary Society
Conversions
Text
1871-
anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, ceremony, Christianity, Malo, Malo dance, religion, Stars of Tagai, wasikor
...Let us remember Christ died for us...
Video
 
ceremony, Christianity, Land Bilong Islanders, Malo, Passi, Reverend Dave
...I think it came very strongly...
Image and Text
1871-
Christianity, Malo, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Passi, Reverend Dave, Stars of Tagai
Proclamation of Annexation
Image
Jul, 19, 1979
annexation, colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, land ownership, Mer, Queensland Government, terra nullius
...the laws of the white man...
Text
Dec, 19, 1879
annexation, colonial rule, crown land, Erub Island, european contact, Flinders, Matthew , Kebisu, Murray Island, pearling industry, Tutu Island
Napoleon B. Tibi
Video
 
Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, land disputes, land ownership, McIntyre, Greg, Mer, Murray Island Council, Sebeg
...records of those fights about land...
Text
1898-1999
clans, Day, Ron, land disputes, land ownership, Malo's laws, Mer, missionaries, Murray Island Native Court, tribes
Murray Island School - LMS
Text
1897
anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, education, London Missionary Society, Murray Island, school
Murray Island School, One Hundred Years Later
Image
1989
education, Malo-Bomai, Mer, school, school
...a passion for accuracy...
Image and Text
1888-1908
anthropology, Bruce, Jack, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., London Missionary Society, Mer, Torres Strait, Torres Strait Islanders
...No One to Help Me But You...
Text
1914
anthropology, Bruce, Jack, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Mer
...their 'title deeds' to lands...
Image and Text
 
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, dari, Gove, Gove Case, Haddon, A.C., head dresses, land ownership, Mabo Case, Mer, Yolgnu
E. K. Mabo and A.C. Haddon
Image and Text
1967-1975
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, gardening, Haddon, A.C., James Cook University, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
...Protection...
Text
1903-1940
Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island Council, school
Removal of Murray Island School
Image
Jan, 30, 1903
Mer, Queensland Government, school, Stars of Tagai
Chief Protector of Aborigines
Text
1915
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Mer, Meriam history
...Living under the Protector...
Audio and Image
1930s-1980
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Kennedy, Flo, Mer, Queensland Government
...Anybody who fell pregnant...
Text
1897-1901
Murray Island Council, Protection Act
...king without a crown....
Text
1930s-1980
Mer, Meriam history, Murray Island Council, Passi, Sam, Protection Act
The Native Problem in Queensland
Text
1937
Department of Native Affairs, Mer, Protection Act, strike, Torres Strait
A History of the Strike
Text
1930s-1980s
home rule, Malo's laws, Mer, Stars of Tagai, strike
Marou Mimi Diary
Image and Text
 
Mabo Case, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Stars of Tagai
Chief Protector of Aboriginals to Protector
Image and Text
Aug, 17, 1937
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Meriam history
Origin and Cause of Discontent
Text
1936
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Christianity, pearling industry, Protection Act, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, strike, Torres Strait Islanders
Diver's Lament
Audio
 
language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabuiag Island, pearling industry, songs, Torres Strait Islanders
Tombstone Unveiling Ceremonies
Text
 
burial, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Stars of Tagai, tombstone unveiling, Torres Strait, Torres Strait Islanders
Eastern Island Hymn Number 145
Text
 
Christianity, hymns, Meriam culture
John Singe On World War 2
Text
 
army, Singe, John, Torres Strait, Torres Strait Islanders, Torres Strait Light infantry battalion, war, World War 2
...We treated like white men in the Army...
Text
 
army, Singe, John, Torres Strait Islanders, Torres Strait Light infantry battalion, war, World War 2
Torres Strait Soldiers
Image
1940s
army, soldiers, Torres Strait Islanders, Torres Strait Light infantry battalion, war, World War 2
P.J. (Pat) Killoran
Text
1948-1980
Department of Aboriginal & Islander Affairs (DAIA), Department of Native Affairs, exile, Mer, Queensland
Pride Speech
Text
1960s
ceremony, fish traps, Malo's laws, Mimi, Marou, myths, turtles
The Border Problem
Text
 
international border, politics, Queensland, Singe, John, Torres Strait, Torres Strait Islanders, treaties
...Silence all stand please...
Video
1989
Great Northern expedition, Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo Case, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, Supreme Court of Queensland
Islanders appearing for Qld
Video
 
barristers, Depoma, Marwer, inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, land disputes, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Queensland Government, White, Margaret, witnesses
...this is our reef...
Text
 
Dauar, land boundaries, land ownership, No Ordinary Judgement, property, sea, Sharp, Dr. Nonie
Food For Our People
Text
1989-1998
Croker Island, Day, Ron, fishing, food gathering, land ownership, Mer, Moynihan, Justice Martin, ownership, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, property law, Rice, James, sea, Supreme Court of Queensland
People Fishing
Image
 
fishing, Murray Island, sea claims, sea rights
Maritime Boundaries of the Murray Islands
Image
 
map, No Ordinary Judgement, sea, sea claims, sea rights, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Torres Strait
Turtle Hunting Great Barrier Reef
Video
 
food gathering, Great Barrier Reef, hunting, Land Bilong Islanders, sea claims, sea rights, seafarers, turtles
...dexterous sailors and formidable warriors...
Text
 
fishing, High Court of Australia, maber, Mabo Case, Mabo Case, sea, sea rights, seafarers, warriors
...warn the Meriam of danger ...
Text
 
ceremony, Great Barrier Reef, maber, shells, turtles
The Haddon map of Mer
Image
1935
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, clans, Haddon, A.C., land boundaries, map, Mer, tribes
Time Immemorial
Topic
 
Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, native title
Land Boundaries
Topic
 
boundary markers, clans, inheritance, land ownership, land use, oral tradition
Malo
Topic
 
Malo, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, religion, sacred, tag mauki mauki, trespass
Malo & Christianity
Topic
1871-
Christianity, Malo, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, religion, sacred
Meriam Land Disputes
Topic
 
Dauar, Depoma, Marwer, land boundaries, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo's laws, Malo's laws, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island Native Court, sea rights, trespass, Waier
Meriam Land
Topic
 
inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, Meriam history, oral tradition
Indigenous People & Their Land
Topic
 
custom, indigenous people, land ownership, land rights, land use, sacred
...Piadaram clansmen...
Video
 
clans, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Piadaram, Sagir - Trade Winds, Wailu, Jack
Indigenous Customary Law
Topic
 
indigenous people, Mabo judgement, native title
Belonging To Country
Topic
 
aborigines, Australia, dreamtime, indigenous Australians, land ownership, land rights, sacred
Adapted To Their Continent
Topic
 
Australia, First Fleet, indigenous people, land use
Cultural Diversity & Common Identity
Topic
 
aborigines, fishing, hunting, land ownership, land use
A Humanitarian Tradition
Topic
 
Australia, colonialism, Cook, Captain James, First Fleet, humanitarians, land rights, terra nullius
Charity & Sovereignty
Topic
1840s
aborigines, Australia, land ownership, New South Wales, Queen Victoria, reserves, sovereignty
Colonial Warfare
Topic
1788-1929
Australia, colonial warfare, colonialism, colonists, genocide, land rights, martial law, massacres, Tasmania, war, Warlpiri
Science & Indigenous Australians
Topic
1960s-
anthropology, Eyre, Edward John, land rights
A Sacred Landscape
Topic
 
aboriginal property ownership, anthropology, Australia, clans, dispossession, kinship, land ownership, religion, sacred
The Supervised Life
Topic
 
assimilation, colonialism, colonists, paternalism, racism, reserves
The Case Begins!
Topic
1982
High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki
The Murray Islanders' Evidence
Topic
1986
evidence, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island, plaintiffs, witnesses
Eddie Mabo's Evidence & The Hearsay Hurdle
Topic
Feb, 1987
evidence, hearsay, Mabo, Edward Koiki, oral evidence, oral tradition, plaintiffs
The Laws Of Malo
Topic
 
indigenous law, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, religion, sacred, sacred
Malo's Law
Topic
 
Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, religion, sacred
Sea Claims
Topic
 
Federal Government, Australia, fish traps, fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sacred, sea rights
Origins
Topic
 
Mer, Murray Island, Torres Strait
Gelam
Topic
 
Meriam culture, Meriam Mer, Murray Island, myths
A Meriam Calendar, Ancient & Modern
Topic
 
fishing, food gathering, gardening, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island
Warrior Tradition
Topic
 
aboriginal property ownership, Australia, colonisation, war
Las
Topic
 
Las, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Piadaram, Zogo le
Sea Rights
Topic
 
Federal Government, Australia, fishing, Meriam culture, sea rights
Boundaries & Markers
Topic
 
land ownership, Las, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island
Murray Island Annexation
Topic
1879
annexation, colonisation, conquest, International law, Mabo Case, Mer, Murray Island, Queensland, terra nullius
Customs Old & New
Topic
 
Bakir Auski, indigenous Australians, Mer, Meriam culture, tombstone ceremony, Torres Strait Islanders
Defending Territories & Making Peace
Topic
 
Depoma, Marwer, land boundaries, land disputes, land ownership, Las, Mabo Case, Mer, Meriam culture, Papua New Guinea
Dispossession
Topic
 
colonisation, dispossession
Education & Early Work
Topic
 
education, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island, pearling industry
Farming The Sea
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sea rights
Gift Exchange
Topic
 
Meriam culture, Papua New Guinea, seafarers, Torres Strait Islanders
Hierarchies Of Land Use
Topic
 
barbarism, colonisation, terra nullius
In Meriam Waters
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sea rights, seafarers, Torres Strait
Justifications
Topic
 
barbarism, colonisation, terra nullius
Land Bilong Islanders - Mabo
Topic
 
Great Northern expedition, land ownership, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo's laws, Mer, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, sea rights
Land Disputes
Topic
 
clans, Depoma, Marwer, inheritance, land disputes, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island Native Court
Listening To The Sea
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, sea rights, seafarers
Mabo Case Commences
Topic
1982
claim, High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs
Meriam Mir
Topic
 
Black Community School, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
Murray Island School
Topic
1890s
annexation, education, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Miles, Robert 'Bob', Queensland, school
Myths & Legends
Topic
 
Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island
Native Title & Indigenous Law
Topic
 
aboriginal law, Malo's laws, native title, Native Title Act (1993), sacred
Pearl Fishers & Their Times
Topic
 
colonisation, fishing, pearling industry, sea rights, Torres Strait Islanders
Performance, Art & The Sacred
Topic
 
Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Mer, Murray Island, religion, sacred
Personal Supervision
Topic
1947-1980
Killoran, Patrick, Mer, Murray Island, Queensland, World War 2
Recent Changes To International Law
Topic
 
decolonisation, human rights, International law, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975 , treaties, United Nations
Resistance
Topic
 
activism, land rights, land rights, resistance, strike, unionism
Sacred Order
Topic
 
Las, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, religion, sacred
Seafarers & Food Growers
Topic
 
fishing, gardening, sea rights, seafarers
Something Deep Within Us
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, sacred, sea rights, seafarers
Stranger In A Strange Land
Topic
1950s
exile, Mabo, Edward Koiki
Striking Back
Topic
1880-1936
Mer, Murray Island, pearling industry, strike, Torres Strait Islanders
The Age Of Paternalism
Topic
 
Chief Protector of Aborigines, colonisation, Federation, International law, paternalism, protection, terra nullius, White Australia Policy
The Eight Clans
Topic
 
clans, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island
The Mabo Case
Topic
1982-1992
High Court of Australia, International law, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, terra nullius
The Sea That Belongs To The Land
Topic
 
fish traps, fishing, Great Barrier Reef, sea rights, seafarers
The Second World War
Topic
1941-1945
citizenship, World War 2
Malo-Bomai
Topic
 
aboriginal law, Las, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, religion, sacred
The Story Of Malo
Topic
 
Malo, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam culture, religion, religion
Order Of The Court
Text
1992
Brennan, Justice Gerard, crown land, Dawson, Justice, Deane, Sir William, Gaudron, Justice Mary, High Court judgement, High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Mason, Chief Justice Anthony, McHugh, Justice Michael, Mer, native title, Order of the Court, Toohey, Justice
Deputy Chief Protector
Text
Feb, 22, 1936
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Meriam history, Protection Act, racism
Murray Islands Archaeological Project
Image and Text
May, 1999
archaeology, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island
A London Missionary Society meeting
Image
1888
London Missionary Society, Mer, Meriam history
The roar of Las
Audio and Image
1898
Las, Meriam history, sea
Las: 1890s
Image
1890s
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Las, Mer
Sawfish Dance
Image
1898
Meriam culture, Meriam history
Rehearsal of Malu songs at Las
Image
1898
anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Las, Mer, Meriam history
C. O'Leary to Chief Protector of Aboriginals
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Oct, 9, 1936
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Queensland Government, White Australia Policy
Figures of wind circle 2
Image
 
Mer, Stars of Tagai, wind
One King
Image
 
annexation, colonialism, education, Mer, Queensland, school
Southern End of Ormi
Image
May, 1999
archaeology, Meriam history
Australian War Memorial
URL
 
soldiers, Torres Strait Light infantry battalion, war, World War 2
Property And Inheritance
Text
 
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, property