Property & Inheritance
The Meriam "nameholder" owns land and sea property not only on behalf of his current family, but also in the name of his ancestors, and future generations.
This is a two-way system of rights and responsibilities, and the nameholder is obliged to share his property with family and relatives, particularly his younger brothers and unmarried sisters.
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
...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
Land Boundaries
Topic
boundary markers, clans, inheritance, land ownership, land use, oral tradition
Indigenous People & Their Land
Topic
custom, indigenous people, land ownership, land rights, land use, sacred
The Murray Islanders' Evidence
Topic
1986
evidence, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island, plaintiffs, witnesses
In Meriam Waters
Topic
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sea rights, seafarers, Torres Strait
The Mabo Case
Topic
1982-1992
High Court of Australia, International law, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, terra nullius
Property And Inheritance
Text
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, property
