The Laws Of Malo
Malo's Law also involved a moral code: prescribing do's and dont's for the Meriam.
It was a good law, says the Reverend Dave Passi, because it laid down a "proper way" for a Meriam to behave.
However, there were harsh penalties for those who defied it.
"Your jaws for Malo's necklace" was a saying that kept people on their toes, out of trouble and in their own places.
So, as James Rice, a senior landowner said, back in 1989; "If everyone kept to his place, there was no trouble."
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
...my father told me...
Text
1986-89
Brisbane, evidence, gardening, hearsay, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.1, plaintiffs
Malo Dance 1967
Video
1967
dancing, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Malo, Malo dance, Malo's laws, Meriam culture, sacred
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
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
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
A Sacred Landscape
Topic
aboriginal property ownership, anthropology, Australia, clans, dispossession, kinship, land ownership, religion, sacred
Las
Topic
Las, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Piadaram, Zogo le
Native Title & Indigenous Law
Topic
aboriginal law, Malo's laws, native title, Native Title Act (1993), sacred
Recent Changes To International Law
Topic
decolonisation, human rights, International law, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975 , treaties, United Nations
The Story Of Malo
Topic
Malo, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam culture, religion, religion
