In Meriam Waters
Despite European efforts to eliminate the Meriam people's customary ownership of "plots of sea" and distant fishing grounds, their sea claims remain inseparably bound to their land claims.
And so, in their case to the High Court of Australia on the twentieth of May 1982, the Meriam made reference to the sea in two sections of their claim.
In the minds of the plaintiffs, land and sea property could not be separated.
And so, in their case to the High Court of Australia on the twentieth of May 1982, the Meriam made reference to the sea in two sections of their claim.
In the minds of the plaintiffs, land and sea property could not be separated.
...this is our reef...
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Dauar, land boundaries, land ownership, No Ordinary Judgement, property, sea, Sharp, Dr. Nonie
Food For Our People
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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
Maritime Boundaries of the Murray Islands
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map, No Ordinary Judgement, sea, sea claims, sea rights, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Torres Strait
Turtle Hunting Great Barrier Reef
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food gathering, Great Barrier Reef, hunting, Land Bilong Islanders, sea claims, sea rights, seafarers, turtles
Sea Claims
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Federal Government, Australia, fish traps, fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sacred, sea rights
Native Title & Indigenous Law
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aboriginal law, Malo's laws, native title, Native Title Act (1993), sacred
The Sea That Belongs To The Land
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fish traps, fishing, Great Barrier Reef, sea rights, seafarers
