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.
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Blacks, miners join in plan for cooperation
Newspaper
Jul, 2, 1993
industry, mining, Ranger Uranium Mine, reconciliation
Conflicting claims in the forest
Newspaper
Jun, 9, 1993
assimilation, compensation, land ownership, native title claim, Victoria, Yorta Yorta
Native title in Brisbane
Newspaper
Dec, 30, 1992
Brisbane, extinguishment, native title, Queensland Government
Ocean Rights Win For Aborigines
Newspaper
Jun, 3, 1995
Australia, Croker Island, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, Northern Territory, sea claims, sea rights
PM has failed us on Mabo: Aborigines
Newspaper
Oct, 9, 1993
Australia, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, Keating, Paul, Native Title Amendment Bill, States' rights
Tasmanian aborigines to claim 20% of state
Newspaper
Jun, 8, 1993
land ownership, Mabo Case, native title claim
WA blacks make huge land claim
Newspaper
1992-
Court, Richard, CRA, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, mining, native title claim, States' rights, Western Australia
Wik people may outdo Mabo claim
Newspaper
Jul, 30, 1993
coexistence, extinguishment, farming, native title, native title claim, pastoralism, Queensland, Wik
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
Bryan Keon-Cohen with Mabo Case plaintiffs
Image
Jun, 1989
Brisbane, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Kobere, Henry, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, Mabo, Eddie Jnr., Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Passi, Reverend Dave, Rice, James, Supreme Court of Queensland
The Legacy Of A Tiny Island
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, Mabo, Edward Koiki, native title
...no such recognition...
Video
Canada, Land Bilong Islanders, New Zealand (Aotearoa), recognition, treaties, United States of America
Crown Land
Topic
colonisation, doctrine of tenure, indigenous Australians, International law, native title, New South Wales, sovereignty, terra nullius
Gove Case
Topic
1971
aborigines, Blackburn, Justice, Gove, Gove Case, Gove Peninsula, McIntyre, Greg, Nabalco, Yirrkala
...a legal fiction called terra nullius...
Video
1992
High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Land Bilong Islanders, Native Title Act (1993), political reaction, terra nullius
Native Title
Video
1993
Australian Court Case, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo judgement, native title, Native Title Act (1993), recognition, WA v Commonwealth
...A tiny island...
Video
High Court of Australia, Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo Case, plaintiffs, reconciliation, terra nullius
Mer, Waier & Dauar
Topic
Dauar, Dauar, HMS Pandora, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Meriam history, Murray Island, Waier
Ancient & Modern Ways
Topic
Great Barrier Reef, Mer, Murray Island, native title, reef, sea claims, sea rights, Subkaur Island
High Court Victory
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
Australia, Canberra, death, High Court judgement, High Court of Australia, High Court victory, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, native title
Property & Inheritance
Topic
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, property
Mabo V Queensland
Text
1992
Brisbane, Common Law, extinguishment, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, native title
...a recognition of our human rights...
Image and Text
Jun, 3, 1992
Dodson, Michael, human rights, native title
Defining native title: the Mabo decision
Text
crown land, cultural preservation, doctrine of tenure, High Court judgement, Mabo judgement, terra nullius
Defining native title: the Native Title Act 1993
Text
1993
Common Law, custom, Mabo judgement, native title, Native Title Act (1993)
...full respect...
Image and Text
Jun, 1995
Common Law, cultural preservation, custom, Dodson, Michael, indigenous people
...We never lost it to anybody...
Text
Jun, 1994
aboriginal law, native title, Northern land Council, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
...That girl walks this land as though she thinks it's hers...
Text
1979
aboriginal property ownership, cultural preservation, Noonuccal, Oodgeroo
A dynamic system of law and culture
Image and Text
1992
Brennan, Justice Gerard, land ownership, Mabo judgement, Mabo v Queensland No.2, native title
...In the hearts and minds...
Image and Text
1994-1995
Dodson, Michael, extinguishment, land ownership, ownership
...Surrender, abandonment and extinction...
Text
Deane, Sir William, Federal Court of Australia, Gaudron, Justice Mary, land ownership, land rights, Mabo v Queensland No.2, native title, Yorta Yorta, Yorta Yorta Decision
...The Crown's power to extinguish...
Text
1992
Brennan, Justice Gerard, Common Law, crown land, dispossession, extinguishment, Mabo v Queensland No.2, sovereignty
...We have kept our laws and cultures...
Image and Text
Oct, 18, 1995
aboriginal law, cultural preservation, Dodson, Michael
From Bark Petititon to Native Title
Text
Aug, 16, 1996
aboriginal law, land ownership, Northern land Council, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
...Land, society and culture...
Text
Australian Court Case, Fejo v Northern Territory (1998), legal pluralism, Mabo judgement, Northern Territory, recognition, Walker v NSW (1994)
...Competing responsibilities...
Text
aboriginal law, ATSIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, custom, indigenous Australians, O'Donaghue, Lowitja
Land Boundaries
Topic
boundary markers, clans, inheritance, land ownership, land use, oral tradition
Land Rights and Social Justice
Image and Text
Aug, 1996
aboriginal law, culture, custom, Dodson, Michael, indigenous Australians, land rights, sacred
Dreaming Creatures
Image and Text
May, 12, 1976
cultural preservation, culture, custom, dreamtime, land ownership, Northern Territory, Ranger Uranium Mine, Roberts, Silas, Roper River
International Comparisons
Topic
British law, Canada, colonialism, Common Law, High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, native title, New Zealand (Aotearoa), United States of America
...The power of the High Court to determine the common law...
Text
1992
Brennan, Justice Gerard, Britain, Canada, High Court of Australia, International law, Mabo judgement, Mabo v Queensland No.2, New Zealand (Aotearoa), United States of America
...The implications of overseas law for native title in Australia...
Image and Text
Australian Court Case, Britain, Canada, Delgamuukw v British Columbia, Fejo v Northern Territory (1998), International Court Case, International law, Kirby, Justice Michael, Mabo v Queensland No.2, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Queensland Government, Supreme Court of Canada, United States of America
US Domestic Dependent Nation Doctrine
Topic
1823
indigenous people, International law, treaties, United States of America
The 'Act of State' Doctrine
Text
act of state, Federal Court of Australia, Indian, indigenous people, sovereignty, Supreme Court USA, United States of America
The Cherokee Cases
Text
1810-1832
act of state, Cherokee cases, Cherokee Nation v Georgia (1831), Fletcher v Peck (1810), indigenous people, International Court Case, Johnson v Mc Intosh (1823), Marshall, Chief Justice, sovereignty, United States of America, Worcester v Georgia (1832)
Indian Title & Indian Sovereignty
Text
Cherokee cases, Common Law, indigenous people, International Court Case, Oneida Indian Nation v County of Oneida (1974), sovereignty, Supreme Court USA, United States of America, United States v Wheeler (1978)
Aboriginal Rights & Title In Canada
Topic
1973-1982
Aboriginal Title, Canada, First Nations Canada, native title, treaties, United States of America
The recognition of Aboriginal rights
Text
1973-1984
Aboriginal Title, Calder v Attorney-General, 1973 , Canada, Canada, First Nations Canada, Guerin v The Queen, Hamlet of Baker Lake v Minister for Indian Affairs (1979), indigenous people, International Court Case, International law, Supreme Court of Canada
Delgamuukw v British Columbia: Aboriginal title Aboriginal rights
Text
1997
British Columbia, Canada, Common Law, Delgamuukw v British Columbia, First Nations Canada, indigenous people, International Court Case, International law, Mabo v Queensland No.2, R v Van Der Peet (1996), Supreme Court of Canada
Canada's Newest Territory Celebrates
Newspaper
Apr, 3, 1999
Canada, First Nations Canada, indigenous people, Inuit, Nunavat
The Nisga'a Final Agreement
Text
1998
Canada, First Nations Canada, indigenous people, International law, Nisga'a, recognition
R v Symonds
Text
1847
indigenous people, International Court Case, International law, Maori, New Zealand (Aotearoa), R v Symonds (1847)
The recognition of Maori rights under the common law
Text
1847-1994
indigenous people, International Court Case, International law, Maori, New Zealand (Aotearoa), New Zealand Native Title cases, R v Symonds (1847), sea rights, Te Weehi v Regional Fisheries Office (1986)
Other Jurisdictions
Topic
1973
colonisation, Common Law, High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, native title, Papua New Guinea
The Administration Papua v Daera Guba
Text
1972-1973
colonisation, High Court of Australia, indigenous people, International Court Case, International law, Papua New Guinea, The Administration of Papua v Daera Guba 1972-3
...A mere change in sovereignty...
Text
1921
Africa, Brennan, Justice Gerard, indigenous people, International Convention, International Court Case, Mabo judgement, Nigeria, Privy Council, Southern Rhodesia, Amodu Tijani V Secretary, 1921, sovereignty
International Court of Justice in its Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara
Text
1975
Africa, indigenous people, International Court of Justice, terra nullius, Western Sahara case
Native Title's Vulnerability In Australia
Topic
extinguishment, High Court of Australia, indigenous people, land ownership, native title, political reaction, politics, Racial Discrimination Act
The Racial Discrimination Act 1975
Text
1975
Canberra, constitution, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975
International law and the external affairs power
Text
Canberra, constitution, International Convention, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975 , United Nations
Mabo v Queensland [Number 1]
Text
1988
High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Queensland, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Racial Discrimination Act , 1975
Mabo v Queensland (Number 2)
Text
1992
High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Queensland, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975
...Enjoyment of their human rights...
Image and Text
1988
Brennan, Justice Gerard, Mabo Case, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Queensland, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975
...without compensation...
Image and Text
Jun, 3, 1992
extinguishment, Mer, Queensland, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975 , Toohey, Justice
Legislation In Australia After Mabo
Topic
1990s
indigenous people, land rights, Mabo Case, Mabo judgement, mining, native title, Native Title Act (1993), pastoralism, political reaction
The Western Australian Government response to Mabo
Text
1993
Court, Richard, mining, political reaction, recognition, The Land Titles and Traditional Usages Act, Western Australia
The Native Title Act
Topic
Oct, 1, 1992
1967 referendum, Court, Richard, Keating, Paul, Mabo Case, Mabo judgement, mining, National Farmer's Federation, native title, Native Title Act (1993), pastoralism, politics
The objectives of the Native Title Act
Text
1993
10 point plan, Native Title Act (1993), recognition
Key Components of the Native Title Act
Text
Nov, 25, 1993
Native Title Act (1993), Racial Discrimination Act , 1975
PM Paul Keating's speech - 'YEAR FOR THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'
Text
1992
Keating, Paul, reconciliation, Sydney
The Native Title Act and Australia's international obligations
Text
Nov, 25, 1993
High Court of Australia, human rights, International Convention, International law, Mabo Case, Mabo judgement, native title, Native Title Act (1993), United Nations
Wik & Co-Existence
Topic
1996
coexistence, High Court of Australia, native title, native title claim, pastoral lease, pastoralists, Queensland, Thayorre people, Wik
Co-existence and the test of inconsistency
Text
1993
Brennan, Justice Gerard, High Court of Australia, Mabo v Queensland No.2, native title claim, pastoral lease, Wik & Co-Existence
The tenure history in the Wik case
Text
1993
native title claim, pastoral lease, Thayorre people, Wik, Wik & Co-Existence
...drive native title holders from their traditional lands...
Image and Text
1996
Gaudron, Justice Mary, pastoral lease, pastoralism, recognition, Wik, Wik & Co-Existence
Judicial Independence
Text
1996-1997
Brennan, Justice Gerard, Canberra, High Court of Australia, Wik, Wik & Co-Existence
The '10 Point Plan'
Topic
1996
10 point plan, backlash, Canberra, extinguishment, High Court of Australia, Howard, John, Liberal - National Party coalition, Native Title Act (1993), Wik
Text of the 10 point plan (as amended)
Text
1996
10 point plan, backlash, Canberra, extinguishment, Howard, John, Native Title Act (1993), pastoralism, Wik
The details of the plan
Text
1996
10 point plan, backlash, Canberra, extinguishment, Howard, John, Native Title Act (1993)
Indigenous Working Group & Amendment Bill
Topic
1997
10 point plan, Australian Democrats, Australian Labor Party, backlash, coexistence, Howard, John, National Indigenous Working Group, Native Title Act (1993), Native Title Amendment Bill
The Native Title Amendment Bill
Topic
Jul, 7, 1998
10 point plan, backlash, native title, Native Title Amendment Bill, political reaction, sunset clause
Possible Constitutional challenge
Text
1999
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act, Australian Court Case, Canberra, constitution, Hindmarsh Island Bridge Act, Kartinyeri, Kartinyeri v The Commonwealth, Narrandjeri, Native Title Amendment, Native Title Amendment Bill, Racial Discrimination Act, racism
Native Title Tribunal & Federal Court
Topic
Nov, 25, 1993
Federal Court of Australia, National Native Title Tribunal, native title, Native Title Act (1993)
...Why it is of small comfort...
Image and Text
1994
Canberra, Dodson, Michael, National Native Title Tribunal, native title
Who Can Make An Application?
Topic
Federal Court of Australia, indigenous people, Mabo Case, Mabo judgement, Native Title Act (1993)
The application
Text
1993-
National Native Title Tribunal, Native Title Act (1993), native title claim
Federal Court Native Title applications
URL
1993-
National Native Title Tribunal, native title claim
Native Title Representative Bodies
Image and Text
Nov, 25, 1993
Native Title Act (1993), Native Title Amendment Act, 1998, Native Title Amendment Bill, native title claim
Mediation & Other Parties
Topic
Nov, 25, 1993
coexistence, Federal Court of Australia, mediation, National Native Title Tribunal, Native Title Act (1993)
What mediation can encompass
Text
Nov, 25, 1993
Federal Court of Australia, mediation, native title, Native Title Act (1993)
The Right To Negotiate
Topic
1999
native title, Native Title Act (1993), Native Title Amendment Bill, negotiation
Changes to the right to negotiate
Text
1998
Native Title Act (1993), Native Title Amendment Act, 1998, native title claim, negotiation
The Registration Test
Text
1998
determinations, Federal Court of Australia, National Native Title Tribunal, Native Title Act (1993), Native Title Amendment Act, 1998, Native Title Amendment Bill, native title claim, Wongatha claim
Determination Of Native Title
Topic
Nov, 25, 1993
Common Law, Federal Court of Australia, Native Title Act (1993)
What does a determination look like?
Text
Nov, 25, 1993
determinations, Federal Court of Australia, native title claim
The Miriuwung Gajerrong Determination
Text
1998
determinations, Federal Court of Australia, Kimberleys, Miriuwung Gajerrong peoples, native title claim, Northern Territory, Western Australia
Native Title After The Murray Islands
Topic
1990s
aboriginal law, Mabo judgement, Native Title Act (1993), sovereignty
Procedural Issues
Text
1996-1998
Australian Court Case, determinations, Federal Court of Australia, Ganalanja Corp v Queensland and Ors (1996), National Native Title Tribunal, Native Title Amendment Bill, native title claim, Northern Territory v Lane (1996), Waanyi, Walley v State of Western Australia (1996)
Fejo & Freehold
Text
1997-1998
aboriginal law, crown land, extinguishment, Federal Court of Australia, Fejo decision, Fejo v Northern Territory (1998), High Court of Australia, Larrakia, native title, Northern Territory, Wik
Dunghutti & Compensation
Text
1997
determinations, Dunghutti, Federal Court of Australia, French, Justice Robert, National Native Title Tribunal, native title claim, New South Wales
Hopevale & Aboriginal Land
Text
1997
Cape York, determinations, Hopevale, native title claim, Queensland, Warra Peoples Determination
Yarmirr Sea Rights
Text
1998
Australian Court Case, determinations, Federal Court of Australia, Native Title Act (1993), native title claim, Northern Territory, sea claims, sea rights, Yarmirr, Yarmirr v Northern Territory (1998)
Miriuwung Gajerrong & Resources
Text
1998
Australian Court Case, Canada, coexistence, Delgamuukw, determinations, Federal Court of Australia, Kimberleys, Miriuwung Gajerrong peoples, Miriuwung Gajerrong Peoples v Western Australia (1998), native title claim, Supreme Court of Canada, Western Australia, Wik
Yorta Yorta & Abandonment
Text
Dec, 19, 1998
determinations, Federal Court of Australia, Miriuwung Gajerrong Determination, Murray River, native title claim, New South Wales, Victoria, Yorta Yorta, Yorta Yorta Decision
Native Title & Industry
Topic
1996-1998
mining, native title, Native Title Act (1993), Native Title Amendment Bill, pastoral industry, pastoral lease, Wik
National Farmers Federation against native title: The 'fence post hole' ad
Video
1997
backlash, National Farmer's Federation, pastoral industry, political reaction, Wik
...When discomfort arises...
Image and Text
1994
Dodson, Michael, human rights, industry opposition, racism
Learning To Live With Native Title
Topic
Cowley, Camilla, De Crispegny, Robert Champion, mining, native title, Normandy Mining, pastoralism, reconciliation
Getting to agreement
Text
industry opposition, land use, mining, Native Title Act (1993), recognition, reconciliation
Mutual Respect & Trust
Text
Aug, 1996
industry, mediation, Normandy Mining, recognition, reconciliation
Native Title & Statutory Land Rights
Topic
High Court judgement, land rights, Mabo judgement, native title
Land rights legislation in Australia
Text
1976-
Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory)(1976), Australian Court Case, Brennan, Justice Gerard, Cooper V Stuart, Kakadu National Park, land rights, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , native title, Northern Territory, Pitjantjatjara, recognition, reconciliation, resistance, South Australia, Uluru National Park
...I am a Yorta Yorta person...
Text
1995
land rights, Morgan, Monica, native title claim, recognition, Yorta Yorta
...Aboriginal people don't need books to know the law...
Text
1985
aboriginal law, coexistence, reconciliation, Uluru
The colonial courts and Aboriginal law
Text
aboriginal law, Common Law, Jacky Anzac Jadjurin v R (1982), R v Ferguson (1970), R v Murrell (1836)
Testing jurisdiction: Walker v NSW
Text
1994
aboriginal law, coexistence, extinguishment, High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, Mason, Chief Justice Anthony, New South Wales, recognition, Walker v NSW (1994)
...It is an absurd position if our title...
Image and Text
1995
aboriginal law, Dodson, Michael, recognition
Police v Yunupingu
Text
1998
aboriginal law, Deane, Sir William, Gaudron, Justice Mary, Gummow, Justice, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Northern Territory, Police v Yunupingu (1998), Wik & Co-Existence, Wik peoples v Queensland, Yolgnu, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
An Expression Of Sovereignty
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, native title, self determination, self-government, sovereignty
...a legal fiction based on political convenience...
Text
1992
Australian Court Case, Isabel Coe v The Commonwealth, Mabo judgement, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Mansell, Michael, Mason, Chief Justice Anthony, native title, sovereignty, terra nullius
Testing Sovereignty: Isabel Coe v The Commonwealth
Text
1993
aboriginal law, Isabel Coe v The Commonwealth, native title, sovereignty
The Politics Of Native Title
Topic
1992-
citizenship, equality, human rights, land rights, national identity, native title, political reaction, politics
The Benefits Of Native Title
Topic
1992-
Common Law, equality, human rights, indigenous people, Mabo judgement, national identity, native title, social justice
Benefits to indigenous peoples
Text
1992-
aboriginal law, benefits, coexistence, human rights, industry, self determination
...The deepening of Australian social democracy...
Text
1992-
benefits, Mabo judgement, national identity
Australia In The Eyes Of The World
Topic
1992-
Australia, Australia, Australian International Relations, human rights, indigenous people, International law, national identity, native title, social justice
...All of us are diminished...
Image and Text
Nov, 13, 1972
Australia, Australian International Relations, Australian Labor Party, Whitlam, Gough
Reconciliation
Text
Apr, 5, 1997
Australia, Australian International Relations, coexistence, Malezer, Les, Mer, recognition, reconciliation
...Australia is a diminished nation...
Image and Text
1996
Australia, Australian International Relations, Deane, Sir William
The Reshaping Of National Identity
Topic
1992-
backlash, decolonisation, indigenous people, national identity, native title, reconciliation
Social, political and sovereign ideologies
Text
May, 23, 1997
coexistence, Everett, Jim, extinguishment, national identity, recognition
Belonging To Country
Topic
aborigines, Australia, dreamtime, indigenous Australians, land ownership, land rights, sacred
Emu Song - Millingimbi
Audio
1963
cultural preservation, culture, Millingimbi, Northern Territory, songs
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
Pastoral Interest & Public Interest
Topic
1830-1848
coexistence, Grey, Earl, native title, New South Wales, pastoral industry, pastoral lease, Wik
A Sacred Landscape
Topic
aboriginal property ownership, anthropology, Australia, clans, dispossession, kinship, land ownership, religion, sacred
Lake Tyers
Topic
1861-1970
Aboriginal Land Act 1970, Lake Tyers, land rights, missions, reserves, Victoria
Seagull - Yirrkala
Audio
1962
Arnhem Land, culture, Gove Case, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, songs, Yirrkala, Yolgnu
The Gurindji Strike
Topic
1966-1975
Australian Labor Party, Communist Party of Australia, Gurindji, land rights, Lingiarri, Vincent, Northern Territory, pastoralism, resistance, strike, The Northern Territory Land Rights Act, trade unions, Vestey, Lord, Whitlam, Gough
The Aboriginal Land Fund Commission
Topic
1974
Aboriginal Land Fund Commission, Australian Labor Party, land rights, McMahon, William, Northern Territory, Whitlam, Gough
The Whitlam Government & Land Rights
Topic
1972-1975
Australian Labor Party, land rights, Whitlam, Gough
Northern Territory Land Rights Act
Topic
1975
Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory)(1976), Australian Labor Party, Fraser, Malcolm, land rights, Northern Territory, Whitlam, Gough
The (Broken) Promise Of National Land Rights
Topic
1983-1985
Australian Labor Party, Hawke, Bob, land rights
Extinguishment Of Native Title
Topic
Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, claim, crown land, extinguishment, native title, plaintiffs, Radical Title, Supreme Court USA
The Issues In Mabo #1
Topic
1988
Mabo v Queensland No.1, Queensland, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985
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
The High Court Decides!
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, Mabo v Queensland No.2
...The decision affects the whole of Australia...
Text
1992
Australian Court Case, Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, Federal Government, Australia, High Court judgement, Isabel Coe v The Commonwealth, Mabo judgement, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Mason v Tritton, 1994, Meriam Mer, native title, Native Title Act (1993), plaintiffs, Toohey, Justice
Las
Topic
Las, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Piadaram, Zogo le
Terra Nullius
Topic
colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, First Fleet, New South Wales, sovereignty, terra nullius
Aboriginal & Treaty Rights In Aotearoa - NZ
Topic
1840
Common Law, Maori, native title, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Privy Council, Treaty of Waitangi, 1840
Britain's Acquisition Of Sovereignty
Topic
1879
Britain, colonisation, Mabo Case, Mer, plaintiffs, sovereignty
General Principles Of Native Title
Topic
aboriginal law, Common Law, native title, Native Title Act (1993)
Human Rights
Topic
human rights, International law, Mabo judgement, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975 , United Nations
International Law
Topic
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sea rights, seafarers, Torres Strait
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
Native Title & Indigenous Law
Topic
aboriginal law, Malo's laws, native title, Native Title Act (1993), sacred
Other Lands Settled By The British
Topic
Canada, colonisation, Common Law, native title, New Zealand (Aotearoa), treaties, Treaty of Waitangi, 1840 , United States of America
Recent Changes To International Law
Topic
decolonisation, human rights, International law, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975 , treaties, United Nations
Sovereignty & Ownership Distinguished
Topic
land ownership, Mabo judgement, native title, sovereignty
Terra Nullius & Australia
Topic
crown land, dispossession, doctrine of tenure, First Fleet, land rights, resistance, terra nullius
The Doctrine Of Tenures Reconsidered
Topic
crown land, doctrine of tenure, land rights, Mabo judgement
The Gove Case
Topic
1967-1972
Arnhem Land, Australian Court Case, bark petition, Blackburn, Justice, Gove, Gove Case, land rights, Marika, Roy, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , mining, Nabalco, Northern Territory, Yirrkala
High Court Challenge - WA vs Commonwealth
Topic
1995
backlash, Court, Richard, mining, native title, Native Title Act (1993), pastoral industry, WA v Commonwealth, Western Australia
The Mabo Case
Topic
1982-1992
High Court of Australia, International law, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, terra nullius
The Political Response
Topic
10 point plan, Australian Court Case, backlash, Court, Richard, desecration, Keating, Paul, Mabo judgement, mining, pastoral industry, political reaction, racism, WA v Commonwealth
Wik allies mount attack on premiers
Newspaper
Jan, 22, 1997
aborigines, backlash, Borbidge, Robert, Djerrkura, Gatjil, Fischer, Tim, French, Justice Robert, Howard, John, native title, Native Title Act (1993), native title claim, pastoralism, Wik
The judiciary has done its duty
Newspaper
Jan, 20, 1997
Common Law, High Court judgement, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, native title, terra nullius, Wik
What price native rights?
Newspaper
Jan, 20, 1997
Common Law, compensation, extinguishment, land tenure, National Native Title Tribunal, Native Title Act (1993), NSW Acquisition Act, Western Australia, Wik
Premiers push partial extinguishment
Newspaper
Jan, 22, 1997
backlash, Court, Richard, extinguishment, native title, Western Australia
Give blacks a living area: Mining Lobby
Newspaper
Jan, 22, 1997
AMEC (Assoc' of Mining & Exploration Co's), apartheid, backlash, Federal Government, Australia, industry, mining, native title, racism
One small step becomes giant leap
Newspaper
Jan, 22, 1997
Mabo, Edward Koiki, Queensland Government, Wik
Blacks condemn 'arrogant' PM
Newspaper
Jan, 23, 1997
10 point plan, Howard, John, Racial Discrimination Act, racism, Yu, Peter
Farm leader warns PM on Wik stand
Newspaper
Jan, 23, 1997
Cattleman's Union of Australia, National Farmer's Federation, native title claim, pastoral industry, Wik
Cape legal experts plays down talk of a crisis
Newspaper
Jan, 23, 1997
Cape York, Cape York Land Council, Fitzgerald, James, pastoral industry, pastoralism
Rural development crippled
Newspaper
Jan, 23, 1997
backlash, farming, mining, native title, pastoral industry
Cape fighters bring out their big stick
Newspaper
Jan, 27, 1997
Cairns Native Title Summit, Cape York, Koowarta, Wik
The hows, whys and what of Wik
Newspaper
Jan, 22, 1997
Cape York, native title claim, Thayorre people, Wik
Yirrkala Bark Petition
Image
Nov, 18, 1976
Arnhem Land, Australian Court Case, bark petition, Blackburn, Justice, Canberra, Gove, Gove Case, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , Roberts, Silas, Yirrkala, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
Howard to Overule Mabo
Newspaper
10 point plan, backlash, Cape York Land Council, CRA, extinguishment, mining, Native Title Act (1993), Wik
Discrimination? I Don't See Any, Says Honest John
Newspaper
Mar, 20, 1999
10 point plan, Howard, John, racism, United Nations, Wik
Terra Nullius Rejected and the Mabo Saga Unfolds
Newspaper
Dec, 22, 1993
High Court judgement, Mabo Case, Native Title Act (1993), terra nullius
Mabo: History is Made: Mabo Bill Set to Become Law (Part 2)
Newspaper
Dec, 22, 1993
Keating, Paul, Mabo Bill, Native Title Act (1993)
Court Settles Native Title Deal on Pastoral Lease
Newspaper
Sep, 29, 1998
High Court judgement, mining, Native Title Act (1993), pastoral industry, pastoralism, Wik
The Order Of The Court
Text
1992
Brennan, Justice Gerard, crown land, Dawson, Justice, Deane, Sir William, Gaudron, Justice Mary, High Court judgement, Mason, Chief Justice Anthony, McHugh, Justice Michael, Mer, native title, Order of the Court, Toohey, Justice
Information on Native Title applications
URL
1993-
National Native Title Tribunal, native title claim
United Nations: 'Howard's Wik bill is racist'
Newspaper
Mar, 20, 1999
Howard, John, United Nations, Wik
Property And Inheritance
Text
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, property