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A history of the Mabo case from its inception in Townsville in 1981 to the High Court victory in 1992.

A history of the Mabo case from its inception in Townsville in 1981 to the High Court victory in 1992.

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Mabo sparks battle over State's rights
Newspaper
Jun, 7, 1993
land tenure, States' rights, Western Australia
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
Protect post-1788 titles: Goss
Newspaper
Aug, 14, 1993
doctrine of tenure, Keating, Paul, Queensland Government, States' rights, 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
High Court Findings
URL
Jun, 3, 1992
Canberra, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, High Court judgement, land rights, Mabo Case, Mabo judgement, terra nullius
Historic win in fight for land rights
Newspaper
Jun, 4, 1992
Mabo Case, native title
Keating suggests Fischer 'inciting fear' over Mabo
Newspaper
1992
backlash, desecration, Fischer, Tim, Keating, Paul, Mabo Case, political reaction, racism
Mabo splits coalition
Newspaper
Jun, 22, 1993
Australia, Keating, Paul, Liberal - National Party coalition, Mabo Case
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
High Court in Canberra: Mabo & legal council
Image
1991
Canberra, Castan, Ron, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, High Court of Australia, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg
Travelling to Dauer
Image
May, 1989
Dauar, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Kobere, Henry, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Mer, Rice, James, sea claims
Land Rights and the Future of Australian Race Relations
Text
1981
conference, Land Rights Conference, 1981, land tenure, Townsville
Eddie Mabo's address to Land Rights Conference
Image and Text
Jan, 1, 1981
conference, land rights, land rights, Land Rights Conference, 1981, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Townsville
...he was crucial...
Image and Text
1989
Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Meriam culture
Moynihan's Findings
Topic
Dec, 16, 1990
adoption, inheritance, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings
...his credibility didn't find great favour...
Text
Nov, 16, 1990
adoption, inheritance, land disputes, Mabo, Benny, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings
...to see the wood for the trees...
Text
1990
Mabo Case, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings
...Diary entries...
Image
1991
Canberra, diaries, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, High Court of Australia, Mabo, Edward Koiki
...he'd come from nowhere...
Video
1991
Canberra, High Court of Australia, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Reynolds, Henry (Prof.)
Australian of the Year
Newspaper
Jan, 26, 1993
determinations, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, High Court of Australia
The Legacy Of A Tiny Island
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, Mabo, Edward Koiki, native title
...the ripples are still going out...
Text
1992-
determinations, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, High Court of Australia
...land belonging to no-one...
Video
1788
colonial warfare, colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, extinguishment, Land Bilong Islanders, land rights, settlements, sovereignty, terra nullius
...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
...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
The Gove Case Issues
Text
1971
Blackburn, Justice, extinguishment, Gove, land rights, native title, Northern Territory, recognition, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Yolgnu
...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 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
...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
James Rice playing pan pipe
Video
 
Land Bilong Islanders, Meriam culture, music, Rice, James
Activist
Topic
1962-1992
activism, human rights, indigenous rights, Mabo, Edward Koiki, politics, Torres Strait, Townsville
Ancient & Modern Ways
Topic
 
Great Barrier Reef, Mer, Murray Island, native title, reef, sea claims, sea rights, Subkaur Island
Bakir Auski - Tombstone Opening 1995
Topic
Jun, 3, 1995
Bakir Auski, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, mourning, tombstone, tombstone unveiling, Townsville
Benny & Maiga's Son
Topic
Jan, 2, 1992
Brisbane, cancer, death, diaries, inheritance, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Eddie Jnr., Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga
Big Noting Himself
Topic
1982-1992
exile, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island
Buried In Townsville
Topic
Feb, 1, 1992
burial, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Townsville
Desecration
Topic
Jun, 3, 1995
backlash, desecration, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, tombstone, Townsville
Gardener At James Cook University
Topic
1967-1975
activism, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, employment, James Cook University, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
Inter-Racial Seminar
Topic
1967
1967 referendum, activism, civil rights, education, employment, indigenous Australians, Inter-racial Seminar, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
Koiki's Wish Fulfilled
Topic
Sep, 18, 1995
ancestors, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, reburial, tombstone
Land Rights Conference
Topic
1981
conference, James Cook University, land rights, land rights, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
...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
Sea Totems
Topic
 
Mer, Meriam culture, sacred, sea claims, sea rights, totems, tribes
Malo Dance 1967
Video
1967
dancing, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Malo, Malo dance, Malo's laws, Meriam culture, sacred
Property & Inheritance
Topic
 
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, property
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'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 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
Flash points
Text
1992
colonial warfare, colonisation, Deane, Sir William, dispossession, european contact, Gaudron, Justice Mary, Hawkesbury River, resistance, Sydney
Proclamation of Annexation
Image
Jul, 19, 1979
annexation, colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, land ownership, Mer, Queensland Government, terra nullius
...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
...Students who had done race relations...
Text
 
conference, James Cook University, land rights, Land Rights Conference, 1981, Reynolds, Henry (Prof.), The Townsville Conference, Townsville
Flo Kennedy Attends
Text
1981
conference, Kennedy, Flo, land rights, Land Rights Conference, 1981, No Ordinary Judgement, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, The Townsville Conference, Townsville
...We would take their heads off...
Video
 
Kennedy, Flo, Land Bilong Islanders, land ownership, The Townsville Conference, Townsville, warriors
...It's my grandmother's land...
Video
 
inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, land ownership, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, The Townsville Conference
Resolutions
Text
1981
conference, Kennedy, Flo, Land Rights Conference, 1981, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Passi, Reverend Dave, The Townsville Conference
...The reason why I was involved...
Image and Text
1981
Common Law, conference, Gove Case, Hocking, Barbara, James Cook University, Kennedy, Flo, Land Rights Conference, 1981, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Nettheim, Garth, Passi, Reverend Dave, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, The Townsville Conference
Barbara Hocking's address to conference
Text
1981
conference, Hocking, Barbara, The Townsville Conference
Qld Supreme Court trial, legal team with Eddie Mabo
Image
1985-1986
barristers, Castan, Ron, Hocking, Barbara, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Supreme Court of Queensland
...Land ownership system...
Text
1981
barristers, Castan, Ron, Kennedy, Flo, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, land ownership, No Ordinary Judgement, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Thursday Island
An exciting discovery
Image and Text
Feb, 1982
McIntyre, Greg, Mer, Murray Island Native Court, No Ordinary Judgement, Sharp, Dr. Nonie
Research Trip To Mer
Image
May, 1989
Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Mer
The Goals
Text
 
annexation, Common Law, High Court of Australia, native title, ownership, plaintiffs
The plaintiffs and legal counsel on boat to Mer
Image
May, 1989
Dauar, Kabere, Henry, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, McIntyre, Greg, plaintiffs, Rice, James
...Absolute secrecy...
Text
Aug, 29, 1981
Dauar, Hocking, Barbara, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo-Bomai, No Ordinary Judgement, Passi, Reverend Dave, Passi, Sam, Piadaram, plaintiffs, Rice, James, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Zogo le, Zogo le
The Haddon map of Mer
Image
1935
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, clans, Haddon, A.C., land boundaries, map, Mer, tribes
Limited Funds
Text
 
Aboriginal Legal Service, barristers, Castan, Ron, funding, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Moynihan, Justice Martin, plaintiffs, Tickner, Robert
Hearsay & Oral Tradition
Topic
Feb, 1987
hearsay, indigenous people, oral tradition
Yirrkala & Gove
Topic
1963-1971
bark petition, Gove, industry, land rights, Marika, Roy, mining, Nabalco, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
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
Native Title's Vulnerability In Australia
Topic
 
extinguishment, High Court of Australia, indigenous people, land ownership, native title, political reaction, politics, Racial Discrimination Act
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 objectives of the Native Title Act
Text
1993
10 point plan, Native Title Act (1993), recognition
Indigenous Customary Law
Topic
 
indigenous people, Mabo judgement, native title
Native Title & Sovereignty
Topic
 
indigenous people, native title, sovereignty
An Expression Of Sovereignty
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, native title, self determination, self-government, sovereignty
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
The Reshaping Of National Identity
Topic
1992-
backlash, decolonisation, indigenous people, national identity, native title, reconciliation
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
Bicentennial Protests
Video
1989
bicentennial, colonisation, land rights, resistance
A Humanitarian Tradition
Topic
 
Australia, colonialism, Cook, Captain James, First Fleet, humanitarians, land rights, terra nullius
A view of Sydney Cove, NSW
Image
 
aborigines, colonisation, conquest, settlements
Colonial Warfare
Topic
1788-1929
Australia, colonial warfare, colonialism, colonists, genocide, land rights, martial law, massacres, Tasmania, war, Warlpiri
A Sacred Landscape
Topic
 
aboriginal property ownership, anthropology, Australia, clans, dispossession, kinship, land ownership, religion, sacred
Second Dispossession & Indigenous Response
Topic
1901-1931
aborigines, Arnhem Land, Australia, land rights, reserves
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
Increasing Popularity Of Land Rights
Topic
1960s
Aboriginal Advancement League, Australian Labor Party, land rights, politics, Whitlam, Gough
Tent Embassy
Topic
1972
activism, Australian Labor Party, Foley, Gary, land rights, resistance, tent embassy, Whitlam, Gough
Noonkanbah
Topic
1979
activism, Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberleys, mining, Noonkanbah, resistance, unionism, Western Australia
Land Rights Stalled
Topic
1980s
land rights, Mabo judgement
Funding
Topic
 
barristers, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs
...The financial pressures on Eddie Mabo...
Text
 
employment, funding, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs
The Case Begins!
Topic
1982
High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki
...The Statement Of Claim...
Text
1986
Blackburn, Justice, Castan, Ron, claim, evidence, inheritance, Meriam Mer, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, plaintiffs, Queensland
pp 82-83 of Moynihan J's judgement
Text
1990
claim, Moynihan, Justice Martin, plaintiffs
A Challenge To The Established Law
Topic
Apr, 3, 1987
Canberra, High Court of Australia, native title, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , sovereignty, terra nullius
Gove Land Rights case
Text
 
Blackburn, Justice, Common Law, Gove, land rights, native title, plaintiffs
...Challenges - Terra Nullius...
Text
 
terra nullius
...The doctrine of terra nullius...
Text
 
Canada, extinguishment, First Fleet, land rights, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo judgement, Murray Island, New South Wales, New Zealand (Aotearoa), plaintiffs, Queensland, terra nullius, United States of America
...Territory practically unoccupied...
Text
1889-1991
Australian Court Case, Blackburn, Justice, Cooper V Stuart, doctrine of tenure, Federal Court of Australia, Gove Case, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , mining, Nabalco, Nettheim, Garth, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Privy Council, terra nullius, Yirrkala, Yolgnu
...Challenges - Sovereignty and ownership distinguished...
Text
1992
extinguishment, Murray Island, plaintiffs, Queensland, sovereignty
...Sovereignty...
Text
1992
annexation, Brennan, Justice Gerard, Mabo Case, Mabo v Queensland No.2, NSW v The Commonwealth, 1975, plaintiffs, sovereignty, sovereignty, terra nullius
Radical Title
Text
 
Australian Court Case, Common Law, Cooper V Stuart, crown land, New South Wales, plaintiffs, Queensland, Radical Title, sovereignty
...Title and Ownership Distinguished...
Text
1847-1992
Attorney-General (NSW) v Brown, 1847 , Australian Court Case, Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, Common Law, Mabo v Queensland No.2, native title, New South Wales, NSW v The Commonwealth, 1975, ownership, Radical Title, Randwick Corporation v Rutledge, 1959 , sovereignty
Extinguishment Of Native Title
Topic
 
Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, claim, crown land, extinguishment, native title, plaintiffs, Radical Title, Supreme Court USA
...Challenges - Is recognition of native title necessary?...
Text
1992
Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, claim, extinguishment, Mabo v Queensland No.2, native title, plaintiffs, Queensland, Radical Title
Queensland's First Response
Topic
Aug, 18, 1982
Mabo v Queensland No.1, Queensland
...Plots, Subplots and Counterplots...
Text
1982
claim, Killoran, Patrick, London Missionary Society, Meriam Mer, No Ordinary Judgement, plaintiffs, religion
...No Agreement...
Image and Text
1982-1985
claim, Deane, Sir William, Gibbs, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia, McIntyre, Greg, No Ordinary Judgement, plaintiffs, Queensland
Queensland's Defence
Text
Feb, 26, 1985
annexation, Meriam Mer, native title, plaintiffs, Queensland Government
Queensland's King-Hit
Topic
1985
Mabo v Queensland No.1, Queensland, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985
Second Reading
Text
Apr, 2, 1985
Mabo v Queensland No.1, native title claim, plaintiffs, Queensland, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Queensland Government
Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act
Text
1985
extinguishment, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Queensland, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985
...Condemnation...
Text
1985
extinguishment, High Court of Australia, Hocking, Barbara, Mabo v Queensland No.1, native title, Queensland, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985
The Issues In Mabo #1
Topic
1988
Mabo v Queensland No.1, Queensland, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985
...Judgment of Wilson J...
Text
1988
Mabo v Queensland No.1, native title, plaintiffs, Queensland, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Racial Discrimination Act
...Gibbs C.J...
Text
Feb, 27, 1986
Gibbs, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, Supreme Court of Queensland
...Murray Islanders Prepare To Give Evidence...
Text
1986-89
inheritance, Malo's laws, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, native title claim, No Ordinary Judgement, plaintiffs, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Townsville
The Murray Islanders' Evidence
Topic
1986
evidence, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island, plaintiffs, witnesses
...Twenty-seven witnesses...
Text
1990
evidence, Meriam Mer, plaintiffs, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, witnesses
...Justice Moynihan's Task...
Text
1989-1990
Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Moynihan, Justice Martin
...Under Pressure...
Text
 
Castan, Ron, claim, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, plaintiffs, Rice, James
Eddie Mabo's Evidence & The Hearsay Hurdle
Topic
Feb, 1987
evidence, hearsay, Mabo, Edward Koiki, oral evidence, oral tradition, plaintiffs
...Hearsay Evidence...
Text
1986
Castan, Ron, evidence, hearsay, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Moynihan, Justice Martin, No Ordinary Judgement, oral evidence, oral tradition, Queensland, Rice, James, witnesses
...Eddie Mabo's composure...
Text
 
Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg
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 myth of Malo-Bomai...
Text
 
Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, myths, No Ordinary Judgement, religion, sacred
the continuation of an indigenous system of law
Text
1990
land ownership, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, religion, sacred
...Evidence of Malo's Law...
Text
1990
evidence, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Murray Island Native Court, oral evidence, plaintiffs, Queensland, religion, sacred, tag mauki mauki
...Malo's Law as evidence...
Text
 
evidence, Kennedy, Flo, land ownership, Malo's laws, Malo's laws, McIntyre, Greg, Meriam culture, Meriam culture, oral evidence, plaintiffs, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Supreme Court of Queensland, tag mauki mauki
Sea Claims
Topic
 
Federal Government, Australia, fish traps, fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sacred, sea rights
...The seas and reefs...
Text
 
aboriginal law, Australian Court Case, Blackburn, Justice, Great Barrier Reef, indigenous law, McIntyre, Greg, Meriam culture, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, No Ordinary Judgement, plaintiffs, reef, sea, sea rights, Sharp, Dr. Nonie
...Abandonment of the Sea Claims...
Text
Jun, 26, 1989
aboriginal law, claim, Federal Government, Australia, Great Barrier Reef, McIntyre, Greg, plaintiffs, Queensland, sea, sea rights
More Arguments About Hearsay
Topic
1987-1989
evidence, hearsay, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, oral evidence, oral tradition, plaintiffs, Supreme Court of Queensland
...Court procedures...
Text
 
Castan, Ron, hearsay, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs, witnesses
...The shift to the High Court...
Text
1987
evidence, funding, hearsay, High Court of Australia, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Moynihan, Justice Martin, No Ordinary Judgement, oral evidence, oral tradition, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Supreme Court of Queensland
...Which court should rule on the Hearsay question?...
Text
1987
Castan, Ron, Deane, Sir William, evidence, hearsay, High Court of Australia, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Moynihan, Justice Martin, oral evidence, oral tradition, plaintiffs, Queensland, Supreme Court of Queensland
...Submissions to Justice Deane...
Text
Feb, 13, 1987
Deane, Sir William, Mabo Case
...Justice Moynihan's approach to the hearsay question...
Text
1987-1992
Castan, Ron, evidence, hearsay, Moynihan, Justice Martin, oral evidence, oral tradition
The Challenge To The Queensland Act
Topic
Apr, 3, 1987
Mabo v Queensland No.1, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985
The Agreement between the Plaintiffs and the Commonwealth
Text
1988
High Court of Australia, High Court of Australia, Mabo v Queensland No.1, plaintiffs, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Wilson, Justice
The Narrowest Of Victories
Topic
1988
High Court of Australia, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985
...Only one of the plaintiffs' arguments succeeded...
Text
1988
extinguishment, High Court of Australia, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Racial Discrimination Act, Wilson, Justice
...Section 10 of the Racial Discrimination Act saves the plaintiffs - just!...
Text
1988
High Court of Australia, plaintiffs, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Racial Discrimination Act , 1975 , Wilson, Justice
The Great Northern Expedition
Topic
1989
Mabo, Edward Koiki, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, Supreme Court of Queensland
...The View...
Video
1989
Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, Supreme Court of Queensland
...a moving experience...
Image and Text
May, 1989
evidence, Meriam culture, Murray Island, No Ordinary Judgement, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Supreme Court of Queensland, witnesses
Queensland Witnesses
Topic
1989
evidence, Mabo Case, Murray Island, witnesses
...Conflicting Evidence...
Text
 
Keon-Cohen, Bryan, witnesses
Queensland Witness
Text
 
ownership, Queensland Government, Sagigi, Victor, witnesses
...Have come to exist from the soil...
Text
 
Day, Ron, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, ownership, Passi, Reverend Dave, Rice, James, witnesses
...Meriam challenges to the plaintiffs' claims...
Text
 
Depoma, Marwer, evidence, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo's laws, Meriam Mer, Murray Island Native Court, No Ordinary Judgement, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, Sebeg, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, witnesses
Queensland's Expert Witnesses
Text
 
anthropology, Killoran, Patrick, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Queensland Government, witnesses
A Mountain Of Evidence
Topic
1990
Brisbane, Mabo Case, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings
...Documentary Evidence...
Image and Text
 
anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, evidence, Haddon, A.C., Keon-Cohen, Bryan, land disputes, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island Native Court, plaintiffs, Queensland
...Expert Witnesses...
Text
1990
anthropology, Beckett, Jeremy, Killoran, Patrick, Meriam history, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, witnesses
Justice Moynihan's Decision
Topic
1990
Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings
...Moynihan's Findings (Video)...
Video
1990
High Court of Australia, Land Bilong Islanders, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island
...That to me is an injustice...
Text
 
land ownership, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, terra nullius
...Excerpts from Moynihan's findings on Mabo...
Text
1990
adoption, inheritance, Killoran, Patrick, Mabo, Benny, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings, oral evidence, Passi, Sam, Sambo, Robert, World War 2
...Fabrication, I don't know...
Text
1990
Mabo, Edward Koiki, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings, Supreme Court of Queensland
...Unbelievable conclusion...
Text
1990
adoption, inheritance, land ownership, Mabo, Benny, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Sambo, Robert
...Eddie Mabo's character...
Text
 
adoption, High Court of Australia, inheritance, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Moynihan's findings, Passi, Sam
...Findings re: Dave Passi...
Text
1990
High Court of Australia, inheritance, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings, Passi, Reverend Dave, Passi, Sam
...Findings re: James Rice...
Text
1990
Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings, Murray Island, Rice, James
...Findings re: Custom or System of Law...
Text
1990
aboriginal law, custom, land ownership, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings, Murray Island
Plaintiffs' final submissions
Text
1991
claim, High Court of Australia, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Moynihan, Justice Martin, plaintiffs
...High Court Deliberations...
Text
May, 1991
Castan, Ron, High Court of Australia, Moynihan's findings, Queensland, Queensland Government
Eddie Mabo - Linchpin
Topic
1986-89
Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family
...Trying to get him...
Text
 
Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Queensland
...Australia was the anomalous one...
Text
Jun, 3, 1992
Common Law, Common Law, High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, native title, Reynolds, Henry (Prof.)
...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
Some ramifications of the decision for criminal law
Text
 
Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory)(1976), Australian Court Case, High Court judgement, High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, Mason v Tritton, 1994, native title, Native Title Act (1993), Northern Territory, R v Murrell (1836), Supreme Court of NSW, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, terra nullius, United States of America, Walker v NSW (1994), Yanner Murrandoo, Yolgnu, Yunupingu, Galarrwuy
Some ramifications of the decision for intellectual property law
Text
 
Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, High Court judgement, intellectual property, Mabo judgement, native title
...Some political ramifications of the decision...
Text
 
backlash, desecration, High Court judgement, Keating, Paul, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo judgement, McIntyre, Greg, pastoral industry, Pearson, Noel, political reaction, reconciliation
...Legacy of the case...
Text
 
Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo Case, plaintiffs
Las
Topic
 
Las, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Piadaram, Zogo le
Townsville
Topic
 
desecration, James Cook University, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Townsville
Sea Rights
Topic
 
Federal Government, Australia, fishing, Meriam culture, sea rights
Terra Nullius
Topic
 
colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, First Fleet, New South Wales, sovereignty, terra nullius
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
Defending Territories & Making Peace
Topic
 
Depoma, Marwer, land boundaries, land disputes, land ownership, Las, Mabo Case, Mer, Meriam culture, Papua New Guinea
Defining Native Title
Topic
 
aboriginal law, land ownership, native title
Failure To Agree On The Facts
Topic
1982-1986
High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, plaintiffs, Queensland, Supreme Court of Queensland
Farming The Sea
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sea rights
Five Plaintiffs
Topic
May, 1982
evidence, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs
GovernmentAuthority
Topic
1879
assimilation, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, Murray Island Native Court, Queensland, school
Hierarchies Of Land Use
Topic
 
barbarism, colonisation, terra nullius
In Meriam Waters
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
Land Disputes
Topic
 
clans, Depoma, Marwer, inheritance, land disputes, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island Native Court
Legal Manoeuvres
Topic
1982-1985
High Court of Australia, plaintiffs, Queensland
Extinguishment of Native Title Continued
Text
1989
claim, extinguishment, land ownership, native title, plaintiffs, Queen Victoria, Radical Title, sovereignty
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'
Justice Moynihan's Findings
Topic
Nov, 16, 1990
Mabo, Edward Koiki, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings, Supreme Court of Queensland
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
Performance, Art & The Sacred
Topic
 
Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Mer, Murray Island, religion, sacred
Pre-Existing Land Rights
Topic
 
land rights, Mabo judgement, native title
Preparations On The Long Journey To Justice
Topic
1981
Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki
Recent Changes To International Law
Topic
 
decolonisation, human rights, International law, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975 , treaties, United Nations
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
Sovereignty & Indigenous Self-Government
Topic
 
Mabo judgement, native title, sovereignty
Sovereignty & Ownership Distinguished
Topic
 
land ownership, Mabo judgement, native title, sovereignty
Striking Back
Topic
1880-1936
Mer, Murray Island, pearling industry, strike, Torres Strait Islanders
Take Him Back To Mer
Topic
1995
desecration, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Townsville
Takeovers
Topic
 
barbarism, colonisation, International law, terra nullius
Terra Nullius & Australia
Topic
 
crown land, dispossession, doctrine of tenure, First Fleet, land rights, resistance, terra nullius
Terra Nullius Defined
Topic
 
terra nullius
Great Northern Expedition
Topic
1989
Great Northern expedition, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, Supreme Court of Queensland
The Hearings Conclude
Topic
1990
Mabo Case, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Supreme Court of Queensland
The Doctrine Of Tenures Reconsidered
Topic
 
crown land, doctrine of tenure, land rights, Mabo judgement
The Final Journey To Canberra
Topic
1991
High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki
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
The Gove Decision Questioned
Topic
1971
Arnhem Land, Australian Court Case, bark petition, Blackburn, Justice, Canada, Gove, Gove Case, land rights, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , mining, Nabalco, Northern Territory, Yirrkala
The High Court Decision
Topic
Jun, 3, 1992
Mabo judgement, Mabo v Queensland No.2, native title
The Leading Plaintiff
Topic
 
Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs
The Mabo Case
Topic
1982-1992
High Court of Australia, International law, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, terra nullius
The Plaintiffs
Topic
1982
claim, High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, Murray Islanders, plaintiffs, Supreme Court of Queensland
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
The Sea That Belongs To The Land
Topic
 
fish traps, fishing, Great Barrier Reef, sea rights, seafarers
The Status Of Australian Colonies
Topic
 
crown land, land ownership, sovereignty, terra nullius
The Townsville Conference
Topic
1981
James Cook University, Land Rights Conference, 1981, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville
Tragedy & Victory
Topic
1992
Eddie Mabo's Death, 21/01/1992, High Court victory, Mabo judgement
Unemployed
Topic
 
employment, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki
Visionary
Topic
 
activism, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki
We Can Take The Government To Court!
Topic
Aug, 1981
conference, Kennedy, Flo, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Passi, Reverend Dave, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Townsville
Malo-Bomai
Topic
 
aboriginal law, Las, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, religion, sacred
Howard vows racial harmony
Newspaper
Jan, 23, 1997
Howard, John, Wik, Yu, Peter
The Story Of Malo
Topic
 
Malo, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam culture, religion, religion
Legacy of Eddie Mabo
Newspaper
Jan, 26, 1993
High Court judgement, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo judgement, reconciliation
His Claims Denied
Video
 
Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings, Supreme Court of Queensland
First Contact
Image
 
colonialism, First Fleet, New South Wales, Sydney
Colonisation
Topic
 
colonisation, High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, terra nullius
Justice Moynihans Determination of Facts
Text
1990
Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings
Summary of the Findings
Text
Nov, 16, 1990
Mabo Case, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings
Statement of claim - amended statement
Image and Text
Jun, 1989
claim, claim, High Court of Australia, land ownership, Mabo Case, Mer, Statement of Claim
Diary Entries 2
Image
1991
diaries, High Court of Australia, Mabo, Edward Koiki
Property And Inheritance
Text
 
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, property