A Mountain Of Evidence
Following the resumption of the case, the Supreme Court sat for 50 more days.
Hearings were completed in Brisbane on the sixth of September 1989, and Justice Moynihan then faced a formidable task.
He had to distil the facts from the conflicting evidence of 44 witnesses, which, together with the submissions from both sides, generated 3,464 pages of transcript.
There was also a vast amount of documentary and other material tendered, totalling more than 330 exhibits.
Property & Inheritance
Topic
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, property
Land Boundaries
Topic
boundary markers, clans, inheritance, land ownership, land use, oral tradition
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
The Murray Islanders' Evidence
Topic
1986
evidence, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island, plaintiffs, witnesses
The Laws Of Malo
Topic
indigenous law, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, religion, sacred, sacred
...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
Meriam Mir
Topic
Black Community School, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
Property And Inheritance
Text
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, property
