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Las
Malo Dance
Topic
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
Mabo's Tombstone, Murray Island
Image
1995
Las, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo family, Mer, Murray Island, reburial, tombstone ceremony
...the only thing we had was the land...
Text
 
childhood, land ownership, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga, Mabo's Garden
...we call it Watai...
Audio
 
Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Watai, wind
...traditional sailing canoe...
Text
 
canoes, culture, custom, Las, Mer
White beliefs were not the only ones
Text
 
gardening, land disputes, land use, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo's Garden, Mer
...so in the end...
Text
1992
Canberra, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, High Court victory, Las
...a rare moment of unanimity...
Text
1995
desecration, Keating, Paul, Las, Mer, reconciliation, Townsville
...his ancestors are not far away...
Video
1995
ancestors, custom, Las, Mabo, Benny, reburial
...Koiki's history of Las...
Text
1992
ancestors, death, diaries, inheritance, Las
Las - 1890s**
Image
1888
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Las, Las, London Missionary Society
Las - 1890s**
Image
1888
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Las, Las, London Missionary Society
Malo Dance from Mabo film
Video
1995
ancestors, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo dance, Malo's laws, reburial, sacred
Adoption
Topic
1936
adoption, gardening, inheritance, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga, Mer, Mer, Meriam Mer, Murray Island, Sambo, Poipe, Sambo, Robert
Buried In Townsville
Topic
1992
burial, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Townsville
Koiki's Wish Fulfilled
Topic
1995
ancestors, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, reburial, tombstone
Fishing the reef at low tide
Video
1989
fishing, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki
Fishing at Las
Video
 
fishing, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Meriam culture
The Roar of the Sea
Image and Text
 
canoes, childhood, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, sea
Malo Dance 1967
Video
1967
dancing, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Malo, Malo dance, Malo's laws, Meriam culture, sacred
...ancestors handed down to this generation now...
Text
 
ancestors, evidence, fish traps, land disputes, Las, Sagigi, Victor, witnesses
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
Star-headed Malo clubs
Image and Text
 
Las, Malo, Malo dance, songs
...you must be like Bezar...
Text
 
bezar, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, tag mauki mauki, trespass
...Piadaram clansmen...
Video
 
clans, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Piadaram, Sagir - Trade Winds, Wailu, Jack
...18 Generations...
Text
1989
ancestors, family, Las, London Missionary Society, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Papua New Guinea
...Bury me at Las!...
Text
1995
Bakir Auski, desecration, Las, Mabo, Eddie Jnr., Mabo, Edward Koiki, tombstone, Townsville
Las
Topic
 
Las, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Piadaram, Zogo le
Las
Topic
 
Las, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Piadaram, Zogo le
Boundaries & Markers
Topic
 
land ownership, Las, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island
Defending Territories & Making Peace
Topic
 
Depoma, Marwer, land boundaries, land disputes, land ownership, Las, Mabo Case, Mer, Meriam culture, Papua New Guinea
Sacred Order
Topic
 
Las, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, religion, sacred
Take Him Back To Mer
Topic
1995
desecration, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Townsville
The Journey Home
Topic
1995
Bakir Auski, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island, tombstone ceremony
Malo-Bomai
Topic
 
aboriginal law, Las, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, religion, sacred
Mabo Returns to Native Cradle
Newspaper
1995
desecration, grave, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island
The roar of Las
Audio and Image
1898
Las, Meriam history, sea
Las: 1890s
Image
1890s
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Las, Mer
Rehearsal of Malu songs at Las
Image
1898
anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Las, Mer, Meriam history