Mer
...We are closed in a box...
Text
1936
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Mer, Murray Island, pearling industry, Protection Act, strike
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
Scales from the eyes of justice
Text
1992
High Court judgement, land rights, Mabo Case, Mer, Murray Island
Koiki's Birth Certificate Extract
Image
1936
birth certificate, Common Law, crown land, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer
Koiki pointing to boundary marker
Image
1989
boundary markers, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, land boundaries, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Supreme Court of Queensland
Mabo's Tombstone, Murray Island
Image
1995
Las, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo family, Mer, Murray Island, reburial, tombstone ceremony
Travelling to Dauer
Image
1989
Dauar, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Kobere, Henry, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Mer, Rice, James, sea claims
...We only had a tin of jam...
Text
education, indigenous Australians, James Cook University, Mer, Queensland Government, racism
White beliefs were not the only ones
Text
gardening, land disputes, land use, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo's Garden, Mer
...Growing up on Murray...
Image and Text
1936-52
childhood, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
...12 months exile...
Text
1951
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Department of Native Affairs, exile, Exile, 1952, gaol, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island Council, pearling industry, Protection Act
Eddie Mabo's address to Land Rights Conference
Image and Text
1981
conference, land rights, land rights, Land Rights Conference, 1981, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Townsville
...a rare moment of unanimity...
Text
1995
desecration, Keating, Paul, Las, Mer, reconciliation, Townsville
Proclaimed to be Crown Land
Video
1879
annexation, Britain, British law, colonialism, crown land, doctrine of tenure, Land Bilong Islanders, Mer, Murray Island, terra nullius
...since time immemorial...
Video
annexation, Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Mer, Murray Island
...it's from my ancestor...
Video
Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island, Rice, James
...clearly defined boundaries...
Video
1989
inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, land ownership, McIntyre, Greg, Mer, Murray Island
The Order Of The Court
Text
1992
Brennan, Justice Gerard, crown land, extinguishment, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, High Court judgement, High Court of Australia, Mer, native title, sovereignty
Mer, Waier & Dauar
Topic
Dauar, Dauar, HMS Pandora, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Meriam history, Murray Island, Waier
Adoption
Topic
1936
adoption, gardening, inheritance, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga, Mer, Mer, Meriam Mer, Murray Island, Sambo, Poipe, Sambo, Robert
Adoption
Topic
1936
adoption, gardening, inheritance, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga, Mer, Mer, Meriam Mer, Murray Island, Sambo, Poipe, Sambo, Robert
Ancient & Modern Ways
Topic
Great Barrier Reef, Mer, Murray Island, native title, reef, sea claims, sea rights, Subkaur Island
Exile
Topic
1953-1957
activism, exile, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, pearling industry, Torres Strait
Exile
Topic
1953-1957
activism, exile, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, pearling industry, Torres Strait
Homesick
Topic
1970s
cultural preservation, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island, songs, Townsville
A Voyage to Terra Australis
Text
1814
canoes, european contact, Flinders, Matthew , Mer, sea, Torres Strait
...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
...I use nature for my book...
Text
calendar, canoes, gardening, housing, Mer, Meriam culture, Passi, Sam, Stars of Tagai, yams
Douglas Pitt descendants
Image and Text
colonisation, Hayes, Bully, Kennedy, Flo, Mer, pearling industry, Pitt, Douglas, Stars of Tagai, Torres Strait Islanders
Proclamation of Annexation
Image
1979
annexation, colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, land ownership, Mer, Queensland Government, terra nullius
Napoleon B. Tibi
Video
Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, land disputes, land ownership, McIntyre, Greg, Mer, Murray Island Council, Sebeg
...records of those fights about land...
Text
1898-1999
clans, Day, Ron, land disputes, land ownership, Malo's laws, Mer, missionaries, Murray Island Native Court, tribes
...a passion for accuracy...
Image and Text
1888-1908
anthropology, Bruce, Jack, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., London Missionary Society, Mer, Torres Strait, Torres Strait Islanders
...No One to Help Me But You...
Text
1914
anthropology, Bruce, Jack, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Mer
...their 'title deeds' to lands...
Image and Text
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, dari, Gove, Gove Case, Haddon, A.C., head dresses, land ownership, Mabo Case, Mer, Yolgnu
...Living under the Protector...
Audio and Image
1930s-1980
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Kennedy, Flo, Mer, Queensland Government
...king without a crown....
Text
1930s-1980
Mer, Meriam history, Murray Island Council, Passi, Sam, Protection Act
The Native Problem in Queensland
Text
1937
Department of Native Affairs, Mer, Protection Act, strike, Torres Strait
Marou Mimi Diary
Image and Text
Mabo Case, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Stars of Tagai
P.J. (Pat) Killoran
Text
1948-1980
Department of Aboriginal & Islander Affairs (DAIA), Department of Native Affairs, exile, Mer, Queensland
Food For Our People
Text
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
An exciting discovery
Image and Text
1982
McIntyre, Greg, Mer, Murray Island Native Court, No Ordinary Judgement, Sharp, Dr. Nonie
The Haddon map of Mer
Image
1935
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, clans, Haddon, A.C., land boundaries, map, Mer, tribes
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
...without compensation...
Image and Text
1992
extinguishment, Mer, Queensland, Racial Discrimination Act , 1975 , Toohey, Justice
...Our grandfathers and fathers...
Text
ancestors, culture, fishing, gardening, land use, Mer, Wailu, Jack
Reconciliation
Text
1997
Australia, Australian International Relations, coexistence, Malezer, Les, Mer, recognition, reconciliation
Queensland
Text
1978-1991
Aurukun, Deed of Grant in Trust, Fraser, Malcolm, land rights, Mer, Murray Island, Queensland, reserves, States' rights, Torres Strait
...Doing a Self-portrait...
Text
1980s
exile, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Gail, Mabo, Maiga, Mer, Murray Island
A Meriam Calendar, Ancient & Modern
Topic
fishing, food gathering, gardening, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island
Las
Topic
Las, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Piadaram, Zogo le
Britain's Acquisition Of Sovereignty
Topic
1879
Britain, colonisation, Mabo Case, Mer, plaintiffs, sovereignty
Murray Island Annexation
Topic
1879
annexation, colonisation, conquest, International law, Mabo Case, Mer, Murray Island, Queensland, terra nullius
Customs Old & New
Topic
Bakir Auski, indigenous Australians, Mer, Meriam culture, tombstone ceremony, Torres Strait Islanders
Defending Territories & Making Peace
Topic
Depoma, Marwer, land boundaries, land disputes, land ownership, Las, Mabo Case, Mer, Meriam culture, Papua New Guinea
GovernmentAuthority
Topic
1879
assimilation, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, Murray Island Native Court, Queensland, school
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
Striking Back
Topic
1880-1936
Mer, Murray Island, pearling industry, strike, Torres Strait Islanders
Great Northern Expedition
Topic
1989
Great Northern expedition, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, Supreme Court of Queensland
The Journey Home
Topic
1995
Bakir Auski, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island, tombstone ceremony
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition
Topic
1898
anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Mer, Murray Island, Torres Strait
The Story Of Malo
Topic
Malo, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam culture, religion, religion
Murray Islanders perform for legal teams
Image
1989
Great Northern expedition, Mabo Case, Mer, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, Supreme Court of Queensland
Mabo Returns to Native Cradle
Newspaper
1995
desecration, grave, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island
Order Of The Court
Text
1992
Brennan, Justice Gerard, crown land, Dawson, Justice, Deane, Sir William, Gaudron, Justice Mary, High Court judgement, High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Mason, Chief Justice Anthony, McHugh, Justice Michael, Mer, native title, Order of the Court, Toohey, Justice
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
Murray Islands Archaeological Project
Image and Text
1999
archaeology, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island
Rehearsal of Malu songs at Las
Image
1898
anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Las, Mer, Meriam history
Statement of claim - amended statement
Image and Text
1989
claim, claim, High Court of Australia, land ownership, Mabo Case, Mer, Statement of Claim