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Meriam Mer
Land Bilong Islanders lyric sheet
Audio and Image
1989
Land Bilong Islanders, lyrics, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam Mer, Meriam Mer, songs, Townsville, Wailu, Jack
Land Bilong Islanders lyric sheet
Audio and Image
1989
Land Bilong Islanders, lyrics, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam Mer, Meriam Mer, songs, Townsville, Wailu, Jack
...Growing up on Murray...
Image and Text
1936-52
childhood, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
Adoption
Topic
1936
adoption, gardening, inheritance, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga, Mer, Mer, Meriam Mer, Murray Island, Sambo, Poipe, Sambo, Robert
Meriam Mir Words, Torres Strait Creole words
Text
 
language, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam Mer
Malo Ra Gelar - Malo's Laws
Text
 
gardening, Malo's laws, Meriam Mer, tag mauki mauki, trespass
...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
...I can speak English like any bloody white man...
Text
 
language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam Mer, Townsville, Whaleboat, Donald
Land Bilong Islanders Song
Audio
1989
Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam Mer, songs, Wailu, Jack
...music and art...
Text
1940s
education, language, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
...The Statement Of Claim...
Text
1986
Blackburn, Justice, Castan, Ron, claim, evidence, inheritance, Meriam Mer, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, plaintiffs, Queensland
...Plots, Subplots and Counterplots...
Text
1982
claim, Killoran, Patrick, London Missionary Society, Meriam Mer, No Ordinary Judgement, plaintiffs, religion
Queensland's Defence
Text
1985
annexation, Meriam Mer, native title, plaintiffs, Queensland Government
...Twenty-seven witnesses...
Text
1990
evidence, Meriam Mer, plaintiffs, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, 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
...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
Gelam
Topic
 
Meriam culture, Meriam Mer, Murray Island, myths
Meriam Mir
Topic
 
Black Community School, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'