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Murray Island Council
...12 months exile...
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1951
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Department of Native Affairs, exile, Exile, 1952, gaol, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island Council, pearling industry, Protection Act
...The story of Eddie's exile...
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1973-1974
Department of Aboriginal & Islander Affairs (DAIA), exile, Exile Continues, 1973, Murray Island, Murray Island Council
...Telegrams...
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1973
exile, Exile Continues, 1973, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island Council
...a dangerous person...
Audio
1973
communism, Exile Continues, 1973, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island Council, Queensland Government, Special Branch
...the islands were mine...
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1977
exile, Exile Continues, 1973, Mabo Case, Murray Island Council, Queensland Government
...it was his own people...
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exile, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Murray Island Council, plaintiffs, Queensland Government
Exile
Topic
1953-1957
activism, exile, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, pearling industry, Torres Strait
Murray Island Court
Video
 
inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, land disputes, Malo's laws, Murray Island Council, Murray Island Native Court, property, Queensland Government
Napoleon B. Tibi
Video
 
Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, land disputes, land ownership, McIntyre, Greg, Mer, Murray Island Council, Sebeg
...Protection...
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1903-1940
Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island Council, school
...Anybody who fell pregnant...
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1897-1901
Murray Island Council, Protection Act
...king without a crown....
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1930s-1980
Mer, Meriam history, Murray Island Council, Passi, Sam, Protection Act
GovernmentAuthority
Topic
1879
assimilation, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, Murray Island Native Court, Queensland, school
Murray Island Council
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annexation, Murray Island Council, Murray Island Native Court, Queensland