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Meriam culture
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
...he was crucial...
Image and Text
1989
Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Meriam culture
...it's from my ancestor...
Video
 
Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island, Rice, James
Mer, Waier & Dauar
Topic
 
Dauar, Dauar, HMS Pandora, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Meriam history, Murray Island, Waier
Debekey
Audio and Image
 
Debekey, Meriam culture, Mills Sisters, songs
James Rice playing pan pipe
Video
 
Land Bilong Islanders, Meriam culture, music, Rice, James
Sardine fishing
Video
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Land Bilong Islanders, Meriam culture, sea claims, sea rights, weris
A Child's First Catch
Topic
 
fishing, Mer, Meriam culture
The Best Of Two Cultures
Topic
1973-1985
Black Community School, cultural preservation, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, multiculturalism
Homesick
Topic
1970s
cultural preservation, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island, songs, Townsville
Meriam Mir Words, Torres Strait Creole words
Text
 
language, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam Mer
Fishing at Las
Video
 
fishing, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Meriam culture
Sea Totems
Topic
 
Mer, Meriam culture, sacred, sea claims, sea rights, totems, tribes
...I use nature for my book...
Text
 
calendar, canoes, gardening, housing, Mer, Meriam culture, Passi, Sam, Stars of Tagai, yams
Grass Houses
Image
1898
housing, Meriam culture, Meriam history
Malo Dance 1967
Video
1967
dancing, Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Malo, Malo dance, Malo's laws, Meriam culture, sacred
...It's a Yam...
Video
 
food gathering, gardening, Land Bilong Islanders, land use, Meriam culture, yams
Tagai
Image
 
Meriam culture, Stars of Tagai, Tagai, Torres Strait
Figures of wind circle
Image
 
Mer, Meriam culture, Stars of Tagai, wind
The totem of each named clan
Text
1993
clans, Meriam culture, Stars of Tagai, totems, wind
Property & Inheritance
Topic
 
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, property
...my ancestors been name all the lands...
Video
 
ancestors, evidence, Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, Meriam culture, plaintiffs, Rice, James
...creating balance and symmetry...
Text
 
fish traps, Meriam culture, No Ordinary Judgement
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's Laws
Topic
 
Christianity, clans, Malo, Malo's laws, Meriam culture, religion
Malo Ceremonial Dance 1898
Video
1898
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, ceremony, Haddon, A.C., Land Bilong Islanders, Las, Malo dance, Malo's laws, Meriam culture
Malo ceremonial dance as drawn by A.C.Haddon
Image
1898
ceremony, Haddon, A.C., Malo's laws, Meriam culture, songs
...you must be like Bezar...
Text
 
bezar, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, tag mauki mauki, trespass
...an increased zest to life...
Image and Text
1888
ancestors, anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, Haddon, A.C., Malo, Meriam culture
Tagai Myth
Image and Text
 
Dauar, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Stars of Tagai, Tagai, Torres Strait
Myth of Bai
Text
 
Mabo, Benny, Meriam culture, Meriam history, myths
Apinini and Sidipuar
Text
 
Meriam culture, Meriam history, myths
The Story of Peibri
Text
 
Meriam culture, Meriam history, Mimi, Marou, myths
Mukeis
Text
 
Meriam culture, Meriam history, myths
A Form of Remembering
Image and Text
 
ceremony, dari, Malo dance, Meriam culture, shells
...I think it came very strongly...
Image and Text
1871-
Christianity, Malo, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Passi, Reverend Dave, Stars of Tagai
...Protection...
Text
1903-1940
Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island Council, school
Marou Mimi Diary
Image and Text
 
Mabo Case, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Stars of Tagai
Eastern Island Hymn Number 145
Text
 
Christianity, hymns, Meriam culture
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
Meriam Land
Topic
 
inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, Meriam history, oral tradition
The Laws Of Malo
Topic
 
indigenous law, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, religion, sacred, sacred
Malo's Law
Topic
 
Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, religion, sacred
...The myth of Malo-Bomai...
Text
 
Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, myths, No Ordinary Judgement, religion, sacred
the continuation of an indigenous system of law
Text
1990
land ownership, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, religion, sacred
...Evidence of Malo's Law...
Text
1990
evidence, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Murray Island Native Court, oral evidence, plaintiffs, Queensland, religion, sacred, tag mauki mauki
...Malo's Law as evidence...
Text
 
evidence, Kennedy, Flo, land ownership, Malo's laws, Malo's laws, McIntyre, Greg, Meriam culture, Meriam culture, oral evidence, plaintiffs, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Supreme Court of Queensland, tag mauki mauki
...Malo's Law as evidence...
Text
 
evidence, Kennedy, Flo, land ownership, Malo's laws, Malo's laws, McIntyre, Greg, Meriam culture, Meriam culture, oral evidence, plaintiffs, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Supreme Court of Queensland, tag mauki mauki
Sea Claims
Topic
 
Federal Government, Australia, fish traps, fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sacred, sea rights
...The seas and reefs...
Text
 
aboriginal law, Australian Court Case, Blackburn, Justice, Great Barrier Reef, indigenous law, McIntyre, Greg, Meriam culture, Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd, 1971 , Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, No Ordinary Judgement, plaintiffs, reef, sea, sea rights, Sharp, Dr. Nonie
More Arguments About Hearsay
Topic
1987-1989
evidence, hearsay, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, oral evidence, oral tradition, plaintiffs, Supreme Court of Queensland
...a moving experience...
Image and Text
1989
evidence, Meriam culture, Murray Island, No Ordinary Judgement, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Supreme Court of Queensland, witnesses
...Have come to exist from the soil...
Text
 
Day, Ron, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, ownership, Passi, Reverend Dave, Rice, James, witnesses
A Mountain Of Evidence
Topic
1990
Brisbane, Mabo Case, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings
...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
...Moynihan's Findings (Video)...
Video
1990
High Court of Australia, Land Bilong Islanders, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island
...That to me is an injustice...
Text
 
land ownership, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, terra nullius
...Unbelievable conclusion...
Text
1990
adoption, inheritance, land ownership, Mabo, Benny, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Sambo, Robert
...Findings re: Custom or System of Law...
Text
1990
aboriginal law, custom, land ownership, Meriam culture, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Moynihan's findings, Murray Island
Gelam
Topic
 
Meriam culture, Meriam Mer, Murray Island, myths
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
Sea Rights
Topic
 
Federal Government, Australia, fishing, Meriam culture, sea rights
Boundaries & Markers
Topic
 
land ownership, Las, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island
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
Farming The Sea
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sea rights
Gift Exchange
Topic
 
Meriam culture, Papua New Guinea, seafarers, Torres Strait Islanders
In Meriam Waters
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sea rights, seafarers, Torres Strait
International Law
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sea rights, seafarers, Torres Strait
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
Meriam Mir
Topic
 
Black Community School, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
Myths & Legends
Topic
 
Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island
Sacred Order
Topic
 
Las, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, religion, sacred
The Eight Clans
Topic
 
clans, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island
The Story Of Malo
Topic
 
Malo, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam culture, religion, religion
The Story Of Malo
Topic
 
Malo, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam culture, religion, religion
Inside & Outside
Topic
1960-1981
activism, Mabo Case, Malo's laws, Meriam culture, Mimi, Marou, Passi, Reverend Dave, Torres Strait, Torres Strait Islanders
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
Murray Islands Archaeological Project
Image and Text
1999
archaeology, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island
Sawfish Dance
Image
1898
Meriam culture, Meriam history
Property And Inheritance
Text
 
Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, inheritance, land ownership, Meriam culture, property