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Queensland Government
Native title in Brisbane
Newspaper
1992
Brisbane, extinguishment, native title, Queensland Government
Protect post-1788 titles: Goss
Newspaper
1993
doctrine of tenure, Keating, Paul, Queensland Government, States' rights, Wik
...We only had a tin of jam...
Text
 
education, indigenous Australians, James Cook University, Mer, Queensland Government, racism
...My name is Edward Mabo...
Text
1980s
activism, Cook, Captain James, Mabo, Edward Koiki, manifesto, Queensland Government
...a dangerous person...
Audio
1973
communism, Exile Continues, 1973, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island Council, Queensland Government, Special Branch
...the islands were mine...
Text
1977
exile, Exile Continues, 1973, Mabo Case, Murray Island Council, Queensland Government
...it was his own people...
Text
 
exile, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Murray Island Council, plaintiffs, Queensland Government
The Skeleton Of Principle
Text
1992
Attorney-General (NSW) v Brown, 1847 , Australian Court Case, Brennan, Justice Gerard, Canberra, Common Law, crown land, doctrine of tenure, High Court judgement, High Court of Australia, High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, Privy Council, Queensland Government, sovereignty
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
Proclamation of Annexation
Image
1979
annexation, colonisation, crown land, doctrine of tenure, land ownership, Mer, Queensland Government, terra nullius
Removal of Murray Island School
Image
1903
Mer, Queensland Government, school, Stars of Tagai
...Living under the Protector...
Audio and Image
1930s-1980
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Kennedy, Flo, Mer, Queensland Government
Islanders appearing for Qld
Video
 
barristers, Depoma, Marwer, inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, land disputes, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Queensland Government, White, Margaret, witnesses
...The implications of overseas law for native title in Australia...
Image and Text
 
Australian Court Case, Britain, Canada, Delgamuukw v British Columbia, Fejo v Northern Territory (1998), International Court Case, International law, Kirby, Justice Michael, Mabo v Queensland No.2, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Queensland Government, Supreme Court of Canada, United States of America
...I started to question the system...
Audio
1953
activism, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Queensland Government
Queensland's Defence
Text
1985
annexation, Meriam Mer, native title, plaintiffs, Queensland Government
Second Reading
Text
1985
Mabo v Queensland No.1, native title claim, plaintiffs, Queensland, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Queensland Government
Queensland Witness
Text
 
ownership, Queensland Government, Sagigi, Victor, witnesses
Queensland's Expert Witnesses
Text
 
anthropology, Killoran, Patrick, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Queensland Government, witnesses
...High Court Deliberations...
Text
1991
Castan, Ron, High Court of Australia, Moynihan's findings, Queensland, Queensland Government
One small step becomes giant leap
Newspaper
1997
Mabo, Edward Koiki, Queensland Government, Wik
C. O'Leary to Chief Protector of Aboriginals
Image
1936
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Queensland Government, White Australia Policy