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Sharp, Dr. Nonie
Origin and Cause of Discontent
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1936
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Christianity, pearling industry, Protection Act, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, strike, Torres Strait Islanders
Tombstone Unveiling Ceremonies
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burial, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Stars of Tagai, tombstone unveiling, Torres Strait, Torres Strait Islanders
...this is our reef...
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Dauar, land boundaries, land ownership, No Ordinary Judgement, property, sea, Sharp, Dr. Nonie
Maritime Boundaries of the Murray Islands
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map, No Ordinary Judgement, sea, sea claims, sea rights, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Torres Strait
Flo Kennedy Attends
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1981
conference, Kennedy, Flo, land rights, Land Rights Conference, 1981, No Ordinary Judgement, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, The Townsville Conference, Townsville
...The reason why I was involved...
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1981
Common Law, conference, Gove Case, Hocking, Barbara, James Cook University, Kennedy, Flo, Land Rights Conference, 1981, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Nettheim, Garth, Passi, Reverend Dave, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, The Townsville Conference
...Land ownership system...
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1981
barristers, Castan, Ron, Kennedy, Flo, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, land ownership, No Ordinary Judgement, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Thursday Island
An exciting discovery
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1982
McIntyre, Greg, Mer, Murray Island Native Court, No Ordinary Judgement, Sharp, Dr. Nonie
...Absolute secrecy...
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1981
Dauar, Hocking, Barbara, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo-Bomai, No Ordinary Judgement, Passi, Reverend Dave, Passi, Sam, Piadaram, plaintiffs, Rice, James, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Zogo le, Zogo le
...Murray Islanders Prepare To Give Evidence...
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1986-89
inheritance, Malo's laws, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, native title claim, No Ordinary Judgement, plaintiffs, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Townsville
...Twenty-seven witnesses...
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1990
evidence, Meriam Mer, plaintiffs, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, witnesses
...Malo's Law as evidence...
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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
...The seas and reefs...
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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
...The shift to the High Court...
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1987
evidence, funding, hearsay, High Court of Australia, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Moynihan, Justice Martin, No Ordinary Judgement, oral evidence, oral tradition, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Supreme Court of Queensland
...a moving experience...
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1989
evidence, Meriam culture, Murray Island, No Ordinary Judgement, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Supreme Court of Queensland, witnesses
...Meriam challenges to the plaintiffs' claims...
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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
...Expert Witnesses...
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1990
anthropology, Beckett, Jeremy, Killoran, Patrick, Meriam history, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, witnesses
We Can Take The Government To Court!
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1981
conference, Kennedy, Flo, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Passi, Reverend Dave, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Townsville