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plaintiffs
...hands clasped...
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1986
Brisbane, evidence, exile, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Malo's laws, No Ordinary Judgement, plaintiffs, Supreme Court of Queensland
...my father told me...
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1986-89
Brisbane, evidence, gardening, hearsay, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.1, plaintiffs
...if they'd been able to destroy him...
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1986-89
Brisbane, inheritance, Mabo Case, Mabo v Queensland No.1, plaintiffs
...it was his own people...
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exile, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Murray Island Council, plaintiffs, Queensland Government
...I sat in the witness box...
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1989
Brisbane, evidence, Mabo Case, Mabo v Queensland No.1, plaintiffs, witnesses
...I'm plaintiff for this court case...
Video
1989
human rights, Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Murray Island, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, Rice, James
...A tiny island...
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High Court of Australia, Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo Case, plaintiffs, reconciliation, terra nullius
...my ancestors been name all the lands...
Video
 
ancestors, evidence, Land Bilong Islanders, land boundaries, Meriam culture, plaintiffs, Rice, James
Food For Our People
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1989-1998
Croker Island, Day, Ron, fishing, food gathering, land ownership, Mer, Moynihan, Justice Martin, ownership, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, property law, Rice, James, sea, Supreme Court of Queensland
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
...It's my grandmother's land...
Video
 
inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, land ownership, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, The Townsville Conference
The Goals
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annexation, Common Law, High Court of Australia, native title, ownership, plaintiffs
The plaintiffs and legal counsel on boat to Mer
Image
1989
Dauar, Kabere, Henry, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, McIntyre, Greg, plaintiffs, Rice, James
...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
Limited Funds
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Aboriginal Legal Service, barristers, Castan, Ron, funding, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, McIntyre, Greg, Moynihan, Justice Martin, plaintiffs, Tickner, Robert
Funding
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barristers, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs
...The financial pressures on Eddie Mabo...
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employment, funding, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs
...The Statement Of Claim...
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1986
Blackburn, Justice, Castan, Ron, claim, evidence, inheritance, Meriam Mer, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Murray Island, plaintiffs, Queensland
pp 82-83 of Moynihan J's judgement
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1990
claim, Moynihan, Justice Martin, plaintiffs
Gove Land Rights case
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Blackburn, Justice, Common Law, Gove, land rights, native title, plaintiffs
...The doctrine of terra nullius...
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Canada, extinguishment, First Fleet, land rights, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo judgement, Murray Island, New South Wales, New Zealand (Aotearoa), plaintiffs, Queensland, terra nullius, United States of America
...Challenges - Sovereignty and ownership distinguished...
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1992
extinguishment, Murray Island, plaintiffs, Queensland, sovereignty
...Sovereignty...
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1992
annexation, Brennan, Justice Gerard, Mabo Case, Mabo v Queensland No.2, NSW v The Commonwealth, 1975, plaintiffs, sovereignty, sovereignty, terra nullius
Radical Title
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Australian Court Case, Common Law, Cooper V Stuart, crown land, New South Wales, plaintiffs, Queensland, Radical Title, sovereignty
Extinguishment Of Native Title
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Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, claim, crown land, extinguishment, native title, plaintiffs, Radical Title, Supreme Court USA
...Challenges - Is recognition of native title necessary?...
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1992
Brennan, Chief Justice Gerard, claim, extinguishment, Mabo v Queensland No.2, native title, plaintiffs, Queensland, Radical Title
...Plots, Subplots and Counterplots...
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1982
claim, Killoran, Patrick, London Missionary Society, Meriam Mer, No Ordinary Judgement, plaintiffs, religion
...No Agreement...
Image and Text
1982-1985
claim, Deane, Sir William, Gibbs, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia, McIntyre, Greg, No Ordinary Judgement, plaintiffs, Queensland
Queensland's Defence
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1985
annexation, Meriam Mer, native title, plaintiffs, Queensland Government
Second Reading
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1985
Mabo v Queensland No.1, native title claim, plaintiffs, Queensland, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Queensland Government
...Judgment of Wilson J...
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1988
Mabo v Queensland No.1, native title, plaintiffs, Queensland, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Racial Discrimination Act
...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
The Murray Islanders' Evidence
Topic
1986
evidence, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Murray Island, plaintiffs, witnesses
...Twenty-seven witnesses...
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1990
evidence, Meriam Mer, plaintiffs, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, witnesses
...Under Pressure...
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Castan, Ron, claim, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, plaintiffs, Rice, James
...Under Pressure...
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Castan, Ron, claim, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Passi, Reverend Dave, plaintiffs, plaintiffs, Rice, James
Eddie Mabo's Evidence & The Hearsay Hurdle
Topic
1987
evidence, hearsay, Mabo, Edward Koiki, oral evidence, oral tradition, plaintiffs
...Evidence of Malo's Law...
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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...
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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
...Abandonment of the Sea Claims...
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1989
aboriginal law, claim, Federal Government, Australia, Great Barrier Reef, McIntyre, Greg, plaintiffs, Queensland, sea, sea rights
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
...Court procedures...
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Castan, Ron, hearsay, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs, witnesses
...Which court should rule on the Hearsay question?...
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1987
Castan, Ron, Deane, Sir William, evidence, hearsay, High Court of Australia, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Moynihan, Justice Martin, oral evidence, oral tradition, plaintiffs, Queensland, Supreme Court of Queensland
The Agreement between the Plaintiffs and the Commonwealth
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1988
High Court of Australia, High Court of Australia, Mabo v Queensland No.1, plaintiffs, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Wilson, Justice
Section 10 of the Racial Discrimination Act saves the plaintiffs - just!
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1988
High Court of Australia, plaintiffs, Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act , 1985 , Racial Discrimination Act , 1975 , Wilson, Justice
...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
...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
Plaintiffs' final submissions
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1991
claim, High Court of Australia, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.2, Moynihan, Justice Martin, plaintiffs
...The Goal Realised...
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claim, crown land, High Court of Australia, Mabo judgement, plaintiffs, terra nullius
Acquisition of sovereignty by settlement
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native title, plaintiffs, settlements, sovereignty, Toohey, Justice
...Native title: a burden on the radical title of the Crown...
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1992
Common Law, native title, New South Wales, plaintiffs, Radical Title, terra nullius, Toohey, Justice
...The decision affects the whole of Australia...
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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
...Legacy of the case...
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Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo Case, plaintiffs
...1st Named Plaintiff...
Video
1982
Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs, Supreme Court of Queensland
...Wasn't it the case?...
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1986
adoption, evidence, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga, plaintiffs, witnesses
...He wept...
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evidence, exile, family, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs
...He could see a funny side to things...
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1986-89
evidence, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, plaintiffs
Britain's Acquisition Of Sovereignty
Topic
1879
Britain, colonisation, Mabo Case, Mer, plaintiffs, sovereignty
Failure To Agree On The Facts
Topic
1982-1986
High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, plaintiffs, Queensland, Supreme Court of Queensland
Five Plaintiffs
Topic
1982
evidence, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs
Legal Manoeuvres
Topic
1982-1985
High Court of Australia, plaintiffs, Queensland
Extinguishment of Native Title Continued
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1989
claim, extinguishment, land ownership, native title, plaintiffs, Queen Victoria, Radical Title, sovereignty
Mabo Case Commences
Topic
1982
claim, High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs
The Leading Plaintiff
Topic
 
Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs
The Plaintiffs
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1982
claim, High Court of Australia, Mabo Case, Murray Islanders, plaintiffs, Supreme Court of Queensland