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sea rights
Ocean Rights Win For Aborigines
Newspaper
1995
Australia, Croker Island, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, Northern Territory, sea claims, sea rights
Sardine fishing
Video
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Land Bilong Islanders, Meriam culture, sea claims, sea rights, weris
Ancient & Modern Ways
Topic
 
Great Barrier Reef, Mer, Murray Island, native title, reef, sea claims, sea rights, Subkaur Island
...When the tide goes out...
Video
 
fish traps, fishing, Land Bilong Islanders, Mer, Murray Island, sea claims, sea rights, Wailu, Jack, witnesses
Sea Totems
Topic
 
Mer, Meriam culture, sacred, sea claims, sea rights, totems, tribes
...there goes my dust...
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Day, Ron, fish traps, fish traps, land ownership, sea rights, trespass
The Newcomers
Text
1840s-
Mer, pearling industry, sea rights, Torres Strait, Yorke Island
People Fishing
Image
 
fishing, Murray Island, sea claims, sea rights
Maritime Boundaries of the Murray Islands
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map, No Ordinary Judgement, sea, sea claims, sea rights, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Torres Strait
Turtle Hunting Great Barrier Reef
Video
 
food gathering, Great Barrier Reef, hunting, Land Bilong Islanders, sea claims, sea rights, seafarers, turtles
...dexterous sailors and formidable warriors...
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fishing, High Court of Australia, maber, Mabo Case, Mabo Case, sea, sea rights, seafarers, warriors
Meriam Land Disputes
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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
The recognition of Maori rights under the common law
Text
1847-1994
indigenous people, International Court Case, International law, Maori, New Zealand (Aotearoa), New Zealand Native Title cases, R v Symonds (1847), sea rights, Te Weehi v Regional Fisheries Office (1986)
Yarmirr Sea Rights
Text
1998
Australian Court Case, determinations, Federal Court of Australia, Native Title Act (1993), native title claim, Northern Territory, sea claims, sea rights, Yarmirr, Yarmirr v Northern Territory (1998)
Sea Claims
Topic
 
Federal Government, Australia, fish traps, fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sacred, sea rights
...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
Sea Rights
Topic
 
Federal Government, Australia, fishing, Meriam culture, sea rights
Farming The Sea
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Meriam culture, sea rights
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
Listening To The Sea
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, sea rights, seafarers
Pearl Fishers & Their Times
Topic
 
colonisation, fishing, pearling industry, sea rights, Torres Strait Islanders
Seafarers & Food Growers
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fishing, gardening, sea rights, seafarers
Something Deep Within Us
Topic
 
fishing, Great Barrier Reef, sacred, sea rights, seafarers
The Sea That Belongs To The Land
Topic
 
fish traps, fishing, Great Barrier Reef, sea rights, seafarers