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witnesses
...I sat in the witness box...
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1989
Brisbane, evidence, Mabo Case, Mabo v Queensland No.1, plaintiffs, witnesses
...When the tide goes out...
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fish traps, fishing, Land Bilong Islanders, Mer, Murray Island, sea claims, sea rights, Wailu, Jack, witnesses
...As Willed by my Father...
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1989
evidence, inheritance, land ownership, No Ordinary Judgement, Noah, Gobedar, witnesses
...He's got no claim for this land...
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Depoma, Marwer, evidence, inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, land disputes, land ownership, Sebeg, witnesses
Letters of E.K. Mabo to Mr. Marwer Depoma
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inheritance, land boundaries, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Sebeg, witnesses
...ancestors handed down to this generation now...
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ancestors, evidence, fish traps, land disputes, Las, Sagigi, Victor, witnesses
...you have to ask...
Image and Text
 
evidence, fish traps, land ownership, Wailu, Jack, witnesses
...swim with the same kind...
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clans, evidence, Mabo Case, Malo's laws, No Ordinary Judgement, Wailu, Jack, witnesses
...Malo wali ariat sem areet arreet...
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ancestors, evidence, Land Bilong Islanders, Mabo Case, Malo, Malo's laws, Passi, Sam, tag mauki mauki, witnesses
...I've heard from many witnesses...
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1989
evidence, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Land Bilong Islanders, Malo's laws, McIntyre, Greg, Meriam Mer, tag mauki mauki, trespass, witnesses
Islanders appearing for Qld
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barristers, Depoma, Marwer, inheritance, Land Bilong Islanders, land disputes, land ownership, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Queensland Government, White, Margaret, witnesses
The Murray Islanders' Evidence
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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
...Hearsay Evidence...
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1986
Castan, Ron, evidence, hearsay, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Moynihan, Justice Martin, No Ordinary Judgement, oral evidence, oral tradition, Queensland, Rice, James, witnesses
...Court procedures...
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Castan, Ron, hearsay, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo, Edward Koiki, plaintiffs, witnesses
...a moving experience...
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1989
evidence, Meriam culture, Murray Island, No Ordinary Judgement, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Supreme Court of Queensland, witnesses
Queensland Witnesses
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1989
evidence, Mabo Case, Murray Island, witnesses
...Conflicting Evidence...
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Keon-Cohen, Bryan, witnesses
Queensland Witness
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ownership, Queensland Government, Sagigi, Victor, witnesses
...Have come to exist from the soil...
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Day, Ron, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, ownership, Passi, Reverend Dave, Rice, James, 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
Queensland's Expert Witnesses
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anthropology, Killoran, Patrick, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Queensland Government, witnesses
...Expert Witnesses...
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1990
anthropology, Beckett, Jeremy, Killoran, Patrick, Meriam history, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, witnesses
...Wasn't it the case?...
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1986
adoption, evidence, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Maiga, plaintiffs, witnesses