Edward Mabo was born in 1936 on Mer Island (also known as Murray Island), one of the Torres Strait Islands. His mother died shortly after his birth and his maternal uncle, Benny Mabo and his wife were entrusted to raise him. In his youth, Eddie Mabo like other Murray Islanders was educ...
“Trevor was one of the few people to document the whole process,” Dr Holland said, making particular mention of the imageEdward Koiki Mabo at Las Mer(Murray Island), September 1989, which is a still from the filmLand Bilong Islanders(1990). It shows a young, vibrant Mabo on country,...
The decision of Eddie Koiki Mabo to initiate a common law land claim in 1982, a claim decided by the High Court 10 years later, after the death of three of the five Murray Island plaintiffs including Mabo himself, represents a substantial pebble thrown into the pond ofNettheim...
While momentum had been building for more than thirty years, it reached its apex when the High Court of Australia upheld the claims to tribal lands of Eddie Mabo and four [End Page 303] others from Murray Island in the Torres Strait (off Queensland), overturning the doctrine of terra ...
Thomson & Museum Victoria Trevor Graham Yarra Bank Films Pty Ltd The producers wish to thank THE PEOPLE OF MURRAY ISLAND BRUCE MOIR JEREMY BECKETT NOEL LOOS NONI SHARP and Meb and Addee Salee Brett and Rita Tyrell George Kudub, Jackson Wailu, Sam Wailu, Bai Day, Ron Day, Father Gizu,...
Law Cultural Anthropology Documentary - Expository Eddie Koiki Mabo was born on Murray Island in the Torres Strait (between Australia and Papua New Guinea), but lived most of his life in exile on mainland Australia. Only after his death did the island wholeheartedly welcome him home. By then...
Discusses the High Court of Australia's ruling that the Meriam people have rights to Murray Island in the Torres Strait in Queensland. Opposition to the recognition of native title; Constructed `truths' concerning the nature and position of aborigines within the Australian nation; Racist ...