‘Mabo didn’t win the first time’: Torres Strait climate fight isn’t over
A major blow in Federal Court won't stop Torres Strait Islanders fighting to prove the government's duty of care over climate change.
A major blow in Federal Court won't stop Torres Strait Islanders fighting to prove the government's duty of care over climate change.
The victory was largely down to one indigenous man called Eddie Mabo. That's why the legal decision is universally known as "Mabo".
Australia is known around the world for its rich and diverse First Nations cultures. But when it comes to native title and land rights,...
Eddie Mabo was from Mer in the Torres Strait and armed with a legal team had brought a case all the way to the high court to prove that we were...
On 3 June each year, Mabo Day commemorates the life and advocacy of Eddie Koiki Mabo. Born on 29 June, 1936 in the village of Las,...
Eddie Koiki Mabo was a Meriam activist who fought for land rights for Torres Strait Islander peoples in the 1980s and '90s. He filed what became known as...
Eddie Mabo was San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills' great-uncle. And how Spurs fans became aware of the day is one of the best Gregg Popovich locker room...
The Mabo case ended in an historic High Court decision in 1992 that rejected 'terra nullius' and recognised that Aboriginal and Torres...
More than two decades after Mabo, the promise of enduring native title is being quietly dismantled through legal compromise and political convenience.
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Torres Strait Islander land rights campaigner whose 1992 High Court victory (Mabo v Queensland) overturned terra nullius; deceased.