Eddie Mabo

Islander Heritage Act is Passed. 1981: A land rights conference is held at James Cook University where Eddie Mabo makes a speech outlining the land ownership and inheritance system on Murray Island. A lawyer at the conference suggests there should be a test case on claiming land rights through the court system. 1981: A land rights conference is held at James Cook University where Eddie Mabo makes a speech outlining the land ownership and inheritance system on Murray Island. A lawyer at the…

Part A-Timeline of Significant Events in the Changing of Rights and Freedoms of Indigenous Australians: 1948- It is stated on the Youth for Human Rights webpage After the Second World War, wife of Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, led a committee of people to write up a special document that stated the basic human rights that everyone in the world should have. This Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the general assembly of the United Nations (UN) on the 10th of December,…

Australia Should change the date of Australia day? This has been a heated argument that’s risen over the past couple of years, with many aboriginal and Torres strait islander people claiming that its celebrating the date (26 January) which began the long destruction of the indigenous people and their culture. Aslam Mr. Debono and fellow students. This speech will state arguments to why Australia should change the date of Australia day. Australia Day, Australia day is the official national day of…

Australia: (a) “Terra nullius” Terra Nullius means that land without. When Captain Cook and his crew was in Australia , they decided the land was Terra Nullius. They acknowledge Indigenous people because of their primitive life. The High Court's Mabo judgement overturned the Terra Nullius fiction in 1982. (b) Protective legislation Victoria enacted Aboriginal protection act. This act were being achieved in Britain and the Australian colonies. However , for Aborigines , this act gave…

were already people who had claimed ownership of the land and were already living and breeding, through there own culture and ways on the estate, they were the aboriginal people. One of the major issues regarding Terra Nullius came about through the Mabo decision through the high courts in Australia, which had a great impact on the handling and management on the policy and guidelines of Terra Nullius which showed the struggle of the Aboriginal people trying to claim back ownership…

Mabo: Has change occurred? Mabo v Queensland (No. 2) (1992) was a momentous court case that witnessed the legal doctrine of ‘terra nullius’ being classified as inutile in the High Court of Australia; a major step to reconciliation between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous, but how much impact does this case still have today from being brought into court 33 years ago? Nicholas Recchi reports. This year marks the 33rd year from May 1982, from when Eddie Koiki Mabo and four Meriam persons from the…

The laws regarding native title are found in the Native Title Act 1993. This act not only put into law the Mabo decision and made native title claims possible, but also established a National Native Title Tribunal and set out processes for the determination of native title rights. The Native Title Act 1992 gives indigenous Australians the right to possession…

Such risk and disgust led some Murray Islanders ‘did not wish to participate in the Queensland Government 's land rights scheme’ (Harris & Ramsay 1996, p. 121), and the Mabo was raised. Thus, the Islanders had several risks and threats of their land and life by governed by outsiders and as a result of this, the idea of the Mabo…

In 1788, Europeans first discovered and settled in Australia. When Australia was established as a colony of Britain, the conflict between Indigenous people and white people had started. The British tried to displace Aboriginal people from their land. They made lots of policies to get rid of Aboriginal people and tried to assimilate Aboriginal people into ‘white’ society. In 1991, the process of reconciliation formally began and this process has been continuing till now. Although the Indigenous…

individuals. This indicates the system may not be damaged, but must adjust to comply with our progressive societal values. The relationship between Indigenous Australians and the Australian Legal System did not initiate positively, changing only after Mabo and the invalidation of terra nullius as the legal system moved positively towards acknowledging Indigenous disadvantage and cultural uniqueness. To advance Indigenous Australians rights in our legal system, programs enabling indigenous…