Native Title. Eddie Mabo was an Indigenous Aboriginal man who established the Mabo decision of June 1992. This decision provided the recognition that Australia was under British settlement in 1788‚ hence going completely against the concept of Terra Nullius. It was this dramatic result‚ which contributed towards the establishment of the Native Title. Native Title became part of the known laws of Australia‚ which meant that Mabo’s observance provided all Aboriginal people with justice and equality
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The British Colonisation of Australia Timeline: The Aboriginal Australian species originated from Africa approximately 200‚000 years ago and migrated to Asia 70‚000 years ago then continued to Australia 50‚000 years ago. Before 1788 only the Indigenous people of Australia - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders‚ populated Australia. In 1788 Aboriginal people inhabited the whole of Australia and Torres Strait Islanders lived on the islands between Australian and Papua New Guinea
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nation from reconciling and ultimately focuses on advancing towards this reconciliation. Bandler’s speech is important to society because the Aboriginal people were the original founding fathers of this nation‚ who had their society torn up by the “terra nullius” theory and white man dominance. So it is only fair that the Aboriginal society be offered a voice and support throughout their hardship‚
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have brought China and Japan into a bitter dispute for many decades. With regard to the real question of who owns sovereignty over the islands‚ the two claimants can not come to terms on several critical issues‚ such as whether the islands were terra nullius when Japan claimed sovereignty in 1895‚ whether Japan returned the islands to China after the Japanese defeat in WWII‚ and how their maritime boundary in the East China Sea should be demarcated according to international law. There is no ready
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Recognition in the law that Aboriginals had ownership of the land - Protectionism - A policy the government introduced to "protect the aboriginies from themselves". - Reconciliation - To put aside a difference and come together as friends - Terra nullius - ’The land belongs to no one’ The Policy of Protectionism - Start of 19th century - No right to vote and no right to receive basic wage ○ Stolen Generation - Mixed blood children where taken away from their families to be raised
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Topic 3: Law reform and sexual assault dispossession civil litigation complainant martial law conciliation consent native title contempt of court in camera nomadic express consent sexual assault pastoralists indictable offence terra nullius sponsorship tort law trespass to the person vicarious liability © Paul Milgate et al 2013 ISBN 9781107650787 Photocopying is restricted under law and this material must not be transferred to another party. Cambridge University Press PART I
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Documentaries and feature films make history alive‚ relevant and increase our understanding and empathy of significant historical events. This quote is a brilliant quote that outlines the relevance of the Documentary and Feature Film of the Eddie Mabo and his case‚ Which was an very important case that was taken to the Supreme Court of Australia to argue for the land right ownership of Murray Island and the Torres strait Islands and the debates arguments main point was about the law of the god of
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Use footnoted historical evidence to support your arguments and include a correctly formatted bibliography. When European settlers first landed on the shores of what they called terra nullius[1]‚ they almost unknowingly started off a chain reaction that was to prove fatal to the original inhabitants of terra australis[2]. The strange natives and their seemingly outlandish and primitive customs confused the Europeans‚ who almost from the very beginning began applying unfair and biased judgements
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solve a legal problem we need to: Locate the law applicable to the legal problem. Australia is a liberal democracy in that the executive government is made up of representatives: Elected by the citizens. Australia was initially regarded terra nullius at the time of British settlement‚ which means: ’Land belonging to no-one’. The notion of ’parliamentary supremacy’ provides that: Nobody has the right to override a law validly made by parliament. In the event of conflict between case law
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ownership and land inheritance on his home island. There was a lawyer at the conference who suggested that there should be a test case to claim land rights. The people of Murray Island decided that they would be the ones to challenge the claim of terra nullius in the High Court‚ Eddie was chosen as leader for this. It took ten years and after investigation the court found out that Eddie was not actually the son of Benny Mabo and so had no right to inherit Mabo land. He was devastated by this but did
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