What is Mabo Day and why is it celebrated?
What is Mabo Day and why is it celebrated?
The Mabo decision acknowledged the traditional rights of Indigenous people to their land and waters, and paved the way for native title in Australia. It also recognised that Indigenous people occupied Australia for tens of thousands of years before the British arrived in 1788.
What happened on Mabo Day?
The date is the anniversary of the Mabo v Queensland (No 2) decision by the High Court of Australia, which recognised the pre-colonial land interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within Australia’s common law.
Is Mabo Day a public holiday?
Take a holiday on June 3rd to celebrate a great Australian, Eddie Mabo, who overturned the two century fiction of Terra Nullius in a ten year campaign through the courts ending in the historic High Court Mabo Judgement.
What day did Eddie Mabo achieve?
It was on 3 June 1992 that the Australian High Court overturned more than 200 years of white domination of land ownership. The victory was largely down to one indigenous man called Eddie Mabo. That’s why the legal decision is universally known as “Mabo”.
What is the meaning of Mabo Day?
3 June
Mabo Day is marked annually on 3 June. It commemorates Mer Island man Eddie Koiki Mabo and his successful efforts to overturn the legal fiction of terra nullius, or ‘land belonging to no-one’.
How did Mabo Day get its name?
Mabo Day is commemorated on 3 June every year and it’s named after Eddie Mabo. On 3 June 1992, the High Court of Australia recognised that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have rights to the land. This decision by the High Court is also known as the Mabo decision.
What is Eddie Mabo’s legacy?
The legacy of Eddie Mabo is that he and a large group of people joined the many thousands of Aboriginal people over the last two centuries who have sought to prevent the extinguishment of their rights and to maintain a sense of dignity.
What did Naidoc originally stand for?
National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee
NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920′s which sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
What does Mabo day represent?
Mabo Day is marked annually on 3 June. It commemorates Mer Island man Eddie Koiki Mabo and his successful efforts to overturn the legal fiction of terra nullius, or ‘land belonging to no-one’.
What was David’s legacy?
David Unaipon could be seen as a beneficiary of intellectual property law. He is a creator of copyright works; an inventor of patented inventions; and an iconic figure, worthy of personality rights. His creative and scientific work has been an inspiration for others.
