It has been 20 years today since High Court handed down its decision on Mabo v Queensland (No 2), the landmark case known as Mabo, which paved the way for recognition of native title in Australia.

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

NEW YORK, November 16, 2024 — In the first conversation at the “Embassy” at Asia Society, artist Richard Bell discusses the history of the Australian Aboriginal land rights movement and the ...

Mabo v Queensland (No. 2) was the High Court unleashed, the highpoint of an “activist” period that produced other landmark decisions on political free speech, foreign affairs and interstate trade.

AT A TIME WHEN the push to recognise indigenous land rights in Australia was gaining momentum, Eddie Mabo was living in Townsville on Queensland’s north coast ... of terra nullius (‘land belonging to ...

Mr Reynolds told the story at the Mabo Oration event in Townsville on June 2 ... v. Queensland decision ruled that the lands of this continent were not terra nullius or ‘land belonging to no ...

Queensland Human Rights commissioner Scott McDougall speaking in Townsville on June 2, 2023, ahead of the Mabo Oration. Picture: Blair Jackson. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures were ...