People
- Papers
of Edward Koiki Mabo (1936-1992)
- Edward Koiki Mabo was born
in 1936 on the island of Mer, one of the Murray Islands, which are
located at the eastern extremity of Torres Strait. In June 1992, six
months after his death, Mabo achieved national prominence as the
successful principal plaintiff in the landmark High Court ruling on
native land title. The High Court ruling, for the first time, gave
legal recognition to the fact that indigenous land ownership existed
in Australia before European settlement and that, in some cases,
this land tenure was not subsequently extinguished by the Crown.
- Papers
of Neville Bonner (1922- )
- Federal politician. Bonner
was the first Australian Aborigine to sit in Federal Parliament. He
was a Queensland Senator from 1971 to 1983.
- Diana
Currie
- Koorie Country music
singer.
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