Mabo: Life of an Island Man

In 1992, the High Court upheld Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo's claim that Murray Islanders held native title to land in the Torres Strait, ending the legal fiction that Australia was empty when first o... Read allIn 1992, the High Court upheld Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo's claim that Murray Islanders held native title to land in the Torres Strait, ending the legal fiction that Australia was empty when first occupied by white people.In 1992, the High Court upheld Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo's claim that Murray Islanders held native title to land in the Torres Strait, ending the legal fiction that Australia was empty when first occupied by white people.