(1/4) Today is the last day of Reconciliation Week. It's also Mabo Day.
On June 3, 1992 Eddie Koiki Mabo and the clans of Mer in the Torres Strait was concluded in the High Court of Australia.
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On June 3, 1992 Eddie Koiki Mabo and the clans of Mer in the Torres Strait was concluded in the High Court of Australia.
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(2/4) The injustice of the legal fiction of terra nullius was overturned. The decision by the High Court recognised that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had custodial ownership of the land and a unique relationship to country that dated back thousands of years.
(3/4) Eddie was also a proud union delegate for the @RTBUnion. In Queensland he helped organise his fellow workers in the railways.
(4/4) Sadly Eddie passed away before the landmark decision was handed down - but his legacy lives on.
And the union movement was there in solidarity along the way.
And the union movement was there in solidarity along the way.
