Mabo Day

Mabo Day

Mabo Day celebrates the High Court decision on 3rd June 1992, which ruled in favour of Eddie Koiki Mabo and other claimants, that their people had occupied the island of Mer in the Torres Strait, prior to the arrival of the British. This historic decision effectively recognised the existence of Native Title rights and rejected the concept of ‘Terra Nullius’, which claimed Australia was a land belonging to no-one prior to British occupation. More information.