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Meriam

Melanesian Torres Strait Islander people of the eastern Torres Strait islands (Mer/Murray Island, Ugar/Stephen Island, Erub/Darnley Island), whose native title claim was upheld in Mabo v Queensland (1992), fundamentally changing Australian land law.

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Further reading

• The original Australians Josephine Flood · 2006

  Overview of Indigenous Australian history including the Mabo decision and Torres Strait Islander context.

• The Other Side of the Frontier: Aboriginal Resistance to the European Invasion of Australia Henry Reynolds · 1981

  The landmark history of Indigenous Australian resistance, context for the Meriam-led Mabo land-rights case.

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Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Meriam people'