SBS50: Fast Facts 1992

Did you know that, in 1992, the High Court of Australia recognised that Aboriginal people have native title over land and waters according to their customary law? Known as the Mabo case, the decision rejected the belief that Australia had been an empty country prior to English settlement and that Aboriginal people had no connection to the land.

Eddie Mabo (left) and Jack Wailu in the Torres Strait Islands in 1990, during the High Court hearings in the Mabo Case. Credit: PR IMAGE

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