First Australians: Part 7

For two centuries, the British and then white Australians operated under a fallacy, that somehow Aboriginal people did not exist or have land rights before the first settlers arrived in 1788.

SOVEREIGNTY sign at Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the lawns of Old Parliament House, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Credit: Simon McGill/Moment Editorial/Getty Images

Kulasegaram Sanchayan presents the man who changed that - Eddie Koiki Mabo, an Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands. Eddie Mabo is known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia which overturned the legal doctrine of terra nullius ("land belonging to nobody") which characterised Australian law with regard to land and title; and also talks about matters related to legal affairs.

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Other episodes in this series:

First Australians: Part 1

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10:15Tamil

Episode 2

First Australians: Part 2

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11:19Tamil

Episode 3

First Australians: Part 3

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11:15Tamil

Episode 4

First Australians: Part 4

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11:15Tamil

Episode 5

First Australians: Part 5

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12:15Tamil

Episode 6

First Australians: Part 6

SBS Tamil

11:35Tamil

Episode 7

First Australians: Part 7

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11:19Tamil

Episode 8

First Australians: Part 8

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11:19Tamil

Episode 9

First Australians: Part 9

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11:15Tamil

Episode 10

First Australians: Part 10

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11:35Tamil

Episode 11

First Australians: Part 11

SBS Tamil

11:31Tamil

Episode 12

First Australians: Part 12

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10:25Tamil

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