Tony Abbott has acknowledged the rare honour of being able to visit the resting place of Eddie Mabo, regarded as the father of indigenous land rights.
The prime minister was greeted with a wreath of leaves, drumming and indigenous dancers as he landed on Mer Island in the Torres Strait on Monday morning.
"It is an honour for me to be here on an island which now resonates right around Australia as the place where native title was first acknowledged," Mr Abbott told the locals who greeted him.
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