The end of terra nullius; the beginning of native title
The Wound
Our History
Why Me?
Our Cultures
My Response
The momentous Mabo case finally acknowledged the history of First Nations dispossession in Australia, abolished the legal fiction of 'terra nullius', and altered the foundation of Australian land law.
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