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HIGH COURT DECISION ON MABO - INTRODUCTION
The issues raised by this case directly concert the entitlement,
under the law of Queensland, of the Meriam people to their
homelands in the Murray Islands. Those issues must, however, be
addressed in the wider context of the common law of Australia.
Their resolution requires a consideration of some fundamental
questions relating to the rights, past and present, of Australian
Aborigines in relation to lands on which they traditionally lived or
live. The starting point lies in the second half of the eighteenth
century with the establishment of the Colony of New South Wales.
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