Mabo Day - a life changing day for the Torres Strait, for some (but only some) Aboriginal people on the mainland ... and for so many of the rest of us

Cross posted from Advocacy

 

Picture from here

23 years since landmark High Court Mabo decision yet much work remains to achieve land rights, justice & reconciliation pic.twitter.com/4Lo893MPhT

— HumanRightsLawCentre (@rightsagenda) June 3, 2015

To-day is the anniversary  of the Mabo decision.
To read the story of Eddie Koiki Mabo
please go here.
and
the landmark decision please go here.

For a brief outline of the impact of the Mabo judgment
please go here

Please email or leave a comment
if you think Mabo Day ought to be an
Australian public holiday -
because it sure has impacted the nation!