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17.01.2022 Overview The Mer Gedkem Le (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation, located on Mer Island, administers land on behalf of the Meriam people. The Meriam people’s ownership of Mer, Waier and Dauar Islands was recognised in two distinct native title determinations: the Mabo decision and the Meriam People determination.

08.01.2022 Mer - Murray Island photos on Flickr :-)

04.01.2022 Holy Man Sits babuk Reciting Malo’s Lore A high priest Of the sacred cult... He is the religious core The people observe With obedience For he will restore Zogo Le Repeats the words Passed on from long before The holy Man Sits babuk Reciting Malo’s Lore Merwez Whaleboat 2009 See more

04.01.2022 Queensland Coast Islands Act 1879 (Qld) Significance This document extended Queensland's control from three miles offshore to 60 miles offshore, bringing all of Torres Strait, to within a few hundred metres of the coast of New Guinea, into the Colony of Queensland. ... In 1992 this was significant to all of Australia when the Mabo case acknowledged Indigenous land tenure on Murray (Mer) Island in Torres Strait. This judgment overcame the legal doctrine of terra nullius, which had prevented a recognition in law of the Indigenous occupation of Australia.