Murray Island

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Murray Island is a small inhabited island in the eastern Torres Strait of Australia, known for its Indigenous Meriam people and its central role in the landmark Mabo native title case.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Torres Strait Island ⓘ
inhabited island ⓘ
island ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mer ⓘ
Mer Island ⓘ
associatedPerson Eddie Mabo ⓘ
linked to: Eddie Koiki Mabo

Meriam plaintiffs in Mabo case ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
countryCapital Canberra ⓘ
culturalRegion Torres Strait ⓘ
culturalSignificance strong customary land tenure system ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Indigenous population ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Meriam ⓘ
governedBy Queensland Government ⓘ
hasCustomaryLaw Meriam customary land law ⓘ
hasIndigenousName Mer ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Meriam people ⓘ
hasSettlement Mer (village) ⓘ
importantFor Indigenous land rights in Australia ⓘ
recognition of native title in Australian law ⓘ
indigenousGroup Meriam people ⓘ
jurisdiction High Court of Australia (for Mabo case) ⓘ
legalDoctrineIllustrated native title ⓘ
legalPrecedentFrom 1992 ⓘ
legalStatusRecognizedIn Mabo v Queensland (No 2) ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Torres Strait Island Region ⓘ
locatedIn Coral Sea ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
Torres Strait ⓘ
eastern Torres Strait ⓘ
locatedNear Papua New Guinea ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
marineRegion Great Barrier Reef area ⓘ
linked to: Great Barrier Reef
nativeTitle recognized ⓘ
partOf Torres Strait Island Region ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
populationGroup Indigenous Australians ⓘ
region Far North Queensland ⓘ
significantFor Mabo native title case ⓘ
Mabo v Queensland (No 2) ⓘ
sovereignState Australia ⓘ
state Queensland ⓘ
stateCapital Brisbane ⓘ
timezone AEST ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Meriam Mir ⓘ
traditionalOwners Meriam people ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Torres Strait Islands → hasMajorIsland → Murray Island ⓘ
Mabo v Queensland (No 2) → geographicalFocus → Murray Islands, Torres Strait ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island
Meriam Mir → spokenIn → Murray Island ⓘ
Meriam people → ethnicGroupOf → Murray Islands ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island
Meriam people → indigenousTo → Murray Islands ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island
Meriam people → nativeTitleRightsOver → Murray Islands ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island
Meriam people → traditionalOwnersOf → Murray Islands ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island
Meriam people → mainIsland → Mer (Murray Island) ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island
Eddie Koiki Mabo → placeOfBirth → Mer (Murray Island), Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island
Eddie Koiki Mabo → burialPlace → Mer (Murray Island), Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island
David Passi → placeOfActivity → Murray Island ⓘ