the Meriam people hold native title rights to the Murray Islands

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The Meriam people are the Indigenous inhabitants of the Murray Islands in the Torres Strait, whose traditional land rights were legally recognized in the landmark Australian High Court case Mabo v Queensland (No 2).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Torres Strait Islander group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Meriam Mir people ⓘ
linked to: Meriam people

Miriam people ⓘ
linked to: Meriam people
associatedWithCase Mabo v Queensland (No 2) ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Torres Strait ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Murray Islands ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island
governedBy Australian native title legislation ⓘ
historicalFigureAssociated David Passi ⓘ
Eddie Koiki Mabo ⓘ
James Rice ⓘ
indigenousTo Murray Islands ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island

Torres Strait ⓘ
jurisdictionOfRecognition Queensland ⓘ
languageGroup Meriam language ⓘ
legalArea native title law in Australia ⓘ
legalDoctrineConfirmed rejection of terra nullius in Australia ⓘ
legalPrecedentFor subsequent native title claims in Australia ⓘ
legalRecognitionBy High Court of Australia ⓘ
legalRecognitionOfLandRights 1992 ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Coral Sea ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Queensland ⓘ
mainIsland Dauar ⓘ
linked to: Dauan

Mer (Murray Island) ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island

Waier ⓘ
nativeTitleRecognizedAs surviving radical title of the Crown ⓘ
nativeTitleRightsOver Murray Islands ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island
nativeTitleRightsRecognizedIn Mabo v Queensland (No 2) ⓘ
nativeTitleType communal native title ⓘ
partOf Torres Strait Islander peoples ⓘ
region Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
rightsInclude enjoyment of traditional lands ⓘ
occupation of traditional lands ⓘ
possession of traditional lands ⓘ
use of traditional lands ⓘ
significance first successful native title claim in Australia’s common law ⓘ
spiritualConnectionTo islands ⓘ
land ⓘ
reefs ⓘ
sea ⓘ
traditionalEconomyIncludes fishing ⓘ
gardening ⓘ
marine harvesting ⓘ
traditionalLawAndCustom Meriam custom ⓘ
traditionalOwnersOf Murray Islands ⓘ
linked to: Murray Island
traditionalTerritoryIncludes land of Dauar Island ⓘ
land of Mer Island ⓘ
land of Waier Island ⓘ

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Mabo v Queensland (No 2) → held → the Meriam people hold native title rights to the Murray Islands ⓘ