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