A Mabo memoir : islan kustom to Native Title / Bryan Keon-Cohen
- Bib ID:
- 6197147
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Keon-Cohen, Bryan, 1945-, author
- Edition:
- [2nd edition].
- Description:
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- Malvern, Vic. : Zemvic Press, 2013
- ©2013
- xxviii, 679 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : some colour illustrations, facsimiles, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780646591612
- Summary:
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This is an insiders comprehensive account, written for the non-lawyer, by the plaintiffs counsel, Dr. Bryan Keon-Cohen AM QC. He recounts Eddie Mabos motivations, the Murray Islanders and their culture; lawyers and judges involved; legal aid hassles; set-backs during trial; repeated attacks by Bjelke-Petersens government; Mabos premature death; final success in the High Court, and the cases legacy.
- Notes:
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- First published 2011.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 639-652) and index.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
- Subject:
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- Mabo, Edward, 1936-1992 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Australia. High Court. Mabo and others v. State of Queensland
- Native title (Australia)
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Land tenure
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure
- Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Australia
- Queensland -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Australian
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2013
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