Mabo Archive

THERE was a feeling of change in the air at the Mabo Day celebrations on Thursday Island,writes Mark Roy. While the Federal Government is talking about changes to the Native Title Act, 20 years after the historic High Court decision on land …

As I watched the film Mabo at its premiere at the Sydney Film Festival on Thursday June 7, I felt both ashamed and proud. Ashamed at how white Australians had treated the Aboriginal people after expropriating their land and claiming it was …