30 years after Mabo, what do Australia's battler stories – and their evasions – say about who we are?
- Written by: Jeanine Leane, Associate Professor In Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
The Mabo decision in 1992 was a turning point for Australia. It finally overturned the dishonest doctrine of terra nullius and recognised Indigenous land rights. It was a moment of hope, accompanied by a productive tension.
Mabo followed a decade in which awareness of the need to address Indigenous dispossession had grown. In the preceding years,...
