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Reconciliation Week closes with reflection, connection and commitment on Larrakia Country
National Reconciliation Week concluded across the Northern Territory on Mabo Day...
Nicole Brown 5 Jun 2026
Mabo Day in Melbourne: Country, strength, connection and language celebrated on anniversary of momentous land rights decision
John Wayne Parsons was a teenager when he met — and was told to look out for big...
Jarred Cross 4 Jun 2026
Meriam people mark Mabo Day with push for cultural governance
Thirty-four years after the Mabo decision changed Australian legal history, Meri...
Joseph Guenzler 4 Jun 2026
AIATSIS chair urges mob to carry Summit message home
The AIATSIS Summit on the Gold Coast has become a meeting place for Indigenous l...
Mabo Day reflections centre truth, Indigenous rights at AIATSIS Summit
The AIATSIS Summit on the Gold Coast marked Mabo Day with reflections on truth,...
Legal landmark celebrated with free Mabo Day concert

A watershed moment in Australian history that paved the way for native land rights claims will be celebrated with a free concert on Mabo Day.

Naarm gathers to celebrate the Torres Strait and Eddie Mabo's legacy on Mabo Day

On an ordinary day, arriving home from school, a 15-year-old Gail Mabo was told by her father "one day, everyone will know my name". Naarm gathered on Tuesday night to celebrate Torres Strait culture...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jun 4, 2025
Reconciliation Week at Uluru to highlight Aṉangu culture and history

Ayers Rock Resort will observe National Reconciliation Week with a program of cultural storytelling, art exhibitions and film screenings. The activities will highlight truth-telling and Anangu knowled...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 26, 2025
'Story of reconciliation' remembered on Mabo Day

More than four decades ago, Torres Strait Island man Eddie Koiki Mabo was invited to speak at a land rights conference in Townsville. A lawyer heard the 1981 speech at James Cook University about the...

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Rudi Maxwell Jun 3, 2023
Why this charity canned Australia Day holiday in favour of honouring First Nations hero

While most Australians took a day off on Australia/Invasion Day this year, MJD Foundation's staff were having one of their most productive days in the office.

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NIT May 26, 2022
For a self-proclaimed proud nation, two days on the Australian calendar are missing

Australians are a proud bunch, but for all our chest-beating we lack two very key dates in our annual diaries to reflect this. Our nation has five national public holidays to celebrate a Middle Easter...

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NIT May 24, 2022
Mabo's grandson in push to make Mabo Day a national public holiday

Kaleb Mabo wants to see the day honouring his grandfather, Eddie Koiki Mabo, to be made a national public holiday. Mabo Day on June 3 is an official holiday in the Torres Strait but is not recognised...

Emma Ruben Emma Ruben Apr 11, 2022
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