when was the mabo decision

The Mabo decision was made on June 3, 1992, by the High Court of Australia. This landmark ruling recognized the land rights of Indigenous Australians, specifically overturning the legal doctrine of terra nullius, which had implied that Australian land was unowned before European colonization. The decision acknowledged the traditional land rights of the Meriam people of the Torres Strait Islands and paved the way for the Native Title Act 1993.