# @balapat on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CA9zKORjq8S
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76906474-balapat-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-06-03T08:06:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Patty Mills AM (@balapat) — https://gondola.cc/balapat

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MLK - MANDELA - MABO: The Iconic M’s
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The quiet, peaceful, calm, positive approach to develop change and hearts that expressed compassion and love for one another are ways that The Iconic M’s created history. ⠀⠀
MLK, Mandela and Mabo - The world's most powerful leaders for social justice, civil rights and land rights all because of a common goal - to be treated equally.
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Today we celebrate one of the most significant events of Australian History - 
The June 3, 1992 High Court of Australia’s landmark decision overturning the legal doctrine of terra nullius (land belonging to no-one) on which the British claimed possession, to recognise the legal doctrine of Native Title into Australian law - more commonly known today as Mabo Day.
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Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo, the man who led the Mabo case, created history and achieved greatness both during and after his life. He fought for recognition, for the rights of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal peoples to traditional ownership of their land and waters.
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Just like MLK and Mandela, Mabo was a man with great vision, courage and determination, who never wavered from the grueling challenge of a system where he was against all odds. ⠀⠀
Success of the Mabo case changed some of the basic foundations of Australia's legal system and also brought attention to the plight of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. ⠀⠀
So today, according to the Australian law, we are officially acknowledged and recognized, as who we really are - Indigenous peoples of the land. The beginning of a journey towards the greater common goal of The Iconic M’s - to be treated equally. #MaboDay

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