Eddie
Koiki Mabo's legacy was always a stellar one, but now it is literally stellar,
with a star to be named after the man who changed Native Title in Australia.
By Luke
Briscoe Source: NITV News
3 Jun 2015Sydney Observatory will on Wednesday evening honour the Mabo legacy in a star naming ceremony. It comes on the 23rd anniversary of the landmark Mabo decision, in which the High Court of Australia overturned the legal fiction of Terra Nullius.
"The
stars have great significance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples," Rose Hiscock, Director of the Museum of Applied Arts and
Sciences, told NITV.
"It
is fitting that we honour Uncle Eddie through the dedication of a star in our
most iconic constellation, the Southern Cross."
Kaurareg
Tribal Elder Milton Savage says "we say Thonar-Tidai-Zinz-Jzapuc which
roughly means 'it is written in the stars and this just destiny'."
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