ABC Newslink Mabo Day anniversary celebrations kick off in Qld Thursday 3 June, 1999 (7:41am AEST) Street parades are being held throughout Queensland today, to celebrate the anniversary of Mabo Day. Mabo Day marks the 1992 Federal Court decision recognising indigenous rights to native title. The president of the National Secretariat of Torres Strait Islanders, Francis Tapim, says the day is slowly gaining recognition. "The event is not a protest event, but it's an event that we celebrate for the handing down of the native title decision in 1992," Mr Tapim said. "We get together and we celebrate and at the same time make the wider community [aware] of the native title decisions." ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
