Warning: this story contains names of deceased members of the Indigenous community.

Today is Mabo Day, the momentous victory led by Eddie Mabo to overturn terra nullius concept on which Australia’s invasion was premised. 

For more than 200 years, the Australian parliament acted under the presumption that Australia belonged to no-one before colonization. 

Today marks the 29th anniversary of the high court decision that overturned this precedent.