Last Friday evening, School Captain Lily, and Vice-captain Natasha attended the Mabo Oration at the invitation of the Queensland Human Rights Commission.
The Mabo Oration is a biennial event that celebrates and pays tribute to Eddie Mabo and the landmark High Court decision which bears his name, legally recognising that Indigenous people had a special relationship to the land that existed prior to colonisation.
The 2023 Mabo Oration – the first since the pandemic – was delivered by Professor Megan Davis, with special guest speakers Professor Henry Reynolds and Gail Mabo, hosted by Jeff McMullen as MC.
This year's Oration was held for the first time in Townsville, the place where Eddie Mabo began his fight to overturn terra nullius.