Small Island Big Fight (3-Day Rental)

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PLEASE NOTE: If paying via purchase order, your 3-day rental period will begin when we approve your order. (Approvals are usually processed regularly during trading hours, but please allow up to two business days.) If paying up-front via credit card or PayPal, you will have access to stream the file in a matter of minutes, and your 3-day rental period will begin straight away.

You will receive an email (separate to your tax invoice) with a link to watch this video once your payment is received (or when we approve your purchase order).

On Murray Island in the Torres Strait, where the historic Mabo land rights case was fought, a new battle is brewing. This time over sea rights. Its outcome could have far-reaching implications for Australia's open waters. Murray Islanders won legal title to their land. Now they want the same for their reefs, seabeds and ocean. Their future depends on it.

(2000, 24 mins) A Film Australia National Interest Program produced in association with the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, in association with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Commission and Junjidy's Productions Pty Ltd. Developed with the assistance of the Pacific Film and Television Commission. Produced with the assistance of the ABC.

© National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.