Summary heading
Title ammendment
Descriptive note
The original title received from agency for this item was:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders – General/PERSONALITIES - Mabo
In 2013 the title was amended to:
Two Torres Strait Islander men on beach, one with fishing spear Eddie Mabo and Jack Wailu [Eddie Mabo (left) and Jack Wailu on the Island of Mer in the Torres Strait Island] [Reproduced with permission of Trevor Graham Yarra Bank Films Pty Ltd] [The image can be used in perpetuity]
Although the image is from a series of official government photographs, the original was a still image taken from a documentary by Yarra Bank Films (photographer Trevor Graham). After contact with the copyright holder, the original title for the work has been reinstated. This image is reproduced with the permission of Trevor Graham, Yarra Bank Films Pty Ltd. The National Archives of Australia has been granted permission to use the image in perpetuity.
Archival Description
15 April 2015