Editing Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (section)

==Legacy ==
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[[Mabo Day]] is an official holiday in the [[Torres Shire]], celebrated on 3 June,<ref>{{cite web|title=Mabo Day|url=http://www.tsra.gov.au/the-torres-strait/events/mabo-day.aspx|publisher=[[Torres Strait Regional Authority]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312054826/http://www.tsra.gov.au/the-torres-strait/events/mabo-day.aspx|archive-date=12 March 2011}}</ref> and occurs during [[National Reconciliation Week]] in Australia.<ref>{{cite web | title=Commemorating Mabo Day | website=Reconciliation Australia | date=3 June 2020 | url=https://www.reconciliation.org.au/commemorating-mabo-day/ | access-date=9 October 2021 | archive-date=9 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009042925/https://www.reconciliation.org.au/commemorating-mabo-day/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref >{{cite web | title=Reconciliation Week | website=[[Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia)]] | date=16 April 2021 | url=https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/aboriginal-affairs-and-reconciliation/reconciliation/reconciliation-week | access-date=9 October 2021 | archive-date=9 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009044427/https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/aboriginal-affairs-and-reconciliation/reconciliation/reconciliation-week | url-status=dead }} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005225624/https://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ |date=5 October 2021 }} licence.</ref>

The case was referenced in the 1997 comedy ''[[The Castle (1997 Australian film)|The Castle]]'', as an icon of legal rightness, embodied in the quote: "In summing up, it’s the Constitution, it’s Mabo, it’s justice, it’s law, it’s the vibe."<ref name="Neal">{{cite book |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Powers_practice_n_procedures/pops/Papers_on_Parliament_65/Magna_Carta_Personal_Encounters_Popular_Culture_and_Australian_Links |title=Encountering Magna Carta in the Middle Ages |first=Kathleen |last=Neal |work=Papers on Parliament no. 65 |publisher=Parliament of Australia |access-date=2021-11-13 |archive-date=12 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112210347/https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Powers_practice_n_procedures/pops/Papers_on_Parliament_65/Magna_Carta_Personal_Encounters_Popular_Culture_and_Australian_Links |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2009, as part of the [[Q150]] celebrations, the ''Mabo'' High Court of Australia decision was announced as one of the [[Q150 Icons]] of Queensland for its role as a "Defining Moment".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|title=Premier Unveils Queensland'S 150 Icons|last=Bligh|first=Anna|author-link=Anna Bligh|date=10 June 2009|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524033717/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|archive-date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref>

A straight-to-TV film titled ''[[Mabo (film)|Mabo]]'' was produced in 2012 by [[Blackfella Films]] in association with the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] and [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]. It provided a dramatised account of the case, focusing on the effect it had on Mabo and his family.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mabo's story of sacrifice and love to premiere at festival|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/mabos-story-of-sacrifice-and-love-to-premiere-at-festival-20120508-1yb3k.html|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=9 May 2012|access-date=12 February 2020|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404133718/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/mabos-story-of-sacrifice-and-love-to-premiere-at-festival-20120508-1yb3k.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=abc_mabo>Dalton, Kim [https://web.archive.org/web/20140427061553/http://blogs.abc.net.au/abc_tv/2012/06/speech-mabo-premiere-sydney-film-festival.html Speech: Mabo Premiere, Sydney Film Festival 2012], 7 June 2012, at [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] TV Blog</ref><ref name=sff01>Dale, D., Perkins, R. [https://archive.today/20121202110834/http://www.sff.org.au/public/films/program/films-a-z/mabo/ Mabo] at Sydney Film Festival 2012</ref>