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When five Indigenous groups came together on a native title claim, their traditional singing was crucial evidence. Now they're celebrating a landmark legal outcome.
How native title holders won their fight to save a sacred site on a Torres Strait island Posted MonMonday 8 updated MonMonday 8 MarMarch 2021 at 8:32pm Enid Tom and Milton Savage at the foot of the hillside on Muralug/Prince of Wales Island. ( Share Print text only Cancel For the Kaurareg people of the Torres Strait this isn't just a hillside. It's sacred ground. The site is central to the creation story of Muralug (also known as Prince of Wales Island). In its red soil they see the spilled blood of the warrior-giant Waubin. His body and the bodies of his wives are represented in rocks that ...