Mabo v Queensland Indigenous land interests recognized

Australia's highest court rejected the idea that Indigenous land belonged to nobody

In 1992, Australia's High Court ruled in the Mabo case that the country's common law could recognize Indigenous native title. The decision rejected the legal assumption that Indigenous land rights had been erased simply because Britain claimed sovereignty. It transformed Australian land law and opened a path for native-title claims.

Vedic poems preserved clues to old sounds

The fixed beat of early poems can preserve details such as how long a vowel lasts, even when writing does not mark them or later copying changes them. Vedic Sanskrit poems were passed on by word of mouth for about 2,000 years before they were written down, making them especially useful for tracing older forms of the language.

HMS Dreadnought made older battleships obsolete

When the British battleship HMS Dreadnought launched in 1906, it made every existing battleship obsolete. Its launch gave Britain a technological advantage in the naval arms race that it never relinquished.

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Mabo v Queensland Indigenous land interests recognized

Australia's highest court rejected the idea that Indigenous land belonged to nobody

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