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The 40-year-old lobster case that could have been Australia's mainland Mabo

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The eastern rock lobster can be found along the continental shelf off Australia's south-eastern coast. The world's largest spiny lobster, it grows to more than 8 kilograms and can live for over 20 years. Norm Patten's mum was a Monaro-Gunai woman and he grew up in Victoria's East Gippsland region. Ron Mason was raised in a bark hut beside the river in Nerrigundah, west of Bodalla. Mr Mason was one of a small number of Aboriginal fishers on the far south coast who bought commercial fishing licences.

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Forty years since Narooma lobster case that could have transformed Indigenous fishing rights in NSW

When Ron Mason and Norm Patten were charged with the possession of undersized lobster in 1982, their defence relied on a legal argument that would finally be recognised with the Mabo decision a decade later.

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ABC Australia broke the news in Ultimo, Australia on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.
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