Strait. His parents were Robert Zesou Sambo and Poipe Mabo, but Eddie was adopted by his uncle Benny Mabo when his mother died shortly after he was born. This...
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recognised the existence of Native Title in Australia. It was brought by Eddie Mabo and others against the State of Queensland, and decided on 3 June 1992...
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Strait Islanders, and Australian South Sea Islanders. She was the wife of Eddie Mabo until his death in 1992. Ernestine Bonita Neehow was born in Halifax,...
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his accusations were thus flawed. Reynolds struck up a friendship with Eddie Mabo, who was then a groundsman and gardener at James Cook University. In his...
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James Cook University (redirect from Eddie Koiki Mabo Lecture Series)
exhibition, showcasing 50 collection items from Special Collections, Eddie Koiki Mabo Library, James Cook University, Townsville. The rare collection item...
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Koiki Mabo to bring about native land title legislation in Australia. Mabo tells the story of one of Australia's national heroes - Eddie Koiki Mabo, the...
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Senegal Eddie Mabo (1936–1992), the Torres Strait Islander man who instigated the 1992 test case for native title over his people's land Mabo (film),...
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educator Mandawuy Yunupingu The Eddie Mabo Award for Social Justice, in honour of Indigenous land rights campaigner Eddie Mabo Anthony Mundine Award for Courage...
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Mabo. On 3 June 1992, the High Court of Australia ruled in favour of Eddie Mabo in Mabo v Queensland (No 2) recognising native title in Australia for the...
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launched a petition to make 3 June an Australian Public Holiday. Eddie Mabo Jnr, for the Mabo family, said: We believe that a public holiday would be fitting...
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Mabo and educator and activist Bonita Mabo. She was formerly a dancer and choreographer. Mabo was born in 1965, the daughter of Eddie and Bonita Mabo...
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included singer Archie Roach, artist Gordon Bennett, land rights campaigner Eddie Mabo, and Australian Football League player Nicky Winmar, who famously lifted...
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Government of Queensland, in which several Meriam people, principally Eddie Mabo, contested that they had certain native title rights over the Murray Islands...
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Mabo: Life of an Island Man is a 1997 Australian documentary film on the life of Indigenous Australian land rights campaigner Eddie Koiki Mabo, directed...
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co-operate closely in the management of the strait's resources. In 1982, Eddie Mabo and four other Torres Strait Islander people from Mer (Murray Island)...
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rights and politics. Faith Bandler, Evelyn Scott, and Bonita Mabo (widow of Eddie Mabo) are prominent Indigenous activists who are also descendants of...
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actor, known for his portrayal of land rights activist Eddie Mabo in the 2012 tele-movie Mabo, several television series, and theatre performances. A...
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player Nathan Jawai. Mills' great uncle is Indigenous land rights activist Eddie Mabo. Mills first took up basketball as a four-year-old for a local Indigenous...
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to court proceedings started by the Torres Strait Meriam people led by Eddie Mabo, who were attempting to have their land claims recognised by the common...
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(Warcraft character) Dylan Alcott Dwayne Johnson E.T. Ed Sheeran Eddie Mabo Eddie Murphy Eddie Redmayne Edward III Edward Scissorhands Edwin Lee Edis Elettra...
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Wood Mallesons Ashurst MinterEllison Who led the legal team for Eddie Mabo in the Mabo v Queensland decision, where the firm acted as Solicitor Australian...
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on the island. Murray Island's most famous resident was trade unionist Eddie Mabo, whose decision to sue the Queensland Government to secure ownership of...
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Racism in Australia (section Mabo Case)
1981, a land rights conference was held at James Cook University, where Eddie Mabo, a Torres Strait Islander, made a speech to the audience in which he explained...
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1981, a land rights conference was held at James Cook University, where Eddie Mabo, a Torres Strait Islander, made a speech to the audience in which he explained...
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the Australian Supreme Court, under Justice Gerard Brennan, in the case Eddie Mabo versus the state of Queensland (2) accepts for the first time in Australian...
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the Indigenous walkers were Faith Bandler and Bonita Mabo, widow of land rights campaigner Eddie Mabo, and many members of the Stolen Generations. It was...
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prevent the construction of the Franklin Dam in a World Heritage Zone. In Eddie Mabo & Ors v The State of Queensland (No.2) invalidated the declaration of...
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Australia's Indigenous population. Eddie Mabo was from "Mer" or Murray Island in the Torres Strait, which the famous Mabo decision of 1992 involved. Geographical...
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Meriam people (section Mabo case)
were Eddie Koiki Mabo, Reverend David Passi, Sam Passi, James Rice and Celuia Mapo Sale. The Mabo case began on 20 May 1982 primarily led by Eddie Mabo and...
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in basketball. Jawai’s great uncle is Indigenous land rights activist Eddie Mabo. Like most children on Cape York, he played rugby league throughout primary...
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