Ernestine Bonita Mabo (née Neehow) AO (c. 1943 – 26 November 2018), was an Australian educator and activist for Aboriginal Australians, Torres Strait Islanders, and Australian South Sea Islanders. She was the wife of Eddie Mabo until his death in 1992.
Ernestine BonitaMabo (née Neehow) AO (c. 1943 – 26 November 2018), was an Australian educator and activist for Aboriginal Australians, Torres Strait...
But his uncle and aunt, Benny and Maigo Mabo, taught him to respect other's cultures as well. Mabo married Bonita Neehow, an Australian South Sea Islander...
In 2002, on the tenth anniversary of the High Court decision, Mabo's widow, BonitaMabo, called for a national public holiday on 3 June. On the eleventh...
Trevor Graham BonitaMabo (c.1943–2018), Australian educator and activist, wife of Eddie Gail Mabo (born 1965), daughter of Eddie and BonitaMabo Ma Bo (born...
causing considerable damage. In 1973, Indigenous activists Eddie and BonitaMabo established the Black Community School in Townsville, where children...
South Sea Islander ancestry, including Faith Bandler, Evelyn Scott and BonitaMabo. Many Melanesians have taken up the term 'Melanesia' as a way to empower...
civil rights and politics. Faith Bandler, Evelyn Scott, and BonitaMabo (widow of Eddie Mabo) are prominent Indigenous activists who are also descendants...
the Indigenous walkers were Faith Bandler and BonitaMabo, widow of land rights campaigner Eddie Mabo, and many members of the Stolen Generations. It...
director. In 2001 she wrote and directed For Who I am – BonitaMabo, a documentary about BonitaMabo. She wrote and directed Queen of Hearts, a drama, released...
British military officer, Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces (1988–1990). BonitaMabo, 75, Australian educator and indigenous activist. Iravatham Mahadevan...
Mabo in Mabo Female Actor of the Year: Deborah Mailman, playing BonitaMabo in Mabo Outstanding Achievement in Literature: Ali Cobby Eckermann for Ruby...
connection to her Indigenous heritage. 2012 saw Tapsell as Bonita in the mini-series Mabo and then in the breakthrough role of Cynthia McRae, one of The...
management and contributions to professional organisations. Ernestine BonitaMabo For distinguished service to the Indigenous community and to human rights...
painter Valerie Lynch Napaltjarri (born 1970), painter, print maker Gail Mabo (born 1965), visual artist Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004), illustrator Constance...
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