Land rights activist for Indigenous Australians (1936–1992)
Eddie Mabo
Born
Edward Koiki Mabo
(1936-06-29)29 June 1936
Mer, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia
Died
21 January 1992(1992-01-21) (aged 55)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Spouse
Bonita Mabo
(m. 1959)
Children
10
Edward Koiki Mabo (29 June 1936 – 21 January 1992) was an Indigenous Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights in Australia, in particular the landmark decision of the High Court of Australia that recognised that indigenous rights to land had continued after the British Crown acquired sovereignty and that the international law doctrine of terra nullius was not applicable to Australian domestic law. High court judges considering the case Mabo v Queensland (No 2) found in favour of Mabo, which led to the Native Title Act 1993 and established native title in Australia, officially recognising the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia.
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...
exhibition, showcasing 50 collection items from Special Collections, Eddie Koiki Mabo Library, James Cook University, Townsville. The rare collection item...
Senegal EddieMabo (1936–1992), the Torres Strait Islander man who instigated the 1992 test case for native title over his people's land Mabo (film),...
Strait Islanders, and Australian South Sea Islanders. She was the wife of EddieMabo until his death in 1992. Ernestine Bonita Neehow was born in Halifax,...
educator Mandawuy Yunupingu The EddieMabo Award for Social Justice, in honour of Indigenous land rights campaigner EddieMabo Anthony Mundine Award for Courage...
launched a petition to make 3 June an Australian Public Holiday. EddieMabo Jnr, for the Mabo family, said: We believe that a public holiday would be fitting...
Mabo. On 3 June 1992, the High Court of Australia ruled in favour of EddieMabo in Mabo v Queensland (No 2) recognising native title in Australia for the...
actor, known for his portrayal of land rights activist EddieMabo in the 2012 tele-movie Mabo, several television series, and theatre performances. A...
website. Retrieved 11 June 2019. "Winton's Graham 'Butch' Lenton joins EddieMabo and Steve Irwin in Queensland Greats hall of fame". ABC News. 9 June 2018...
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...
co-operate closely in the management of the strait's resources. In 1982, EddieMabo and four other Torres Strait Islander people from Mer (Murray Island)...
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1981, a land rights conference was held at James Cook University, where EddieMabo, a Torres Strait Islander, made a speech to the audience in which he explained...
rights and politics. Faith Bandler, Evelyn Scott, and Bonita Mabo (widow of EddieMabo) are prominent Indigenous activists who are also descendants of...
time. Castan spent 10 years preparing and arguing the case on behalf of EddieMabo, for which he received widespread acclaim. In 1985 Castan, along with...
player Nathan Jawai. Mills' great uncle is Indigenous land rights activist EddieMabo. Mills first took up basketball as a four-year-old for a local Indigenous...
the Australian Supreme Court, under Justice Gerard Brennan, in the case EddieMabo versus the state of Queensland (2) accepts for the first time in Australian...
(1908 or 1919–1988) – prominent Australian Aboriginal rights activist EddieMabo (1936–1992) – iconic Indigenous Australian man from the Torres Strait...
prevent the construction of the Franklin Dam in a World Heritage Zone. In EddieMabo & Ors v The State of Queensland (No.2) invalidated the declaration of...
included singer Archie Roach, artist Gordon Bennett, land rights campaigner EddieMabo, and Australian Football League player Nicky Winmar, who famously lifted...
a combination of religion and law, which were presented by EddieMabo in the famous Mabo native title case in 1992. The cult of Kulka was in evidence...
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 EddieMabo and...
and computer scientist June 29 David Jenkins, American figure skater EddieMabo, Australian Indigenous rights activist (d. 1992) Kigeli V of Rwanda, last...
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