Eddie Mabo

By aishak@student.sfx.vic.edu.au

  • Born

    Eddie Mabo was born in Murray island , Australia

  • Mainland

    Eddie Mabo lived in the Torres strait Island and then he moved to the Mainland

  • Marriage

    Eddie Mabo get married and went went to Queensland

  • Name

    Eddie Mabo change his name from koiki to Mabo

  • Murray Island

    Eddie Mabo discovers that he does not own the land that he grow up on in Murray Island

  • National Aboriginal Education

    Eddie Mabo was asked to join the National Aboriginal Education Committee an advisory body to the Commonwealth Education Department and he served on the committee for three years.

  • First speech

    Eddie Mabo gave his first speech at a land rights conference at the James Cook University explaining the traditional land ownership and inheritance system that his community followed on Mer Island

  • Death

    Eddie Mabo dies in Brisbane suffering from cancer