Eddie Mabo

By miaparla
  • Eddie Mabo's birth

    Eddie Mabo's birth

    Eddie Mabo was born on the 29th of June 1936, He was born on the island of Mer in the Torres Strait.
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    Mabo becomes secretary of ATSIAL

    The ATSIAL was the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advancement League

  • seminar in Townsville

    Eddie Mabo helped organize a seminar in Townsville by the name of 'We the Australians: What is to follow the referendum?'.
  • Mabo becomes president of the all blacks council.

    Mabo becomes president of the all blacks council.

    Mabo became the president of the all black council for the rights of indigenous people. It was a black community school.
  • Mabo finds out he doesn't own "his" land

    Mabo finds out he doesn't own "his" land

    while working on campus as a gardener at James Cook University he met two university historians Noel Loos and Henry Reynolds, while Mabo was talking about his land the historians they told him that he didn’t actually own the land the government did. ‘No way, it's not theirs, it’s ours.'

  • Mabo speaks at James cook university

    Eddie speaks at a conference about the land rights at JCU a decision was made to take the case to court.

  • Land rights case launched

  • Eddie Mabo passes away

    Eddie Mabo died of cancer at the age of 55 in Brisbane

  • Keating Government wins election

    They negotiate land rights with the Indigenous people