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Eddie Mabo was born in June the 29th in 1936.
Eddies mother passed away and was legally adopted by his uncle.Eddie got married by a lady named Bonita Nehow, in 1959 -
Eddie got married and had 10 children.
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In the 1960s, aboriginal activists fought for simple rights like swimming in public pools, staying in hotels, also being served in cafes.
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Eddie Mabo was removed from his home by The Cause Of A Prank
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Eddie Became a Gardener at James Cook University and that was his first job
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1973 Eddie became a co founder and director of the Townsville black community school
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Eddie Mabo was asked to join the National Aboriginal Education Committee
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n 1981 Eddie Mabo spoke at a land rights conference at James Cook Univeristy. Mabo explained the land ownership and inheritance system on the Murray Island.
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Died of cancer at the age of 55, at 45 he started to stress about his work and it then affected his health. He died without ever knowing how successful his challenge would be.
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5 months after the passing of Eddie Mabo, the Australian High Court announced their decision regarding the case of Aboriginal land ownership.
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He was awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal
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Prime minister Paul Keating made an address to a crowd of 2,000 in Redfern, this is where he speaks about the blame for those Indigenous Australians which lies with non-Aboriginal Australians.
The speech, known as the Redfern Address, is know as one of the most important and significant speeches said by an Australian prime minister, and it shows Mr Keating's decision to move and represent the decision of the Mabo case into the parliamentary law. -
A year after his death he was made Australian of the Year!!
