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Eddie Mabo birth
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Engaged in Indigenous rights
Engaged in active community service in the spheres of politics, trade unions, Indigenous Australian rights and services, and public events. -
James Cook University
Eddie Mabo worked as a gardener at James Cook University -
Court
Spoke at a conference about land rights in the Torres Strait at JCU. Decision made to take the Murray Islanders’ case to court. -
Eddie Mabo Death
Eddie Koiki Mabo passed away. -
High Court overturned
The High Court overturned the legal doctrine of terra nullius ‘land belonging to nothing, no one’ delivering a verdict in favor of the Murray Islanders in Mabo v Queensland