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Eddie Mabos mother died
His mother passed away and he legally was adopted by his uncle -
Eddie Mabo DOB
Eddie Mabo's birth date -
Eddie Movied to Australia
Eddie moved to Australia from his home land -
Eddie Got Married
Eddie go married to his wife Bonita Mehow -
Eddie was made secretary
Was was made secretary of the aboriginal and tores strait islander advancement league -
Eddie Mabo's First Job
Eddies first job was a gardener for a business called JCU -
Eddie resigns from the ATSIAL
He resigned because he thought some of the employs were insincere, He said they were "do-gooders" -
Eddie became president of all black council for rights of indigenous Australians
It was a legal aid and medical service and a black school community -
Eddie's Land
Eddie Discovered He Did Not Have Legal Rights Over His Land -
Eddie Leaves the JCU
Eddie leaves his job as a gardener -
Spoke at conferences about aboriginal land rights
Spoke at a conference about land rights in the Torres Strait at JCU.
Decision made to take the Murray Islanders' case to court. -
Land rights case launched
Land rights case launched. Eddie Mabo is the first plaintiff in a group action. -
High court verdict
The High Court ruled in Mabo v Qld (No.1) that the Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act 1985 (Qld) was incompatible with the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth). -
Eddies case was ruled in favor of him
Eddie's case was ruled in favor of him -
Awarded Australian human rights medal
Posthumously awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal. -
Eddie Mabos DOD
Eddie Mabo's date of death -
Australian of the year
Recognised by The Australian newspaper as the 1992 Australian of the Year.