Eddie Mabo Timeline

By adam.ryan

  • 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.