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When and Where He Was Born
Eddie Mabo was born on 29 June, 1936, on the island of Mer in the Torres Strait -
Jobs
He moved to Townsville in Queensland and worked a variety of jobs including working on pearling boats, cutting cane and a railway fettler -
Married and Children
At some point in 1959 he married Bonita Neehow and had 10 children -
Activist in the Referendum campaign
He was an activist in the 1967 Referendum campaign and helped open the Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service -
Co Founder of a Black Community School
Eddie Mabo became co-founder of the Townsville black community school one of the first schools ever in Australia. The school started with ten students -
His First Speech
Eddie Mabo gave his first speech at a land rights event at the James Cook University explaining the traditional land ownership of Mer Island -
Legal claim for ownership
Eddie Mabo and other Mer Islanders, Reverend David Passi, Celuia Mapoo Salee, Sam Passi and James Rice started their legal claim for ownership of their land rights on the island of Mer at the High Court Australia -
Death
On the 21st of January aged 56 Eddie Mabo passed away from cancer -
Eddie and others won the case
On the 3rd of June, 1992 the High Court of Australia finally decided that Eddie Mabo and other protesters had finally won and received their land rights and ownership of there land which was taken away from them in the 1788 when the British first came -
Mabo Case
After his death, The High Court of Australia decided to in favour of Eddie Mabo's doings to make the Mabo Case