Eddie Mabo: A Man Who Changed History
My dad, Eddie Mabo, a man who changed history * BY:
SARAH ELKS, NORTH QUEENSLAND CORRESPONDENT From:
The Australian June 01, 2012 12:00AM 9 comments * Increase Text Size * Decrease Text Size * Print * * Recommend
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Eddie Mabo fought and won a 10-year battle on land rights. Source: Supplied
GAIL Mabo was a teenager when her father Eddie, a proud Torres Strait Islander, sat her down and promised her: "One day, my girl, all of Australia is going to know my name."
It was 1985. Three years earlier, the man from remote Mer Island at the top of Australia launched a bold land rights claim in the High Court, and his
Eddie Mabo fought and won a 10-year battle on land rights. Source: Supplied
GAIL Mabo was a teenager when her father Eddie, a proud Torres Strait Islander, sat her down and promised her: "One day, my girl, all of Australia is going to know my name."
It was 1985. Three years earlier, the man from remote Mer Island at the top of Australia launched a bold land rights claim in the High Court, and his