the indigenous people. The most respected and recognised of these is Eddie Mabo‚ a Torres Strait Islander. Mabo stood up for the rights of his people from a very young age all the way to his death‚ in order to generate changes in the policies and laws of the government. Mabo battled for his right to own the land which he had inherited from his adoptive father‚ a fight which was resolved only after his demise. Despite this‚ Eddie Mabo became one of the key influential figures in the Aboriginal rights
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Rachel Perkin demonstrate us that Eddie Mabo is a hero . He commit himself fully to fight tirelessly for aboriginal rights of land. In the process ‚ Eddie Mabo get much support by his wife‚ his lawyers‚ his friends. These people sacrifice something and bear pressure for supporting Eddie Mabo. So these people also are heroes. Meanwhile ‚ Australia government also is anti-hero‚ the government admit the mistake and reconcile with aboriginals and apology. Nera . Eddie Mabo’s wife. As a wife she bring
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Could Eddie have succeeded without the help of Netta ‘Mabo’ is an Austalian TV film which was released in 2012 which depicts the life of Eddie koiki Mabo utilizing narrative techniques and elements in which a typical drama consists of. Eddie Koiki Mabo is played by Jimi Bani and his wife Bonita/Netta Mabo was played by Deborah Mailman‚ the film was directed my Rachel Perkins and produced by BlackfellaFilms and the ABC. The principal story of Eddie’s journey from an exiled Murray islander to a justice
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quote that outlines the relevance of the Documentary and Feature Film of the Eddie Mabo and his case‚ Which was an very important case that was taken to the Supreme Court of Australia to argue for the land right ownership of Murray Island and the Torres strait Islands and the debates arguments main point was about the law of the god of Murray Island "Malo" which is represented by an octopus. The Feature film portrays Mabo’s case in more of a personal view‚ compared to the documentary which takes the
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Aborigine land rights movement. Eddie Mabo/ the land rights movement played a substantially influential role in pushing exceedingly for the native title rights for the indigenous people and played a key role in the Native Title Act which extinguished terra nullius and acknowledged the land of the Indigenous people of Australia. This was consequently brought upon the people of Australia firstly by the Gurinhji strike‚ secondly by the Eddie Mabo case and lastly by the Wik case. These movements were intended
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Australian Legal System response to the Mabo case has changed greatly ever since the first time it was introduced. Many different acts were introduced and/or amended as a result of this case. The effectiveness of the law and the law reform in protecting the rights of individual and society at large is demonstrated throughout this essay. Eddie Koiki Mabo was born on Murray Island in 1936 and was an Indigenous Australian. In 1974‚ during a conversation with two academics‚ Mabo became aware to the fact that
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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 | * 513 | * * Tweet 0 * * 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
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Assignment 1: Case Note Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1 1. Case details Parties: Mabo and Others; State of Queensland Court: High Court of Australia Judges: Mason CJ‚ Brennan‚ Deane‚ Dawson‚ Toohey‚ Gaudron and McHugh JJ Dates: 28-31 May 1991 and 3 June 1992 Catchwords: Aborigines‚ native title‚ Constitutional law‚ reception of common law in Australian and other‚ settled colonies‚ terra nullius‚ Real Property Procedural history: the High Court of Australia exercised
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TOPIC: ‘People like us have no choice but to be troublemakers.’ Is Eddie Mabo right? To some extent‚ the process of Eddie Mabo’s selflessly giving benefits individuals instead of requiring sacrifice. In the film Mabo‚ the director Rachel Perkins depicts Eddie’s whole life devotion to Aboriginal land right and fight against racism and inequality. Eddie devotes his whole life being a qualified ‘troublemaker’ and in the meantime he also enjoys the outcome of his effort. Racism and inequality are depicted
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A Place card in one of the archival protest scenes claims “Unity is strength.” How does Mabo illustrate the importance of Unity? In the 2012 Rachel Perkins production ‘Mabo’ a placard in one of the archival protests scenes claims “unity is strength” in the film Mabo we see the real importance of unity. Mabo is the story of the life of Eddie Mabo‚ a passionate and dedicate man who is willing to fight for his rights and the rights of others until his last breath. He would have not been able to achieve
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