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Eddie was “elected president of Yumba Meta, an association purchasing homes in Townsville” he helped established the first black community school.

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Eddie was exiled from Murray Island when he was 16 caught in a romance that the elders didn't approve of.

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He was a gardener James Cook University in Townsville and that is where he started his fight for Aboriginal land ownership rights.

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In 1993 Eddie was awarded Australian of the year for 1992 by the Australian newspaper.

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Eddie's name was changed from Sambo to Mabo when he was adopted by his

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Eddie became a role model to his people for not backing down and continuing to fight for the right of aboriginal land for 18 years.

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5 months after the death of Eddie Koiki Mabo, he won back the rights for Aboriginal people to own land. Eddie "brought down a two-centuries-old-lie"(Kennedy, Para 7) as it was stated in the Britain's laws that aboriginal people had the rights to own their land.

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Died: 







January 21, 1992, Brisbane

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Died: 







January 21, 1992, Brisbane

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Birth: 







June 29, 1936, Murray Island

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Birth: 







June 29, 1936, Murray Island