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Mabo: Life of An Island Man - Eddie's burial on Mer
After the desecration of Eddie Mabo's grave in Townsville his family decide to take his body to Mer and bury him there. Mabo's son Eddie Junior says, 'The ten-year battle over the land claim was for...
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Mabo: Life of An Island Man - Homesick
Eddie's daughter Gail Mabo explains how she could always tell when Eddie was homesick because he would paint pictures of home - Mer. The family used to join him in singing songs from the Murray...
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Mabo: Life of An Island Man - the origins of the land claim
The Queensland Department of Aboriginal Affairs would not allow Mabo back to Mer, so Eddie stayed in Townsville with his family and became an activist. He supported his family by working as a...
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Talkback Classroom Learning Journeys - Indigenous Representation Forum: Remembering Eddie Mabo
Aboriginal elder and teacher Douglas Bon remembers Eddie Mabo and the landmark land rights case he fought.
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Mabo: Life of an Island Man
This is a film about Eddie Mabo – the man whose name lives on in a High Court ruling that has forever altered Australian life. Mabo – Life of an Island Man is the story of a small island and an...
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