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Homesick
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Eddie was often homesick for Mer.

He talked constantly about going back to his island.

He was an accomplished amateur painter and when he felt homesick, he'd paint pictures of Mer.

He'd also sing island songs around the house; anything that would remind him of his father, mother, family, or the island and culture he'd left behind.
Benny
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Mabo, Benny, Mabo family, Mabo, Maiga, Mer
Exile
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1953-1957
activism, exile, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Mer, Murray Island, Murray Island Council, pearling industry, Torres Strait
Koiki's Wish Fulfilled
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Sep, 18, 1995
ancestors, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, reburial, tombstone
...He'd Never Left Mer...
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1996
exile, Loos, Noel, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mer, Murray Island
...Doing a Self-portrait...
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1980s
exile, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo, Gail, Mabo, Maiga, Mer, Murray Island
Meriam Mir
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Black Community School, education, language, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Meriam culture, Meriam Mer, Miles, Robert 'Bob'
Performance, Art & The Sacred
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Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Mer, Murray Island, religion, sacred