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Mabo, Bonita
We Won!
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1992
determinations, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, High Court victory, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, Mabo family, Townsville
Bryan Keon-Cohen with Mabo Case plaintiffs
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1989
Brisbane, Keon-Cohen, Bryan, Kobere, Henry, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, Mabo, Eddie Jnr., Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.1, Passi, Reverend Dave, Rice, James, Supreme Court of Queensland
Mabo's Tombstone, Murray Island
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1995
Las, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo family, Mer, Murray Island, reburial, tombstone ceremony
...She was sixteen...
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1958
Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, marriage, Queensland
Wedding photo: Bonita
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1959
Mabo, Bonita, marriage, Marriage to Bonita, 10/10/1959, Queensland
...your sincier penfriend...
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1959
love letters, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, marriage, Queensland
...your very own...
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1959
love letters, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, marriage, Queensland
...Love Letters...
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1959
love letters, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, marriage
...dearest daughter in law...
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1960-1994
letters, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, Mabo, Maiga
...he was going to win...
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1982-92
activism, diaries, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, resistance
...Eddie Mabo's tombstone opening...
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1995
ceremony, desecration, Mabo, Bonita, Tickner, Robert, tombstone ceremony, Townsville
...he really did die in my arms...
Video
1992
cancer, death, Eddie Mabo's Death, 21/01/1992, love letters, Mabo, Bonita, marriage
Black Community School
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1973-1985
Black Community School, cultural preservation, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Townsville, Townsville
Love Letters Eddie to Bonita
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1959
love letters, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki
Intellectual Environment
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James Cook University, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Townsville
...the two great loves of his life...
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Loos, Noel, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki
...love at first sight or what...
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Halifax, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family
...He was that drunk...
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1959
Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, marriage, Marriage to Bonita, 10/10/1959
...He would act the goat...
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Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family
...He'd go to all these meetings...
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1960s
Australian Labor Party, employment, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Stranger In A Strange Land, 1956, Townsville, trade unions
...$2,000 behind in rent...
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1975-1980
housing, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Yumba Meta
...A bad temper...
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1962-1992
activism, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family
... I'm Only Five Feet Four...
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1973
Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family
...I'm Going To Win...
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activism, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.2
...He could see a funny side to things...
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1986-89
evidence, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, plaintiffs
...He'd jump on the bus...
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activism, employment, funding, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family
...In Loving Memory...
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1995
Eddie Mabo's Death, 21/01/1992, grave, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo family
Meeting Bonita
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1958
Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, marriage
Marriage
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1959
Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, marriage
More Love Letters
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1959
love letters, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki
Eddie to Bonita: Love Letters
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1959
love letters, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki