...I'm Going To Win...

'He always used to say and clench his fist, "I'm going to win." He'd always say that eh. "When we win", "Whenever the case is finished we're going to win. It was so strong in his mind. And I used to say "You've got to think if you don't win, it's gonna hit you like a ton of bricks. He had that much land, you know handed down from generation to generation and besides he had kids too. So he didn't want to see all that lost.'

Keywords: activism, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo v Queensland No.2

Interviewed by Trevor Graham, Townsville, 1996.
Author: Graham, Trevor
© Film Australia
Source: Mabo, Bonita