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Mabo family
Malo Dance
Topic
1995
ceremony, dancing, Las, Mabo, Benny, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Mabo, Maiga, Malo dance, Malo's laws, Mer, Meriam culture, Murray Island, reburial, sacred
We Won!
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1992
determinations, High Court Decision, 03/06/1992, High Court victory, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo Case, Mabo family, Townsville
Benny
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Mabo, Benny, Mabo family, Mabo, Maiga, Mer
Celuia, 4 years old
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Mabo, Celuia, Mabo family, Townsville
...coming home with tears in their eyes...
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Black Community School, Black Community School, education, Mabo family, racism, Townsville
Grandad and Grandma Sambo
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1966
Mabo, Bethel, Mabo, Eddie Jnr., Mabo family, Mabo, Gail, Mabo, Mal, Mabo, Maria, Sambo, Poipe, Sambo, Robert
Mabo family tree
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ancestors, Mabo family, Mer
Mabo's Tombstone, Murray Island
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1995
Las, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo family, Mer, Murray Island, reburial, tombstone ceremony
...to be done for nothing...
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1980-92
employment, funding, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Townsville
...Invitation...
Image and Text
1995
desecration, Mabo family, tombstone ceremony
...I do feel at ease...
Video
1995
love letters, Mabo family, marriage, reburial
Bakir Auski - Tombstone Opening 1995
Topic
1995
Bakir Auski, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, mourning, tombstone, tombstone unveiling, Townsville
Buried In Townsville
Topic
1992
burial, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Townsville
Desecration
Topic
1995
backlash, desecration, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, tombstone, Townsville
Intellectual Environment
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James Cook University, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Townsville
...He was determined...
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1980s-1991
activism, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Mabo, Gail, resistance
...love at first sight or what...
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Halifax, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family
...Growing up in the Mabo family...
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childhood, Mabo family, Mabo, Gail, Townsville
...He would act the goat...
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Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family
Eddie Mabo - Linchpin
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1986-89
Mabo Case, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family
...Stressed to the Max...
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activism, activism, Mabo, Eddie Jnr., Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Townsville
...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
...Four Corners...
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activism, activism, Mabo, Eddie Jnr., Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Townsville
...The Blues...
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activism, Mabo, Eddie Jnr., Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Mabo, Gail, music, Townsville
...Intense and Passionate...
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activism, Mabo, Eddie Jnr., Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Mabo, Gail, music, Townsville
...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
...The first birth he'd ever been to...
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family, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Mabo, Gail
Speaking In A Whisper
Topic
1991
cancer, death, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family
...I was well and truly pregnant...
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cancer, death, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Mabo, Gail
...In Loving Memory...
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1995
Eddie Mabo's Death, 21/01/1992, grave, Mabo, Bonita, Mabo family
Townsville
Topic
 
desecration, James Cook University, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Townsville
Meeting Bonita
Topic
1958
Mabo, Bonita, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, marriage
Working On His Boat
Topic
1991
Mabo, Edward Koiki, Mabo family, Moynihan, Justice Martin, Townsville