People gathered this week in Townsville, Queensland, ... Eddie Mabo, the man who changed Australia. Published. 6 June 2012. Share. close panel. Share page. Copy link. About sharing. By Duncan Kennedy.

Mabo v. Queensland (No. 2), brought by a group of Indigenous activists led by Eddie Mabo to secure their rights to Mer Island in the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea, ...

Eddie Mabo, Celuia Mapo Salee, Sam Passi, Father Dave Passi and James Rice had sought a declaration that the annexation of Murray Island by Queensland in 1879 had not extinguished native ownership ...

Eddie Mabo and his legal team outside the High Court in 1991. Mr Mabo was among the six individuals and two organisations named as Queensland Greats on Tuesday night.

The Mabo decision changed Australia’s concept of land ownership. It was a divisive yet important step toward recognising Indigenous rights and establishing native title.

Mabo had his first big victory (some refer to it as Mabo 1) in 1988, when the High Court of Australia found that the Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act, which the Bjelke-Petersen government ...

Queensland cabinet documents from 1985 show how a decision in the final years of the Bjelke-Petersen ministry led to the historic Mabo decision in the High Court.

Thalia Anthony receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The Queensland government’s in-principle agreement to pay A$190 million in compensation for the wages withheld from more ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Queensland university is to name a library after a former gardener who became synonymous with the battle for native title. The ...

Bonita Mabo to be farewelled at state funeral in Queensland The widow of Edward “Koiki” Mabo died on Monday and has been remembered for her advocacy work in education and land rights.

People gathered this week in Townsville, Queensland, ... Eddie Mabo, the man who changed Australia. Published. 6 June 2012. Share. close panel. Share page. Copy link. About sharing. By Duncan Kennedy.

People gathered this week in Townsville, Queensland, to remember a moment in the nation's history, ... Later in 1992, Mabo was posthumously awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal.