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Life Summary [details]

Birth

29 June, 1936
Murray Island, Queensland, Australia

Death

21 January, 1992 (aged 55)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

cancer (lung)

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Indigenous Australian

Education

• James Cook University

Occupation or Descriptor

• Indigenous rights activist/supporter
• public servant
• trade union official

Awards

• Human Rights Award (Australian Human Rights Commission)

Key Events

• Mabo Judgment no 1 (1988)
• Mabo Judgment no 2 (1992)
• referendum on Indigenous rights (1967)

Legacies

• Eddie Koiki Mabo Library (James Cook University)
• Mabo Boulevard (Bonner, ACT)
• Mabo Day (3 June)

Key Organisations

• Magani Malu Kes
• Aborigines Advancement League (Qld)
• Council for the Rights of Indigenous People (Qld)
• Australia Council for the Arts
• National Aboriginal Education Committee
• Yumba Meta Housing Association Ltd
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies

Workplaces

• Townsville Harbour Board (Qld)
• Townsville Trades and Labour Council (Qld)
• James Cook University
• Dept of Employment (Federal)
• Townsville Aboriginal Legal Service (Qld)
• ABIS Community Cooperative Society Ltd