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Papers of Eddie Mabo, 1943-1992 (bulk 1972-1992) [microform]
Bib ID 2464251
Format MicroformMicroform, ManuscriptManuscript
Author Mabo, Eddie, 1936-1992
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Access Conditions Available for reference. Not for loan. 
Description 1943-1992. 
11 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. 
Summary

1.Diaries 1976,1985-92. 2.Employment and personal 1943,1959-92. 3.Business ventures 1968-91. 4.Black Community School, Townsville 1973-84. 5.Yumba Meta Housing Association 1973-82. 6.National Aboriginal Education Committee 1980-87. 7.Diploma of Teaching Course, Townsville C.A.E. 8.Land claim 1982-92. 9. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1978-89. 10.ABIS Community Co-operative Society Ltd. 1985-87. 11.Murray Island Community Council 1985-91 12.Moomba Festival 1986-87. 13.5th Festival of Pacific Arts, Townsville 1986-88. 14.Magani Malu Kes/Torres Strait independence movement 1980-91. 15.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 1989-90 and other activities 1981-91. 16.Printed material 1978-89.

Biography/History Eddie Mabo was a Torres Strait Islander human rights and land rights activist. . Director, Townsville Black Community School, 1973-1983. Edward (Eddie) Koiki Mabo (1936-1992) dedicated his life to overturning the decision of Lieutenant James Cook to take possession of the east coast of Australia in the name of King George III. Originally working on railways and sugar plantations, Mabo gained an education and became an activist for black rights after he realised that his ancestral land, despite his traditional ties, belonged to the Crown. Rejecting the direct action of the land rights movement, Mabo targeted the legal justification for the land appropriation. In 1982, he and four other Murray, or Mer, Islanders began court action to gain legal title to their family land. Principal plaintiff in the landmark High Court native title case, "Mabo and Others versus State of Queensland and the Commonwealth, 1982-92". It is Mabo's name that has been given to the subsequent decision of the High Court of Australia on 3 June 1992, five months after he died, that reversed the principle of Terra Nullius and resulted in the recognition of native title. 
Notes

Original held by the NLA at MS 8822.

Series 1-2: G 27539. Series 3: G 27540. Series 4: G 27541. Series 4-5: G 27542. Series 5-7: G27543. Series 7-8: G 27544. Series 8-12: G27545. Series 13: G 27546. Series 13-15: G27547. Series 16-17: G 27548. Series 17: G27549.

Reproduction Microfilm. Balgowlah, N.S.W. : W. & F. Pascoe for the National Library of Australia and the James Cook University of North Queensland : Available from the National Library of Australia, 1996. 11 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. 
Index/Finding Aid Note "Guide to the papers of Edward Koiki Mabo" (31 p.). 
Subjects Mabo, Eddie, - 1936-1992 - Archives.  |  Australia. - High Court. - Mabo and others v. State of Queensland.  |  Aboriginal Australians - Land tenure.  |  Aboriginal Australians - Legal status, laws, etc.  |  Torres Strait Islanders - Queensland - Land tenure.  |  Aboriginal Australians - Queensland.  |  Native title (Australia)  |  Land tenure - Australia.  |  Torres Strait Islanders.  |  Aboriginal Australians - Archives.  |  Australia - Race relations.
Other Authors Australia. High Court
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Mfm G 27539-27549 Newspapers/Microforms Reading Room
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PRU Mfm G 27539-27549 (copying master : Manuscripts) No request available - (Preservation Reformatting MS] - -
PRU Mfm G 27539-27549 (first generation master : coldstore) No request available - (Preservation Reformatting MS] - -