Eddie Mabo collection of tape recordings [sound recording]

Bib ID:
2778655
Format:
Audio
Author:
Mabo, Edward, 1936-1992, interviewee
Access Conditions:
Open access for Series 1, 3 & 4; Series 2 access closed.
Description:
  • 1981-1992
  • 8 sound cassettes (ca. 720 min.)
Full contents:
SERIES 1, Koiki Mabo life story / recorded by Noel Loos (4 sound cassettes, 1984). SERIES 2, Koiki Mabo sings and talks / interviewer unknown (1 sound cassette, no date). SERIES 3, Land rights and the future of Australian race relations : conference held at James Cook University, Townsville on 29-30 Aug. 1981 (2 sound cassettes, 1981). SERIES 4, Lecture for the Race and Culture course at Townsville College of Advanced Education / Eddie Mabo (1 sound cassette, no date).
Biography/History:

Eddie Koiki Mabo was a Torres Straits Islander human rights and indigenous land rights activist, previously a teacher and later Director of Townsville Black Community School, 1973-1983. Principal plaintiff in the landmark High Court Native Title case "Mabo and Others versus State of Queensland and the Commonwealth, 1982-1992".

Notes:
  • Sound recording component of the Eddie Mabo Papers.
  • Interviewers, Noel Loos and others.
  • Digital master available National Library of Australia;
Related Material:
Eddie Mabo papers held in NLA Manuscripts Section (MS 8822).
Subject:
Other authors/contributors:
Loos, Noel, interviewer
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