Prime Minister Tony Abbott has arrived on Mer Island, Eddie Mabo's birth and resting place, as part of a week-long stay in the Torres Strait.

Eddie Koiki Mabo's 10-year struggle for justice had succeeded in the High Court. Gail Mabo gave birth to a boy she named William the day before she buried her father.

Eddie Mabo had challenged the very ideological establishment of Australia and the first Australians. He had refused to surrender his interests, or those of his people, to the domination of others.

Mabo is the name of the celebrated campaigner for Aboriginal native title, Eddie Mabo. Now Eddie's son, Malcolm, wants to launch his own clothing range - and Mambo is not happy.

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, rewrote the ...

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Now, the daughter of Torres Strait Islander land rights hero Eddie Mabo feels the next step in her father’s legacy is almost within reach. “His wishes were to unite a country, not divide a ...

Eddie "Koiki" Sambo was born on the island in 1936, but his mother died when he was an infant, leaving him to be raised by his uncle, Benny Mabo. Eddie attended a missionary school, which the ...

New Birth has set a date for a service for Bishop Eddie L. Long, who died Sunday at age 63. Elder Craig Heath said during an early morning international prayer call that homegoing services will be ...

Kaleb Mabo is restoring his grandfather's resting place, while also seeking to change the way his legacy is remembered. Kaleb and his mother Gail Mabo returned to the grave site of Eddie Mabo on ...

Eddie Mabo went down in Australia's history books for his part in overturning the legal doctrine of ... 90 Day Fiance star undergoes emergency surgery just one month after giving birth to third child; ...

Eddie Mabo had challenged the very ideological establishment of Australia and the first Australians. He had refused to surrender his interests, or those of his people, to the domination of others.