Eddie Mabo had great significance in the role of campaigning indigenous land rights and to help make a change of the struggle for rights and freedom of the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. The Mabo case was a significant legal case held in Australia to the High court of Australia, that recognized land rights of the indigenous people.
Eddie Koiki Mabo was born on the 29th of June 1936, on Murray island located in the Torres Strait. His mother had died giving birth and because of this, he was adopted by his uncle Benny Mabo and he changed his surname from Sambo to Mabo. Eddie was taught about his family's land from a young age and the importance of taking care of it. ("Eddie Koiki Mabo", 2015)
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Greg McIntyre and Eddie both applied successfully to conduct research for the case. ("Eddie Koiki Mabo", 2015)
20th of May 1982, Eddie Mabo and other Mer Islander civil rights activists Sam Passi, Celuia Mapoo Salee, Reverend David Passi and James Ricebegan their legal claim for their land rights with the High Court of Australia. The case was know as the 'Mabo Case' as Eddie Mabo was the first named claimant.
The legal doctrine of native title was inserted into the Australian law: 'In recognizing the traditional rights of the Meriam people to the islands in the Torres Strait, the Court also held that native title existed for all Indigenous peoples in Australia who held rights in their lands under their own laws and customs prior to the assertion of British sovereignty and establishment Colonies across the continent from 1788.' As the new doctrine replaced the terra nullius which the British claims were justified as a wrongful legal presumption of how the indigenous people were not settled by law to use the land. ("Eddie Koiki Mabo", …show more content…
The High Court of Australia decided that terra nullius shouldn't have been applied to Australia on the 3rd of June 1992, the Aboriginal Torres Strait islander people have land rights. The Mabo case was a turning point to history for the aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as it was a step closer for having equal rights. Unfortunately, Eddie Mabo died in January 1992, so he did not find out the results of his case which was 5 months before the High Court's decision. Soon after the Mabo case, there was a native title act in 1993 which also had a significance in helping to change the freedom and rights the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Eddie Koiki Mabo was born on the 29th of June 1936, on Murray island located in the Torres Strait. His mother had died giving birth and because of this, he was adopted by his uncle Benny Mabo and he changed his surname from Sambo to Mabo. Eddie was taught about his family's land from a young age and the importance of taking care of it. ("Eddie Koiki Mabo", 2015)
Eddie Mabo had passion in the indigenous …show more content…
Greg McIntyre and Eddie both applied successfully to conduct research for the case. ("Eddie Koiki Mabo", 2015)
20th of May 1982, Eddie Mabo and other Mer Islander civil rights activists Sam Passi, Celuia Mapoo Salee, Reverend David Passi and James Ricebegan their legal claim for their land rights with the High Court of Australia. The case was know as the 'Mabo Case' as Eddie Mabo was the first named claimant.
The legal doctrine of native title was inserted into the Australian law: 'In recognizing the traditional rights of the Meriam people to the islands in the Torres Strait, the Court also held that native title existed for all Indigenous peoples in Australia who held rights in their lands under their own laws and customs prior to the assertion of British sovereignty and establishment Colonies across the continent from 1788.' As the new doctrine replaced the terra nullius which the British claims were justified as a wrongful legal presumption of how the indigenous people were not settled by law to use the land. ("Eddie Koiki Mabo", …show more content…
The High Court of Australia decided that terra nullius shouldn't have been applied to Australia on the 3rd of June 1992, the Aboriginal Torres Strait islander people have land rights. The Mabo case was a turning point to history for the aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as it was a step closer for having equal rights. Unfortunately, Eddie Mabo died in January 1992, so he did not find out the results of his case which was 5 months before the High Court's decision. Soon after the Mabo case, there was a native title act in 1993 which also had a significance in helping to change the freedom and rights the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people