Edward Mabo was born on June 29th 1936 in Murray Island in the Torres Strait in-between Australia and Papa New Guinea. He was the son of Robert Zezou Sambo and his mother was Annie Mabo. When Edward was born his mother died in childbirth when Annie Mabo’s brother (benny Mabo) heard of this he went with his wife (Maiga) to raise him as their own child because he didn’t want him to feel all alone. When Edward was a bit older he went to a school on his island but he didn’t have any plans of further education. His teachers thought he was a bright student so some of his teachers encouraged him to learn English for him to get a job out of the Torres straits. When Eddie was 16 he had a romance which led him to being exiled because he was disapproving
