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Aboriginal Australi Some Facts About Eddie Mabo

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• Some facts about Eddie Mabo. Eddie Mabo was an aboriginal Australian who died at the age of 55 years old. His mother died while giving birth to him, so he was adopted by his uncle. He was married to Bonita Neehow, and together they had 10 children. He was educated at James Cook University. • He is well known for helping Aborigines win land rights. He also fought for many other Aboriginal rights. • He became inspired when he was talking to two scholars he said something about his land and they told him that it wasn’t his, that it was crown (government) land. He also wanted all aborigines to have equal rights to white people. Another inspiration was that he wanted all the aboriginal children to have a good time growing up. • Some important
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