Contact Us Site Search MS 8822 Papers of Edward Koiki Mabo (1936-1992) Scope and Content Note Biographical Note Series List Series Descriptions Box List Selected Mabo Images Scope and Content Note 1943, 1959-92 (bulk: 1972-92) 2.7 metres (19 boxes + 1 folio) Entire collection restricted. In March 1995 the National Library of Australia purchased the papers of Edward Koiki Mabo from his widow, ...

NEVILLE BONNER (1922 - 1999) Neville Bonner was the first Aboriginal person to sit in Federal Parliament as a Senator for Queensland from 1971 to 1983. On his journey from poverty to parliament house he experienced unemployment and discrimination. As a politician he worked to improve conditions for Aborigines, and became a voice for his people. Neville Bonner was born in 1922. His mother was an ...

EDDIE MABO (Eddie Koiki Sambo changed his birth name to Eddie Koiki Mabo) Eddie Koiki Mabo was a Torres Strait Islander who believed white laws were wrong and fought to change them. The historic Mabo decision by the High Court of Australia overturned terra - nullius - or 'no-ones land' which the British declared before claiming Australia over two hundred years ago. Edward Koiki Sambo was born in ...