Gail Mabo is a woman in her 50s now, but when she thinks of her father she becomes a child again. She remembers watching him at night as he worked away at his desk, a man alone determined to shake the ...

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should exercise caution when viewing this article as it contains names and images of deceased persons, which may cause distress to members of ...

GAIL Mabo gave birth to a boy she named William the day before she buried her father. Almost six months later, on June 3, 1992, she was breastfeeding her baby outside Kempsey Hospital when she heard ...

Mabo Day commemorates Torres Strait Islander Eddie Koiki Mabo and his role in overturning the “terra nullius” declaration - which claimed that Australia was once land belonging to no-one. Mabo Day ...

Mabo Day, celebrated June 3 each year, is usually marked with feasts, dancing and singing on Mer Island, home to the late Indigenous land rights campaigner Eddie Koiki Mabo. Today is 28 years since ...

Judgment commemorated at festival in Townsville as Eddie Mabo’s daughter Gail urges governments to spend more time talking with Indigenous communities Eddie Mabo used to tell his daughter his name ...

Gail Mabo gave birth to a boy she named William the day before she buried her father. Almost six months later, on June 3, 1992, she was breastfeeding her baby outside Kempsey Hospital when she heard ...

Monash University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. Law can also be terrible. The telemovie reminded us how, not so long ago, that Queensland law dictated segregation in ...

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He asks to be introduced and, as the ceiling fans drone overhead, small talk and laughs are exchanged. He offers to walk her home but a small bottle of rum slips to the floor from under his shirt. He ...