Eddie Mabo
The second day of the AIATSIS Summit 2025 opened gently yet powerfully on Larrakia Country with a moving morning performance—rhythmically calm, visually elegant, and spiritually grounding.
The rights of Indigenous Australians are under attack and children have been subjected to "egregious breaches" of human rights, a leading advocate says.
It was more than 30 years ago when a landmark legal case, brought about by Eddie Koiki Mabo and fellow Mer Islanders, recognised the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to their lan...
The fall out of the Queensland government's decision to cancel the state's truth-telling inquiry continues, with Victoria's own truth-telling body labelling the decision "devastating".
Kristal West takes great pride in her family storylines from the Piadram, Manbarra, Palawa, and Nywagi communities. Set to perform at the Perth International Cabaret Festival, Ms West's latest perform...
Organisers of the highly anticipated 2023 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies (AIATSIS) Summit have hailed the week-long event an overwhelming success.
More than four decades ago, Torres Strait Island man Eddie Koiki Mabo was invited to speak at a land rights conference in Townsville. A lawyer heard the 1981 speech at James Cook University about the...
Renowned Torres Strait Islander artist Gail Mabo has unveiled a stunning six metre-high artwork on the façade of Mater Private Hospital Townsville's new car park.
Kaleb Mabo wants to see the day honouring his grandfather, Eddie Koiki Mabo, to be made a national public holiday. Mabo Day on June 3 is an official holiday in the Torres Strait but is not recognised...
When Eddie Koiki Mabo's grandson, Kaleb Mabo, returned to the land his grandfather fought so hard for, he found it abandoned and overrun by the jungle and sea.
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