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AIATSIS website, viewed on 26 November 2018 Eddie Koiki Mabo (... was born on 29 June, 1936, on the island of Mer (Murray Island) in the Torres Strait ... He was an activist in the 1967 Referendum campaign and helped found the Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service ... In 1981, Koiki gave his first speech at a land rights conference at the James Cook University explaining the traditional land ownership and inheritance system ... On 20 May 1982, Koiki and fellow Mer Islanders - Reverend David Passi, Celuia Mapoo Salee, Sam Passi and James Rice began their legal claim for ownership of their lands on the island of Mer with the High Court of Australia. With Koiki as the first named plaintiff, the case became known as the ‘Mabo Case’) https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/eddie-koiki-mabo
LC/NAF 7 June 2021: authorized access point (Mabo, Eddie)